Technology
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The Tri-Valley Hacks Team (back) and City of Pleasanton staff (front). From Arya, News Team Contributor Rahul Datta is the high school junior who is in charge of Tri-Valley Hacks, “the first 24-hour hackathon in the Tri-Valley area specifically for high school students.” As Datta puts it, “with the help of Foothill High School’s Cyber Security club, Tri-Valley Hacks hopes Read more...
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article by Kanchan Naik, News Team Contributor There’s not a lot in common between the “Mega Millions: How To Cash in On This Poker App” ad at the bottom of my Instagram feed and the CNN article on small businesses in a separate tab. The latter offers valuable insight into how the coronavirus pandemic may threaten our economy and young Read more...
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Article Written by Kush, a News Team Contributor Who are you working with and how did you meet them? Two other undergraduate students and I were brought together by a neuroscience research program at Stanford and we were united by a common passion to do something about the issue of depression. What inspired you to come up with this idea, Read more...
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By Lucie, News Team Contributor Many people have a fear of the dentist or are afraid of the pain that dentists can bring. However, 85% of Americans believe that oral health is critical to their overall health. Dentists have one of the most important jobs in society, as we all have a mouth that we need to take care Read more...
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From its accidental formation to its political and social development, America has always been defined as a nation of frontiers. European settlers once traversed the “New World” in search of wealth and glory, thus discovering North America in the first place. Rugged individualists like Buffalo Bill Cody tamed the Wild, Wild, West on horseback. The pages of United States history Read more...
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Have you ever dreamed of having your own personal robot? Boston Dynamic, one of the highest profile robot companies, is working to make that dream a reality. At the TechCrunch robotics conference, they unveiled some of their coolest upcoming creations. One robot that they revealed was the quadrupedal (four-legged) SpotMini, which is expected to go on sale in 2019. The SpotMini Read more...
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Are you interested in local government? Do you want to spend a day shadowing government officials? The City of Pleasanton and the Pleasanton Unified School District(PUSD) invite all Pleasanton high school students to Youth in Government Day on March 27th. Students will have the opportunity to hear from Pleasanton’s leaders and shadow the staff that makes Pleasanton one of the best places Read more...
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Have you ever been in a scenario, where you were walking down the crosswalk and see the crosswalk signal turn green at the same time as a light signal? This seems really strange because both the driver and you are following traffic rules. However, this simple mistake in the traffic system could lead to the death of a lot of Read more...
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On Tuesday, September 12th, the tech giant, Apple, announced its new line of products. After months of anticipation, Apple consumers received info on the new Iphones, the new Apple Watch series, the new update for Apple TV, and the new Air Pods. The thing that the consumers were most hyped about was the Iphone X, Apple’s attempt at creating an Read more...
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Artificial intelligence (AI) is something that once appeared to be a futuristic phenomenon but is now quickly integrating itself into the everyday lives of humans. Current examples of AI put into common use include Nest and Alexa. These products embody the true meaning of AI by utilizing their “brains” to learn and make decisions based on the consumer’s preferences. But Read more...
