Cal State University Fullerton received the largest donation in its history — $40 million — based on its commitment to educating students who come from communities that have been chronically underserved. The gift was given by philanthropist MacKenzie Scott — the

A Muslim and a Jew — Both Game Developers Themselves — Build a New Paradigm for Game Developers Around the World **inter-TECH-ion intern Penelope Rivera wrote this article** The political framework of the Middle East has been fraught with tension and volatility

Tiny homes are one of the hottest trends in the affordable housing market. A new startup is taking this trend to an extreme by manufacturing tiny modular homes, to be placed in existing property owners' backyards. Boxabl lives up to its

This was written by an employee at Virtasant, who prefers to remain anonymous. Virtasant is a global tech company that moves companies’ data storage to the cloud and then helps to manage and optimize their cloud accounts. It was three months

In partnership with dot.LA, inter-TECH-ion is publishing this article, written by Ben Bergman

Helping women and other minority entrepreneurs is a big part of the Octane Foundation for Innovation’s newly-released initiatives. Octane is a multi-faceted organization in Orange County with a long-time accelerator and a new venture fund, among other endeavors. It's also one

Over the past year, despite new VC funds in SoCal, the region saw fewer startups raising early-growth rounds. Much of the funding increase the region did see was due to larger checks going to later-stage startups. To assist the early-stage startups,

This article was written by inter-TECH-ion intern Noah Chavarria

inter-TECH-ion Intern Noah Chavarria contributed to this article

This opinion piece, about the founding of StartupStarter, was written by Jose Barrera, founder and CEO. StartupStarter is a social network (virtual for now), with HQ in LA. It invites founders, mentors, advisors, investors and service providers to join. It provides founders

(inter-TECH-ion intern Noah Chavarria contributed to this article.) Let's say you're on a vacation or business trip and want to check out a restaurant or other establishment in a city you'r e not familiar with. But you've never been to the neighborhood

An OC coding bootcamp’s commitment to diversity enables women in tech to either enhance their coding skills or shift gears altogether. LearningFuze is OC’s longest-running coding bootcamp. As it’s committed to the growth of the OC tech scene, it’s partnered with

From MIT Technology Review…. On the evening of Wednesday, December 2, Timnit Gebru, the co-lead of Google’s ethical AI team, announced via Twitter that the company had forced her out. Gebru, a widely respected leader in AI ethics research, is known

This article was written by inter-TECH-ion's intern Noah Chavarria

AI has permeated all aspects of our lives. And continues to do so. Yet, while this powerful tech has been around for a while, there's still no universal framework or guidelines governing its use and ethics. In the meantime, there’s a

Good Growth Capital is expanding its reach into Southern California now, with the addition of Krisztina Holly as a partner. She grew up in LA and has been living here for 15 years as an adult. She just led the firm’s