San Jose - Science, Tech & Medicine

As wage transparency rises, a new study unveils a wider chasm in salary ranges for high-paying jobs in tech hubs like San Jose, challenging job seekers to decipher their true earning potential

Bay Area tech companies, including giants like Meta and Google, have laid off thousands of workers in recent months. Is this a sign of a troubled industry, or just a necessary recalibration.

Stanford University announced an innovative ecopreneurship program, backed by Salesforce CEO Marc Benioff, aimed at students working on climate-focused initiatives to accelerate sustainable solutions and create a global impact

New electronic skin developed by Stanford researchers can directly communicate with the brain, enabling sensation in prosthetic limbs and expanding the possibilities in robotics.

Stanford University professor Dr. Garry Nolan says '100%' likely that aliens are among us, as he speaks about the presence of extraterrestrial life on Earth, asserting that evidence suggests they have been here for a long time and may still be among us.

Federal funds grant San Jose State University $400k to improve robotic exoskeletons for disability support and conduct workshops on extreme wildfires

Amazon employees gear up for a walkout protesting layoffs and company policies while Google and Meta workers brace for job eliminations.

Amidst challenging macroeconomic climate and tech industry layoffs, LinkedIn plans to shut its InCareer app in China and cut 716 jobs, following the continued trend of layoffs across the industry.

Concertgoers, venue staff, even members of a band are now connected to an alarming coronavirus outbreak that happened during a recent concert in Santa Cruz County.

As the pandemic worsens in India, a South Bay dentist continues to champion efforts to fabricate "homemade" ventilators to send to COVID-ravaged nations.

Writing with your mind? That's just what one paralyzed man has been doing with the help of some Stanford University researchers and microchips implanted in his brain.

A South Bay solar-panel manufacturer announced its plans to open a manufacturing facility in San Jose, potentially bringing hundred of jobs to Silicon Valley.

EV battery startup QuantumScape has leased a massive production site in San Jose, hinting at the company’s intent to bring its “groundbreaking” solid-state battery products to market before 2025.

Around this time last year, Santa Clara County was approaching 2,000 COVID-19 cases and San Jose officials were predicting the county would see 2,000 deaths within 12 weeks. This week, the county has reached that unhappy milestone, albeit just over 12 months from the original prediction.

Hoodline frequently covers fundraising news, but if you're an entrepreneur thinking about how to finance your new business, you probably have a lot of questions: What is pre-seed vs. seed? How does venture capital differ from venture debt? Who are these angels and when will they come from the heavens to bless my start-up with money?

We’re used to seeing football games or concerts at Levi's Stadium in Santa Clara. Now the massive facility will turn into what will be the biggest mass-vaccination site in the state.

After Good Samaritan Hospital let Los Gatos teachers cut in line for COVID vaccination, Santa Clara County will withhold further vaccines from the hospital until it provides a plan to follow eligibility guidelines for the coveted shots.

The Santa Clara County Public Health Department held a press conference Sunday to announce that the area is dealing with the growing threat of a new coronavirus variant that appears to be the source of several outbreaks in the county.

Kaiser Permanente in San Jose has been dealing with the aftermath of a deadly outbreak in its Emergency Department that started Christmas morning and now we are learning it also paid a hefty price for similar allegations months before.

Like many other areas of the county, Santa Clara County announced today that it is falling behind in coronavirus vaccine distribution and has given out less than half of its inventory.

Though the situation in hospitals remains worse in Southern California, Santa Clara County has become the first county in the Bay Area to experience serious delays as ambulances arrive at emergency rooms — due to the ERs and the hospitals already being overwhelmed with patients. As cases and hospitalizations potentially surge again following the holidays, other counties are on alert that this emergency-response failure may spread.

One San Jose Kaiser Permanente employee is dead and 44 have tested positive for COVID in a post-Christmas outbreak possibly tied to an inflatable Christmas tree costume.

Officials with the Santa Clara County Public Health Department said Wednesday that just 12% of the hospital beds in the county were available and that there were only 44 Intensive Care Unit (ICU) beds countywide that were not being used.