#333: GetVirtual, Socialbots, Supply Chains, Cold Cases, and more tech

Digest #333

In this week's Five in Five video interview, Nada Miljkovic talks about GetVirtual and the UCSC students who are passionate about helping local businesses. For a win-win, the students are getting credit through the UCSC entrepreneurship course that Nada is teaching.

Job hunting? Find out who is hiring at the 4th Annual Get Hired to be held on June 3. The popular event is being held online, of course.

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GetVirtual: Nada Miljkovic offers a dose of optimism in our latest Five in Five as she talks about the team of UCSC students who are passionate about helping local businesses. Watch the video .

GetVirtual: Learn more about the entrepreneurship course that doubles as nonprofit consulting firm, pairing students with local businesses to help make the transition to online orders and sales. Read the article .

Job hunting? Find out who is hiring at the 4th Annual Get Hired on June 3. Online, of course. Read the article .

Team Athena builds a "socialbot" for the Alexa Prize Socialbot Grand Challenge. This one recognizes types of speech, movie names, song names, people names, and even knows about COVID–19 . Read the article .

Cruzio partners with Aviat to help the Santa Cruz County Office of Education deliver free internet to low-income families. Read the article .

Researchers at UCSC are testing new technology that could provide a rapid, low cost COVID-19 antibody test. Read the article .

The Navy's C2 Tech Bridge in Monterey opens as a virtual tech center, hoping to tap into talent from local businesses and academic institutions. Read the article .

Ed Green's UCSC lab helps crack yet another decades-old, grisly cold case. Read the article .

"Tele" by SapientX is a digital assistant that can organize meetings, take notes, and retrieve company information during meetings. Watch the video .

SupplyShift's climate change impact tools can help businesses reduce their climate impact at every level of the supply chain. Read the article .

Working from home? Poly's new headset offers advanced hybrid active noise cancelling and acoustic fence technologies to reduce distractions. Read the article .