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Intel Crows Over Speedy New Microchip
Intel is announcing a new microchip that the company says is revolutionary. It’s the first chip that sends and receives data using beams of light. For some time now, Intel has been working on a device...
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Best Entry-Level Jobs To Jump Start Your Tech Career
http://media.sanfrancisco.cbslocal.com/CBSSF_20150311171108660AA.mp4 Jill Schlesinger has more on how newcomers to the tech field can get a foothold in this lucrative industry. Click the “play” button...
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Columbia Law Professor Argues That Google Is ‘Degrading’ Search Results To...
According to a recent academic paper penned by a former Google fellow, the tech giant may be downgrading search results served by its own engine in order to promote its own properties. Tim Wu, the...
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Google Apologizes After Photo App Tagged Black People ‘Gorillas’
NEW YORK (CBS/AP) — Google is apologizing after reports surfaced that an automatic image-recognition feature in its Photos application was identifying images of some black people as “gorillas.” A New...
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You Will be Watching Music Videos Through Facebook Very Soon
Facebook is trying to lock in licensing deals from the major labels in order to start the program as soon as possible.
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Solar-Powered Plane Breaks Record, Lands In Hawaii After Flight From Japan
KAPOLEI, Hawaii (CBS/AP) — A plane powered by the sun’s rays landed in Hawaii Friday after a record-breaking five-day journey across the Pacific Ocean from Japan. Pilot Andre Borschberg and his...
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Incredible Photo Captures ISS Gliding Across Full Moon
(CBS SF) — A photo of the International Space Station passing in front of a dazzling full moon could put Lucas Films’ special effects to shame. Australian photographer Dylan O’Donnell spent 12 months...
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Reddit Moderators Revolt Over Popular Employee’s Sudden Dismissal
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Reddit moderators shut down over 250 subreddits on Friday to protest the unexpected termination of an employee who managed the site’s popular “Ask Me Anything” interviews....
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Glitch Briefly Shuts Down NASA’s Pluto-Bound New Horizons Probe
(CBS SF) — NASA’s New Horizon remains on track for it’s historic flyby of Pluto next week after recovering from a subtle timing glitch that knocked the probe out of contact with Earth on Saturday....
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Petition Calling For Reddit CEO Ellen Pao’s Resignation Gains Over 177K...
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A petition calling for Ellen Pao to step down as Reddit’s CEO has collected over 100,000 signatures in less than three days. The petition is a culmination of backlash around a...
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Top 5 Bay Area Gift Shops For Your ‘Techie’
Tech Store (credit: PHILIPPE LOPEZ/AFP/Getty Images) Time-wasting gadgets and productivity-killing toys are what tech lovers live for. Creative, imaginative, and, most of all, fun are what is looked...
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Sexist Google Algorithm? Women Shown Fewer Ads For High-Paying Jobs, Study Finds
(CBS SF) — It’s no secret: Google has long been tracking our Internet searches to generate customized ads based on our interests. But new findings from Carnegie Mellon University claim Google’s...
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NASA Releases First Clear Photos Of Pluto With Its Largest Moon
(CBS SF) — As NASA’s unmanned New Horizons spacecraft closes in on a nine-year journey to Pluto, the first clear picture of the icy dwarf planet with its largest moon has made it back to earth. The new...
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Pluto Flyby: Spacecraft Reaches Icy, Mysterious World 9.5 Years Later
CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. (CBS/AP) — We’ve made it to Pluto by NASA’s calculations, the last stop on a planetary tour of the solar system a half-century in the making. The moment of closest approach for the...
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‘Stigma’ System Proposed To Curb Reddit Hate Speech
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — A high-profile Reddit employee is the third to resign in several weeks as the San-Francisco based company struggles to deal with hate speech and frustrated users. Reddit’s...
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Dazzling Photos Reveal Giant Peaks On Pluto, Canyons On Charon
CAPE CANAVERAL (CBS/AP) — Mankind’s first close-up look at Pluto did not disappoint Wednesday: The pictures showed ice mountains on Pluto about as high as the Rockies and canyons on its big moon Charon...
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Jeb Bush Plans To Take Uber During San Francisco Visit
SAN FRANCISCO (CBS SF) — Republican presidential candidate Jeb Bush plans to hail an Uber during his visit to San Francisco Thursday. The third Bush family member making a bid for the White House is...
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Siri Corrects Anyone Who Calls Caitlyn Jenner ‘Bruce’
(CBS SF) — Apple’s personal assistant Siri doesn’t always get it right, and sometimes she can be downright mean (just ask “what’s zero divided by zero”), but this time Siri is being applauded by...
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Jeb Bush Rides In Uber With Slogan On License Plate Holder He May Not Like
SAN FRANCISCO (KCBS) — Republican Presidential candidate Jeb Bush was spotted riding in an Uber car with a license plate holder reading “Fresh As F**k,” during his visit to San Francisco Thursday. KCBS...
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3 Google Employees Injured In Self-Driving Car Accident
MOUNTAIN VIEW (CBS SF) — Three Google employees went to the hospital after getting rear-ended in a self-driving car. The July 1 incident is the first reported injury accident involving the self-driving...
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