A science, technology, engineering and math event brought more than 300 local children to UC Merced, where they dissected pig hearts, played video games with bananas as remotes and discussed hydraulics.
The new public-private partnership, dubbed The Santa Cruz Fiber Project, envisions improving Internet speed by an average 50-fold to start, primarily by replacing aging copper lines with new fiber optic lines.
With the economy clicking again, employers are getting back into the recruiting game. Here are some of the biggest trends in corporate recruiting, according to a report by the Deloitte consulting firm.
The online system, available through the Department of Building and Safety website, allows users to examine building permits, certificates of occupancy and other paperwork.
The divide between broadband haves and have-nots has narrowed but still remains an electronic chasm, according to a report released Tuesday by the California Emerging Technology Fund and The Field Poll.
By approving a balanced budget on straight party-line votes, members of the Assembly and Senate met their constitutional deadline to do so by June 15 — a deadline that, if missed, forces them to forfeit their pay until a budget is passed.
Economists say a robust tech economy is imperative for L.A. in an increasingly connected and innovation-fueled world, and although it's impossible to say how much it could grow, the thinking these days is the bigger, the better.
The hack was detected after the agency began updating its cybersecurity and predated the tougher security controls, the Office of Personnel Management said.
In response to California's drought, Sen. Barbara Boxer said she would introduce legislation to authorize millions of dollars in federal research into desalination.
State education officials expressed relief at the lack of catastrophic technical glitches in the first year of assessments based on the new Common Core standards, but fear they won’t get off so easily when it comes to the test scores.
While it could be a decade before the technique hits the factory floor, industry leaders agree that the future of computing will involve switching from copper wire to beams of light.
As a fourth year of drought continues to drain aquifers and reservoirs, California water managers and environmentalists are urging adoption of a polarizing water recycling policy known as direct potable reuse.
In each Google Fiber city, two local fellows will be selected to work with certain nonprofits within each community to reach residents lacking computer literacy.
The mobile app, called Countable, makes its San Francisco debut Thursday as the latest effort in the tech-centric city to bring the sometimes confounding legislative process into the 21st century.
Carly Fiorina's greatest corporate achievement, her rise to lead one of the country’s most-prominent tech companies, is also something of an Achilles’ heel, as the HP board ousted her in 2005.
The event was a chance for 50 South Bay middle school girls to show off what they have learned the past few months from a program designed to train and inspire them to eventually make a living nabbing cyberthieves.
The two-day visit underscores a long-delayed shift in Pentagon priorities to recognizing cyberattacks on government agencies, major companies and crucial infrastructure as a major threat to U.S. national security.
