Michelle Quinn writes: Silicon Valley’s gender wars are always simmering just below the surface waiting for a reason to boil over. One prominent symbol is Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer.
Troy Wolverton writes:The same type of batteries that powered Samsung’s now-recalled Note 7 smartphone are used far and wide not only in mobile devices, but also in a wide variety of other products including, increasingly, in things like cars and homes. And that battery type — lithium ion — is inherently dangerous, potentially getting more so and almost certainly won’t be replaced anytime soon.
Q&A: Mechanical engineer Damon McMillan built Seacharger, his autonomous, solar-powered boat, in his Sunnyvale garage. The vessel landed in Hawaii six weeks after departing Half Moon Bay.
Salesforce.com has backed away from buying Twitter, sending the struggling social media company’s stock down on Friday and fueling concerns about its murky future.
