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When an El Dorado Hills tech company went public earlier this year, it pushed the region closer to a goal held by some Sacramento-area civic boosters. In a region that has relied upon the state government’s presence for economic stability, the chip industry has become a new focus for officials looking to draw jobs and investment here. They point to a “corridor” of semiconductor companies stretching northwest from Sacramento. Keep Reading This Article at MSN.com

Lee Miller vividly recalls the day in 2021 when he met a woman who had lost the function of her vocal cords. In hoarse, whispering tones she explained how her voice had been instrumental to her vocation. Losing it, she said, undercut her life’s purpose. Her words were faint, but the lesson was powerful. “Our voice is so important to our sense of identity and empowerment,” said Miller, a professor of neurobiology, physiology and behavior in the University of California, Davis College of Biological Sciences, a professor of otolaryngology and head and neck surgery at the UC Davis School of Medicine and technical director of the Center for Mind and Brain. Keep Reading This Article at UC Davis

California’s Sacramento Regional Transit District (SacRT) will begin issuing citations to vehicles parked illegally in bus stops. The announcement marks the next phase of SacRT’s Bus Stop Enforcement Program, which launched in December 2024 to improve rider safety, accessibility, and the reliability of bus service across Sacramento. Impact of SacRT’s Bus Lane Program Since the start of the program in December, 2,740 warnings have been issued to vehicles obstructing bus stops between Dec. 19, 2024, and February 11, 2025. The enforcement program, powered by advanced AI-enabled camera systems provided by Hayden AI, ensures clear and accessible bus stops for all passengers, including those with mobility challenges. Keep Reading This Article at Metro Magazine

California State University (CSU) will make generative artificial intelligence technologies like ChatGPT available to students, staff and faculty across its 23 campuses at no personal cost to them in anticipation that AI will reshape higher education and the state’s workforce. Seeking to train students in AI skills and boost their career prospects, CSU will also be part of a new body, called the AI Workforce Acceleration Board, according to an announcement Tuesday at San Jose State University. That panel will include CSU academic leaders and representatives from the governor’s office as well as firms like Microsoft, IBM and artificial-intelligence chip manufacturer Nvidia. Keep Reading This Article at Local News Matters

If you’ve used ChatGPT to write a breakup text or figure out how to not burn the Christmas roast, you might’ve actually helped create jobs and profits in California, where the artificial intelligence tool was born. Unfortunately you’ve probably also contributed to climate change. Artificial intelligence is an energy hog, and every query to ChatGPT is like running a lightbulb for 20 minutes, a research scientist recently told NPR. Keep Reading This Article at Comstock Magazine

The ideal time to apply for summer internships is earlier than most students expect. Many companies, especially large corporations and tech firms, begin their recruitment cycles 6-8 months before the internship start date. Now is the peak application season for summer 2025 internships. Completing at least one Internship has so many benefits for students in technical fields: Gaining hands-on, real-world technical experience Boosting your employability Building on skills beyond what you learn in the classroom Developing industry connections Gaining exposure to real-world technology stacks Developing a better understanding of technical career paths Getting paid! Developing a project portfolio Applying for internships can feel overwhelming, but with the right strategy and preparation, you can ...[Read More]

The Bay Area’s tech industry is known for its cycles of boom and bust. Startups burn through cash as they skyrocket in size and ambition, accumulating outrageous perks and office equipment along the way. Then they crash to Earth, with nothing but their private planes or massive 3D printers to pad the impact. Keep Reading This Article at SFGATE.com

Staff members of Natomas Unified School District were notified July 15 that the network shutdown they had been dealing with for several weeks was due to a potential hacker. Usernames and passwords may have been accessed, Deputy Superintendent William Young wrote in the email to the district’s 1,400 staff members. Students and parents, however, were not provided with the same information. A few days later, families of the district’s 14,500 students were told via parent portal that they would temporarily lose access to their school accounts due to annual maintenance by the IT department. The message did not mention the suspicious activity on the district’s network.   Keep Reading This Article at MSN.com  

From apps to robots, technology is playing a key role in the fight against the Los Angeles wildfires. A computer simulation of a fire as it spreads, designed to give insight to crews on the scene, was created by the San Jose State University Wildfire Interdisciplinary Research Center (WIRC). Keep Reading This Article at MSN.com

Of all the rich and powerful people cozying up to President-elect Donald Trump, few have rushed to Mar-a-Lago faster than the crowned heads of big tech, including California’s own chiefs of Google and Meta. And few have a stronger motive to curry Trump’s favor than Silicon Valley: The fate of the H-1B visa program that permits foreign-born computer scientists, engineers and other highly skilled workers to migrate to the United States hangs in the balance. Keep Reading This Article at MSN.com

The University of California, Davis will be part of a new, $285 million nationwide institute dedicated to advancing research and manufacturing of American semiconductors. The new institute, known as SMART USA (Semiconductor Manufacturing and Advanced Research with Twins USA) will develop, validate and use digital twins to improve domestic semiconductor design, manufacturing, advanced packaging, assembly and test processes. Keep Reading This Article at UC Davis.edu

Undocumented orphaned wells pose hazards to both the environment and the climate. Scientists are building modern tools to help locate, assess, and pave the way for ultimately plugging these forgotten relics. Scattered across the United States are remnants from almost 170 years of commercial drilling: hundreds of thousands of forgotten oil and gas wells. These undocumented orphaned wells (UOWs) are not listed in formal records, and they have no known (or financially solvent) operators. They are often out of sight and out of mind—a hazardous combination. Keep Reading This Article at Phys.org