Here’s a roundup of interesting startup links I came across today:
Partisan split emerges in Oregon over data centers, poll finds – oregonlive.com
A new poll commissioned by The Oregonian/OregonLive finds Democrats and nonaffiliated voters are broadly supportive of a statewide moratorium on data centers. Republicans are split on the issue, but more oppose a moratorium than support it.
(2012) Geoloqi acquired by Esri
Portland-based Geoloqi, a startup that focused on providing geolocation services to enable other applications, has been acquired by Esri, a company that seeks to enable “people to positively impact the future through a deeper, geographic understanding of the changing world around them.” Terms of the deal were not disclosed.
John Ternus Is Engineering a New Era for Apple: The Best Inventions of 2026
On this September day in Silicon Valley, Apple’s new CEO is surrounded by celebrities, tech enthusiasts, and reporters who have flocked to Apple Park from around the world to catch a glimpse of the company’s new and long-awaited foldable phone, the Duo. After Ternus takes a few photos with the device, an Apple PR rep pulls the influencer known as IShowSpeed out of the crowd to meet him. Winning over the 21-year-old isn’t exactly the toughest assignment Ternus has faced in his 25-year Apple career: Speed barks when he sees the phone and then gleefully springs into a backflip.
Bipartisan coalition of states sues OpenAI over user safety – POLITICO
The coalition of eight states includes Arkansas, Arizona, Iowa, Idaho, Kansas, Montana, Nebraska, and West Virginia. All of the states except for Arizona have a Republican attorney general.
Online Community and Connection in America | Pew Research Center
At a time when many are worrying about fraying social ties and rising loneliness, some Americans are finding community online.
Opinion | What the Frontier Labs Know That We Don’t – The New York Times
Dwarkesh Patel is one of the most important voices in the artificial intelligence world. Deeply embedded in San Francisco’s tech community, he has interviewed nearly every tech chief executive at length.
Celebrating 70 years of Fortran — Fortran Programming Language
One month from today (15th October) marks seventy years since the first Fortran manual was published, making it an extremely well established programming language for scientific computing.
Rukaiyah Adams on leading through breast cancer diagnosis – Portland Business Journal
Despite the trauma, my professional training as an investor poked through the curtain of terror to note the training, technology and tools swirling around me. I could see the investment all around me. I reflected on the workforce alignment that was necessary to recruit and train all of the medical professionals who took care of me from imaging through post-op nursing.
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