Silicon Valley needs its next big thing, a focus for the concentrated brain power and innovation infrastructure that have made this region the world leader in transformative technology. Just as the valley’s mobile era is peaking, the next frontier of growth and innovation has arrived: artificial intelligence.
Dressed by an algorithm: Using data analysis software and machine learning to match users with personalized clothing choices, San Francisco-based startup Stitch Fix is ushering the fashion industry into the age of Big Data.
Inside “clean rooms” of Stanford University’s fledgling Laboratory for Cell and Gene Medicine, lab techs tend machines that churn out gene-engineered cells, which can attack cancer, fix blood disease, patch a heart, alter the immune system, build skin grafts and create a realm of yet-to-be discovered therapies.
‘Tis the season for giving, but Larry Magid offers a word of caution: There are scam artists who claim to represent charities but instead pocket the money or – worse – steal both your money and your personal and financial information so that they can continue to victimize you.
Flouting demands from the state and the city to shut down its new self-driving car program, Uber on Friday vowed to continue picking up passengers in San Francisco without a permit from the Department of Motor Vehicles.
With Yahoo’s hacked information reportedly showing up on the dark web, cybersecurity experts warn that sloppy password habits can lead to trouble for users, and sometimes their employers.
Screen time and parenting: Even as they fret that their kids may become device zombies, parents are setting a lousy example — and they know it.
Troy Wolverton writes about his experience switching TV providers again. He’s switching from Dish to AT&T.
With big money comes big temptation, so here’s a Q&A with Sean McKessy, a Washington, D.C. lawyer who just wrapped up five years as the first chief of the SEC Office of the Whistleblower.
The Bay Area’s red-hot job market reached a new milestone Friday as unemployment levels fell to their lowest level since the dot-com boom 15 years ago.
