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How Californias high-speed rail is already helping the planet

Mashable Tech

Worst of times: The new administration canceled a grant for a high-speed rail corridor in Texas and initiated a federal review of California's decades-in-the-making high-speed rail connecting San Francisco and Los Angeles. Meanwhile, local electric trains have shaved 25 minutes off their 100-minute ride from San Francisco to San Jose.

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Intel faces shareholder class-action lawsuit for allegedly concealing foundry business problems

TechSpot

Louis, a Missouri-based pension fund, filed the lawsuit against Intel on behalf of other investors in a San Francisco federal court on Wednesday. The Construction Laborers Pension Trust of Greater St. The proposed class action names Chief Executive Officer Pat Gelsinger and Chief Financial Officer David Zinsner as co-defendants.

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Yahoos Vidya Nayak wants more women in tech

Mashable Tech

.” SEE ALSO: The end of remote work doesn't work for women Before joining Yahoo in 2023, the graduate of San Francisco's Academy of Art University held leadership roles at Disney Interactive, Rodale, iWin, and News Corp., where she led the launch of the first mobile apps for Fox News and Fox Business.

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These trains could carry giant batteries across Colorado and deliver clean energy to Denver

Fast Company Tech

SunTrain is a San Francisco-based company founded by green energy developer Christopher Smith, who now serves as the companys president and chief technology officer. A substation can also turn electricity generated from a power plant into a format that can be used by local homes and businesses.

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Revel ends moped sharing, focuses on EV charging and ride-hail

TechCrunch

Electric mobility startup Revel is officially shutting down its shared moped business in New York City and San Francisco, according to a company-wide email that CEO and co-founder Frank Reig sent Friday. San Francisco and New York were Revel’s last two moped sharing markets. TechCrunch has viewed the email.

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YC-backed African fintech Cleva, founded by Stripe and AWS alums, raises $1.5M pre-seed

TechCrunch

Nigerian fintech Cleva, focused on creating a banking platform for African individuals and businesses to receive international payments by opening USD accounts, has raised $1.5 The round was led by 1984 Ventures, an early-stage venture capital firm based in San Francisco. million in pre-seed funding.

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AppDirect raises $100M to expand its financing program for tech businesses

TechCrunch

AppDirect, a San Francisco- and Montreal-based platform for buying, selling and managing tech through a network of IT advisors, has raised $100 million from CDPQ to expand its financing program for small- and medium-sized tech businesses.