Tag: California
Intel handily beats analysts expectations as chips continue to shine
With numbers that would seem to put fears to rest that the world’s dominant chipmaker has lost a step to its competitors, Intel Corp. handily beat analyst expectations for the third quarter. “We executed well in the third quarter with strong results across the business, and we’re on track to a record year,” said Brian […]
The government wants more offshore fish farms, but no one is biting
The US imports about 91% of its seafood, half of which is farmed in aquaculture facilities. Should the US do more to kickstart its own industry? Off the coast of San Diego, Americas eighth largest city, commercial fishermen harvest about 1,100 metric tons of seafood from the Pacific every year. That sounds like a lot. […]
Who said it: tech CEO or communist leader? Take our quiz
This week Mark Zuckerberg announced plans to advance human potential and promote equality. But hes not the only tech billionaire in a Che Guevara shirt. Capitalism is catechism in Silicon Valley. The civic religion is entrepreneurism and evangelism is a marketing tool. But for an industry that worships at the altars of the marketplace, the […]
GOP mega-donor funds group calling pro-Palestine US students ‘Jew haters’
Sheldon Adelson-funded posters named students and professors at a college campus, saying they have allied themselves with Palestinian terrorists. Sheldon Adelson, the Nevada casino mogul and conservative mega-donor, is leading a campaign against pro-Palestine groups on US college campuses and has funded posters that accuse individual students of supporting terrorism and promoting Jew Hatred. The […]
University of California Merced Selects Advanced Clustering to Build Supercomputer
(PRWEB) June 03, 2015 University of California Merced has selected Advanced Clustering Technologies to build a cluster supercomputer that will support research at the institution. The new supercomputer will help researchers at the university quickly and flexibly conduct their research projects while expanding the ability to answer the questions being asked, said Hrant Hratchian, […]