Diablo Valley Employers Should Pay Students to Check AI’s Work
As artificial intelligence changes the workplace, local businesses could help students develop a valuable new skill: verifying what AI…
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Walnut Creek’s AVELAR names Dave Brehmer director of operations
Walnut Creek-based AVELAR has appointed Dave Brehmer director of operations as the engineering and consulting firm celebrates 50 years…
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California and FTC Sue Dollar General Over Checkout Price Overcharges
California joined the Federal Trade Commission and 19 other states on Tuesday in a federal lawsuit filed in the U.S.
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Putter’s Mini Golf in Walnut Creek to Close Nov. 29 for Housing
Putter’s Mini Golf at 1275 S.
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Walnut Creek City Council and Downtown Business Association Launch Fall Retail Promenade Initiative Along Locust Street
Extended pedestrian walkways, artisan weekend pop-ups, and seasonal acoustic music showcases aim to boost foot traffic across the…
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A24 Elizabeth Holmes Documentary Opens to $15 Million as Data Center and Delivery Robot Protests Highlight Tech Backlash
Nathan Fielder and Lance Oppenheim documentary You Can See Everything earns $15 million across 855 screens with 2,000 sellouts while…
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Menlo Park Matchmaker Linx Dating Draws Surge of High-Net-Worth AI Executives and Researchers
Menlo Park-based boutique firm Linx Dating is seeing record demand for memberships priced from $75,000 to $500,000 among wealthy…
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OpenAI Launches Full-Duplex GPT-Live-1 Voice Model in Developer API at Five Cents Per Minute
Real-time acoustic neural architecture enables simultaneous listening and speaking, natural interruption handling, and seamless…
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OpenAI Introduces ChatGPT for Financial Services Combining Built-In Market Data With GPT-6 Astra
Tailored enterprise workspace shaped with Morgan Stanley and Evercore achieves 69.9% on OfficeQA Pro benchmarks.
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Google DeepMind and Research Partners Launch $10M Multi-Agent AI Safety Funding Initiative
Collaborative grant program with Schmidt Sciences, ARIA, and Cooperative AI Foundation targets group behavior and oversight of…
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California Secretary of State Coordinates Federal Postal Investigation Following Daly City Ballot Theft
County election officials deploy replacement ballots and enhance barcode tracking security ahead of November general election.
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Google DeepMind and Fenris Creations Partner to Train Multi-Agent Economic Intelligence in Virtual Worlds
Frontier research initiative deploys autonomous AI agents into EVE Online complex player-driven market to model real-world trade and…
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Quantum Pioneer IonQ Agrees to Acquire Zero Trust Identity Firm Elisity in $1.3 Billion Security Deal
Strategic combination integrates post-quantum cryptography with dynamic micro-segmentation to protect critical enterprise…
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CISA Issues Emergency Patching Directive for Actively Exploited Zero-Day Flaw in Ivanti Connect Secure
Federal cybersecurity agency orders immediate remediation of critical authentication bypass vulnerability targeting government and…
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Flox Intelligence and Floqer Pitch Autonomous Systems at TechCrunch Disrupt as Zenzap Raises $44M
Venture investment accelerates for specialized applied AI as agricultural wildlife defense, autonomous B2B sales research, and…
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San Francisco Startup Gudea Secures $12 Million to Detect Algorithmic Narrative Manipulation Before Public Brand Crises Erupt
Venture investors back predictive AI platform tracking cross-platform disinformation velocity and synthetic coordinated inauthentic…
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Sky Zone trampoline park is coming to the old Stein Mart at the Orchards
The vacant Stein Mart space at the Orchards is set to become a 27,451-square-foot Sky Zone, with dodgeball courts, a zip line and a…
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Summit Medical Supply opens on Tice Valley Boulevard, across from Rossmoor
Summit Medical Supply opened at 1874 Tice Valley Blvd. on Sept. 10, its second store after Castro Valley.
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