Michel Devoret, a Google Quantum AI chief scientist, John Martinis, who left Google in 2020, and John Clarke win the Nobel in Physics for quantum computing work
all 3 @UofCalifornia professors. Home to groundbreaking physicists, including 2 immigrants leading the world in innovation and possibility, California is proud to dream big and deliver even bigger. @e...
A profile of UCB CS professor Ion Stoica, a billionaire who has helped launch four startups out of his privately-funded research lab, including Databricks
championed by colleagues like @trevordarrell, @pabbeel, @istoica05, and others—is leading the nation, unleashing the creativity of top students and research labs through industry-sponsored open-source...
Sources: in January 2018, Alameda got a $110M loan from Skype co-founder Jaan Tallinn and a $6M loan from philanthropist Luke Ding, who back Effective Altruism
The big money behind Alameda Research, the sister trading firm of crypto exchange FTX, came from two influential backers … Tweets: @lizrhoffman , @mikekoob , @timnitgebru , @woodhull , @timnitgebru , ...
Stories from tech workers who are women, people of color, and LGBTQ-identifying, describe discrimination, microaggressions, feelings of isolation, and more
Los Angeles Times : Tweets: @jmbooyah , @ekp , @csforca , @miscadooch , @danbeucke , @alexpadilla4ca , @cdiaz916 , @scrivenix , @latimes , @latimes , @jeffbercovici , @jmbooyah , and @jmbooyah Tweets...
A look at the history of open source as the big VC raises and multi-billion dollar exits for open source software startups become the norm
Editor's Note: The open source software (OSS) movement has created some of our most important and widely used technologies, including operating systems, web browsers, and databases. Tweets: @cathcam ,...
Kiwibots, the “parallel autonomy” food delivery bots popular with students at UC Berkeley, are remotely piloted by workers in Colombia who are paid $2/hour
Karis Tang, age 2½, squealed with excitement when she saw a Kiwibot rolling through Sproul Plaza at UC Berkeley. Tweets: @rikabel , @matthewbevan , @harrysiegel , @matthewbevan , @mariafarrell , @jake...
Twenty-eight year veteran NYT tech reporter John Markoff to retire, will remain on contract for more stories, become writer in residence at Berkeley in 2017
John Markoff / Backchannel : Tweets: @digiphile , @kimmaicutler , @laurengoode , @backchnnl , @guykawasaki , @backchnnl , @harrymccracken , @timoreilly , @dangillmor , @karaswisher , @ellenhuet , @be...
Twenty-eight year veteran NYT tech reporter John Markoff to retire, will remain on contract for more stories, become writer in residence at Berkeley in 2017
I'm retiring from the greatest job I ever knew—but I still believe that journalism will thrive … Yes, I'm retiring from the New York Times. Tweets: @digiphile , @kimmaicutler , @laurengoode , @backchn...
David Bunnell, founder of PC Magazine, PC World, and Macworld, and a social activist, died Tuesday in Berkeley, CA, at age 69
The founder of PC Magazine, PC World, and Macworld was an entrepreneur who thought like a social activist. — In 1973, a former schoolteacher named David Bunnell got …
David Bunnell, founder of PC Magazine, PC World, and Macworld, and a social activist, died Tuesday in Berkeley, CA, at age 69
The founder of PC Magazine, PC World, and Macworld was an entrepreneur who thought like a social activist. — In 1973, a former schoolteacher named David Bunnell got …