Teenagers are constantly seen as if they’re addicted to social media. However, recently, the “dopamine detox”, where the brain’s reward system is reset by taking a break from overconsumption on...
Polar Labs, an autonomous delivery vehicle company, is working with the city of San Ramon to test its robots on the bike lanes.
San Ramon, along with Concord, were the ideal locations for Polar Labs...
At just four months old, Tri-Valley physicians Geri and Zachary Landman’s daughter, Lucy Landman, was diagnosed with PGAP3, a rare genetic disorder that presently has no known treatment or cure.
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As major tech companies, such Meta and Amazon, lay off tens of thousands of employees, many have raised concerns regarding the effect these mass layoffs will have on current students’ perception of the...
Amid concerns about hate speech and censorship following Elon Musk’s October 2022 acquisition of Twitter, many users have migrated to decentralized forms of social media such as Mastodon.
Though Musk’s...
ChatGPT, a new artificial intelligence chatbot launched by Open AI, raises concerns over academic dishonesty and student learning by teachers, especially at Dougherty Valley High School. Released to...
In an age of information and technological advancement, automation and artificial intelligence have made immense strides in the workplace, while raising questions about the effects and ethics of integrating...
Dougherty Valley seniors Sarvagya (Aryan) Srivastava and Arnav Soni recently launched their company EcoTamp in an attempt to further the fight for menstrual equity. Currently prototyping free, biodegradable...
On Nov. 16, the U.S. Food and Drug Administration approved the first cultured meat product, lab-grown chicken produced by food technology company UPSIDE Foods. Faced with increasing concerns about the...
Mitali Mittal, Social Media Manager
• November 8, 2022
Mindy Lee is a Site Reliability Engineer at Google who took time recently to answer questions about her experiences as a female in a STEM field, and also to give advice for future female engineers.
Question:...
Mitali Mittal, Social Media Manager
• October 27, 2022
During the 2020-2021 school year, students and teachers started using more online education applications due to remote learning. As many of these applications have become more prevalent even with the transition...
On Sept. 22, the FDA authorized the Pfizer-BioNTech COVID-19 booster shot for individuals in specific demographic groups, resulting in high demand for the vaccine while experts consider a future with regular...
