Jesús Alvarado

3 weeks ago | marketplace.org | Meghan McCarty Carino |Jesus Alvarado |Jesús Alvarado

California’s Central Valley is just hours from Silicon Valley, but it can feel worlds away. It’s farm country: The region grows most of the fruits, nuts and vegetables for the U.S. But it, too, is being transformed by technology. In the face of climate change, labor challenges and shrinking margins, many farms are turning to automation, and there’s a push to make this area a hub for innovation sort of like its techie neighbor.

1 month ago | kvpr.org | Meghan McCarty Carino |Jesus Alvarado |Jesús Alvarado

This story originally aired on “Marketplace Tech” on May 22. This is the third installment in a three part series. Listen to Marketplace each weekday at 3pm on KVPR. This week, we hit the road to check out California’s Central Valley, where the future of agricultural innovation is taking shape. We visited a farm that’s piloting next-gen tools and a university research center that’s helping develop that tech. Today, we’re at a graduation.

1 month ago | kvpr.org | Meghan McCarty Carino |Jesus Alvarado |Jesús Alvarado

This story originally aired on “Marketplace Tech” on May 21. Find part one of the series here. Listen to Marketplace each weekday at 3pm on KVPR. This week, we’re heading to California’s Central Valley to see how technology is transforming this agricultural region. Yesterday, we visited a farm to see the latest gadgets in action. And today, we’re going straight to the innovation source: the University of California, Merced.

1 month ago | kvpr.org | Meghan McCarty Carino |Jesus Alvarado |Jesús Alvarado

This story originally aired on “Marketplace Tech” on May 20. Listen to Marketplace each weekday morning at 4:45 am on KVPR. California is known for being home to Hollywood and, of course, the center of global tech, Silicon Valley.

1 month ago | marketplace.org | Meghan McCarty Carino |Kelly Silvera |Daisy Palacios |Jesus Alvarado |Jesús Alvarado

There was a time not so long ago when it seemed like the most consequential conversations in our society were happening on social media. But as the digital commons spawned mobs, performative posturing and rage-baiting, a lot of those conversations went private. That's one takeaway from the recent Semafor report on the private group chats between tech titans, business leaders and public intellectuals.