To climb trees, cicadas look to the shadows

When periodical cicadas surface after years underground, they don’t grope blindly for trees. They head for the shadows, researchers report March 20 in the American Naturalist. A detailed analysis of...

From scrappy startup to tech giant, Apple celebrates its 50th year

Apple's then-CEO, Steve Jobs, introduces new colors for the iPod Nano...

A New Implant Aims to Rewire the Brain to Help Stroke Patients

Stroke is one of the leading causes of long-term disability, with roughly two-thirds of survivors experiencing significant...

Oil prices jump on fresh fears of escalation in Iran war

London —  Oil prices climbed and stocks slipped Thursday, after inflammatory remarks by US...

$200 oil isn’t as crazy as it sounds

New York —  In the summer of 2008, weeks before the investment bank Lehman...

The oldest known dice date back about 12,000 years in North America

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Valley News

The 10 most expensive reported home sales in Alameda, Piedmont and Oakland the week of Sep. 11

A house in Oakland that sold for $2.4 million tops the list of the most expensive residential real estate sales in Alameda, Piedmont and Oakland in the past week.In total, 11 residential real estate sales were recorded in the...

Three-bedroom home sells for $3.7 million in Saratoga

20030 Winter Lane – Google Street ViewA spacious house located in the 20000 block of Winter Lane in Saratoga has new owners. The 2,572-square-foot property, built in 1955, was sold on Sept. 5, 2023. The $3,710,000 purchase price works...

San Jose: Driver hits, kills pedestrian in Willow Glen

SAN JOSE – A driver hit and killed a pedestrian Monday morning in San Jose’s Willow Glen neighborhood, police said. The collision happened around 6:20 a.m. at the intersection of Meridian Avenue and Willow Street, San Jose Police Department...

Technology

From scrappy startup to tech giant, Apple celebrates its 50th year

Apple's then-CEO, Steve Jobs, introduces new colors for the iPod Nano during...

China’s chatbot industry is fiercely competing for customers. Cue the freebies

Advertising promoting ByteDance's cloud and AI service platform 'Volcano Engine' and chatbot...

Expert talks about the Pentagon’s use of artificial intelligence

NPR's Steve Inskeep speaks with Tristan Harris, co-founder of the Center for Humane Technology, about the use of AI by the Pentagon. ...

Startups

Decoding Bezos: Brilliant Or Lucky? 4 Key Insights For Ventures & Angels

Jeff Bezos invested $250,000 in Google in a very-early round because he liked the entrepreneurs — Larry Page and Sergey Brin. Based on...

6 Giveaway Signs Of ChatGPT-Generated Content

ChatGPT currently has around 180.5 million users. The website generated 1.5 billion visits in September 2023. Entrepreneurs are using it to help them...

Europe’s Deeptech Funding Hampered by Lack Of Understanding

In the U.K. and across Europe as a whole, those with an interest in the creation and growth of deeptech startups are both...

Business

Oil prices jump on fresh fears of escalation in Iran war

London —  Oil prices climbed and stocks slipped Thursday, after inflammatory remarks by US President Donald Trump and Iranian officials...

$200 oil isn’t as crazy as it sounds

New York —  In the summer of 2008, weeks before the investment bank Lehman Brothers imploded, oil prices skyrocketed to...

SpaceX reportedly files plans for massive IPO

SpaceX, the Elon Musk-owned rocket company that merged earlier this year with his artificial intelligence company xAI, confidentially filed plans for an...

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To climb trees, cicadas look to the shadows

When periodical cicadas surface after years underground, they don’t grope blindly for trees. They head for the...

A New Implant Aims to Rewire the Brain to Help Stroke Patients

Stroke is one of the leading causes of long-term disability, with roughly two-thirds of survivors experiencing significant...

Oil prices jump on fresh fears of escalation in Iran war

London —  Oil prices climbed and stocks slipped Thursday, after inflammatory remarks by US President Donald Trump and Iranian officials sparked fears that the conflict could still...

$200 oil isn’t as crazy as it sounds

New York —  In the summer of 2008, weeks before the investment bank Lehman...

The oldest known dice date back about 12,000 years in North America

The oldest known dice in the world are roughly 12,000 years old and from western North America,...

Artemis II Mission Launches Successfully

At 6:36 pm Cape Canaveral time, NASA’s SLS rocket lifted off without incident with the four members...

Artemis II sends humans around the moon for first time since Apollo

This is a developing story and will be updated periodically. For the first time in more than...