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California Opens Door For San Francisco Public Bank

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California Governor Gavin Newsom has signed legislation allowing for the establishment of public banks in the state, and advocates in San Francisco are jumping at the opportunity. According to reports, the nation’s only public bank currently operates in North Dakota, and was established in 1919.

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Google Testing Same-Day Delivery In San Francisco

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According to the report, the service — dubbed Google Shopping Express — is being tested with a small number of consumers in San Francisco and suburbs around it. NBC News reported that national, regional and local merchants are testing Google Shopping Express with big-name retailers including Target and Walgreens.

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U.S. Legislators To Figure Out Autonomous Car Laws

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The committee will listen to a few trade groups from automakers and technology companies, as well as a transit official from San Francisco and a few different safety advocates. Legislators have been working for years on legislation to get rid of the barriers that would allow the vehicles to operate freely on roads.

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Yelp: More Businesses Closing Permanently Amid Pandemic

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Yelp’s new “Local Economic Impact Report” said that the number of business closures in the pandemic has continued to increase nationally: “As of Aug. leading to more restrictive actions by local authorities, 60 percent of those closed businesses are “not reopening (97,966 permanently closed),” said San Francisco-based Yelp.

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Australia To Test Coronavirus Vaccine; US Doctor Claims To Have Potential Cure

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Australia’s national science agency plans to test a pair of vaccines over the next 90 days, part of a global race to stop the coronavirus pandemic. As researchers scramble for a cure, a doctor featured in “Pandemic,” a Netflix documentary, announced his team may have discovered a coronavirus cure which will now be tested by the U.S.

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Salesforce Sets Up ‘Work.com For Vaccines’ To Handle COVID-19 Programs

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San Francisco-based Salesforce is gearing up for expected COVID-19 vaccination campaigns by setting up Work.com for Vaccines, which will “help governments and healthcare organizations more safely and efficiently manage vaccine programs,” the company said in a press release.

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Data Enablers: SigOpt’s Machine Learning Tools Help Businesses Optimize Operations

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From some guy’s garage in San Francisco, a group of math nerds has grown into one of the world’s finest-tuned machine learning operations. I’ve had the privilege to study and do research at many amazing universities and national labs around the world throughout my career.