Summary List Placement Companies striving to use psychedelics as medical treatments keep enticing investors. ATAI Life Sciences, a psychedelics company backed by Mike Novogratz’s Galaxy Investment Partners and by Peter Thiel, just closed a $125 million Series C funding round, the company said on Monday. It’s the largest funding round to date in the booming […]
Man shot in East Oakland
OAKLAND — A 20-year-old man was shot multiple times Sunday night in East Oakland, authorities said. He was in stable condition Monday. The shooting happened about 9 p.m. Sunday in the 1900 block of International Boulevard. The man, an Oakland resident, got his own ride to a hospital and was uncooperative with police, initially giving […]
Big Tech salaries revealed: From $1.00 to $280 million, here’s how much the executives of Apple, Alphabet, Facebook and Amazon, and Microsoft made in 2019.
Summary List Placement 2020 has been a tumultuous year for Big Tech. The celebrity CEOs from Amazon, Alphabet, Facebook, and Apple were in and out of courtrooms for antitrust lawsuits. Microsoft faced extreme competition in the video conferencing space as the world moved to work-from-home setups. But, we shouldn’t feel too bad for the executives […]
The top 10 coding languages recruiters are looking for right now — and how to learn them online for free
Summary List Placement Software engineers will continue to be in high demand for years to come. The role is set to grow by 22% over the next 10 years, much faster than average job growth, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics. And the job pays well, the median salary is $107,510. If you’re in […]
Kate Gosselin: Only 6 of My Kids are Invited for Thanksgiving!
According to a tabloid insider, Kate Gosselin is planning a major holiday meal this week. With two major exceptions, that is. “She’s planning to have a big, family Thanksgiving dinner with all the kids,” a source tells In Touch Weekly, immediately contradicting this statement by adding: “Unfortunately, Collin and Hannah will be celebrating with their dad […]
Moderna’s CEO sold nearly $2 million of his stock ahead of the company’s emergency use vaccine filing. He’s now worth $3 billion.
Summary List Placement Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel sold almost $2 million in shares ahead of the company’s emergency use authorization filing for its COVID-19 vaccine. Bancel sold a total of 19,000 shares between November 18-19 as part of a predetermined trading plan amended May 21, according to a filing with the SEC. Moderna is the […]
Moderna’s CEO sold nearly $2 million of his stock ahead of the company’s emergency use vaccine filing. He’s now worth $3 billion.
Summary List Placement Moderna CEO Stephane Bancel sold almost $2 million in shares ahead of the company’s emergency use authorization filing for its COVID-19 vaccine. Bancel sold a total of 19,000 shares between November 18-19 as part of a predetermined trading plan amended May 21, according to a filing with the SEC. Moderna is the […]
Instagram will exceed 1 billion users worldwide this year, a milestone originally predicted for 2023
Summary List Placement Instagram will exceed 1 billion users worldwide by the end of 2020, a milestone we previously hadn’t anticipated it to reach until 2023. This additional growth is largely driven by the pandemic—we had expected the user base to grow by 8.4% year over year before the pandemic, but we have now adjusted […]
90 Day Fiance The Other Way: Brittany Learns Yazan’s Life is in Danger
90 Day Fiance: The Other Way’s second season is winding to a close. On Season 2, Episode 21, multiple stars and their parents and in-laws found themselves not seeing eye to eye. First, Ariela’s mom all but begs her to come home with her before her own departure. Sumit invites his parents, planning to tell […]
San Jose State football gets the big TV treatment this week
The San Jose State football team, boasting a 4-0 record for the first time in 65 years, is about to hit the big time. The Spartans’ game Saturday at Boise State will be televised by Fox, the first time since 2006 that SJSU has appeared on a non-cable network. It might be even better, and […]
Jill On Money: Year-end money moves amid COVID-19
In most years, writing a year-end column is a snap, but 2020 is not most years. As a result, I will be writing a few columns with action items to consider. Think about 2021 taxes NOW: The IRS is not likely to extend tax deadlines again in 2021 and therefore, start figuring out where you […]
Bicyclist pursued by snarling dog on San Jose bike trail
DEAR JOAN: I was riding my ebike on the bike path south of CalTrain’s Tamien Station when a homeless woman’s dog, off leash, tried to attack me as I rode by. She called the dog, who ignored her, and only by cycling at maximum speed was I able to outrun it. It was very frightening. […]