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Facebook has shared an update about its Catalyst Housing Fund, an initiative it began in 2016 with $20 million of investment. The firm says it's on track to invest $1 billion in the next decade.

Paul Hill · Aug 6, 2020 with 0 comments

Alphabet's Verily is helping fight the Coronavirus by setting up testing sites in California. It has also created an online tool to help people figure out if they have the disease.

Paul Hill · Mar 16, 2020 with 0 comments

A new survey of more than 1,300 people reveals that more than half of workers at prestigious tech companies would find it too hard to buy a home in the Bay Area thanks to rocketing costs.

Paul Hill · Aug 1, 2018 with 25 comments

Google has been ordered to move its barge - believed to be a giant floating showroom in the making - from San Francisco Bay, after failing to secure the proper permissions for its construction there.

Andy Weir · Feb 6, 2014 · Hot! with 17 comments

Google's plans for a floating showroom in San Francisco Bay appear to be on hold, with construction on the barge having been put "on hiatus" shortly after an inspection by the US Coast Guard.

Andy Weir · Dec 11, 2013 · Hot! with 14 comments