Alphabet’s latest project is Birth Control for Mosquitoes
By Antonio Regalado From Biomedicine At one of Alphabet’s campuses in Mountain View, California, entomologists working behind the steel door of a bio-safety lab are breeding mosquitoes in a new effort by the search giant to create automated insect farms….
The biotech empires of Silicon Valley and Europe
By Bérénice Magistretti From Techcrunch As biotechnology gains prominence among investors, two hubs have emerged as hotbeds of innovation for the resurgent industry. While the two-square-mile patch of South San Francisco bustles with more than 70 biotech firms, including Genentech, Amgen…
HBO Receives 94 Primetime Emmy® Nominations, the most of any network this year
“Game of Thrones” leads all programming with 23 nominations followed by “Veep” with 17 nominations and “Silicon Valley” with 11 nominations. Miami, FL., July 15, 2016 – HBO received 94 Primetime Emmy® nominations, the most of any network for the…
UK scientists are trying to grow military drones in a lab with advanced chemistry and 3D printing
By Yoni Heisler From BGR More often than not, some of the most cutting edge technology comes not from Silicon Valley, but from military companies and various branches of the armed forces. With generous budgets at their disposal, it’s hardly…
This is how Silicon Valley’s most secretive startup makes money
By Sam Mattera, The Motley Fool From Business Insider Palantir is one of the most valuable start-ups in the world. Last summer, it raised $450 million from investors in a round of financing that valued the company at $20 billion….
Behind every successful startup, a battle over ownership
By Cheryl Miller, From The Recorder SACRAMENTO — Tucked into Square Inc.’s May 5 earnings report was a piece of jarring news: The company had paid $50 million to settle a lawsuit brought by Robert Morley, an electrical engineering professor who…
Huge sums at stake in Oracle-Google rematch
By Ross Todd, From The Recorder After six years of fighting over smartphone technology, Oracle Corp. and Google Inc. have never been further apart—nearly $9 billion to put a number on it. The two giants of Silicon Valley are also…
When a founder talks (or acts) out of school
By Rebekah Mintzer, Corporate Counsel Microsoft Corp. founder Bill Gates set tongues wagging in the tech world and beyond on Monday when he seemingly broke rank with the company he created as well as most of Silicon Valley on a major…
US survey of women finds rampant sexism in tech. Can it be fixed?
By Rebekah Mintzer, Corporate Counsel Ellen Pao may have lost her gender discrimination case against famed venture capital firm Kleiner Perkins Caufield Byers, but she did succeed in triggering a national conversation about women’s treatment in the workplace, especially in the…
Gadget of the week
Taste testing With teaBOT, the robot that brews up loose leaf tea in under 30 seconds By Sarah Buhr From Techcrunch Toronto-based teaBOT is a robot that whips up customized cups of loose leaf tea in under 30 seconds. The…
