Bowen Yan (Class of 2026) is a staff writer for Scot Scoop. Besides Journalism, he enjoys listening to music, cooking, fashion, and art. He strives to create a positive impact through his journalism.
The largest Samsung Electronics union announced a strike — a first for the 55-year-old company.
The National Samsung Electronics Union, representing more than a fifth of the company’s workforce,...
China established a multibillion-dollar chip investment fund on May 24, the largest in the country’s history. The fund is worth 344 billion yuan or $47.5 billion and is the third part of the China Integrated...
A bill forcing the sale or ban of TikTok, a popular social media app, was signed into law on April 24.
The bill was passed with a 79-18 vote in the Senate. One reason for the overwhelming bipartisan...
The landmark antitrust case levied against Google by the Department of Justice (DOJ) is drawing to a close. The case — U.S. et al. v. Google — alleges Google violated the Sherman Antitrust Act of 1890...
Google fired 28 employees on Wednesday following a protest by employees the day before. The protest on Tuesday, wherein dozens of employees staged sit-in protests in Sunnyvale and New York City, including...
Texas students will now be graded by an automated scoring engine on their state tests. The Texas Education Agency (TEA) is rolling out a new system for grading open-ended test questions, following a redesign...
On March 13, the European Parliament overwhelmingly passed the European Union (EU) Artificial Intelligence Act or AI Act, the first-ever binding artificial intelligence law in history.
The regulation...
For the past year, the online marketplace Temu has risen quickly to popularity in the United States.
From its slogan, “Shop like a billionaire,” to its Super Bowl ad jingle, it has rapidly become...
Starbucks. Volkswagen. Coca-Cola.
These are all companies that say they’re going green. However, their apparent efforts may be no more than a coat of green paint. Underneath the green facade, many...
Macy’s, the largest department store chain in the U.S., is set to close 150 stores in the next two years.
This move comes as part of a “bold new chapter” that will involve the retailer moving...
On Feb. 23, Nvidia achieved a market cap of $2 trillion. This achievement was important for other companies as well. Nvidia’s growth was responsible for 28% of all the gains of the Standard and Poor’s...
Elon Musk, co-founder of Neuralink, announced on Monday that Neuralink implanted a brain chip in their first human test subject. According to Musk, the patient was recovering well.
Significance
The...
This January, consumer sentiment on the U.S. economy reached its highest level since 2021, according to the University of Michigan consumer sentiment index. This continues the upward trend that was reported...
Large language models (LLMs) and other AI technologies have made huge advancements, but some risks with the technology still remain unexplored and unaddressed. On Jan. 12, Anthropic, a large artificial...
With finals just around the corner, and the stress that accompanies them, Holiday Village's week of fun activities brought Carlmont students joy and fostered a sense of community.
An annual event at...
When the clock strikes 3 p.m. on a typical school day, librarians at the Carlmont and Belmont libraries prepare themselves for the crowds of students about to enter through their doors.
Students go...
Students have established a record-breaking 66 new clubs this year, in addition to the 91 renewed clubs that continue to run from previous years.
According to Jim Kelly, the ASB director at Carlmont,...
