Seth Weintraub is an American journalist and engineer. Weintraub founded the 9to5 network of tech blogs: ''

9to5Mac The Apple community is a group of people interested in Apple Inc. and its products, who report information in various media. Generally this has evolved into a proliferation of websites, but latterly has also expanded into podcasts (both audio and ...

'', ''9to5Google'', ''9to5Toys'', ''DroneDJ'', and ''

Electrek ''Electrek'' is an American news website dedicated to electric transportation and sustainable energy Energy is sustainable if it "meets the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their own need ...

.''

Education

In 1997, Weintraub earned a bachelor's degree in Industrial and Systems Engineering from the

University of Southern California The University of Southern California (USC, SC, or Southern Cal) is a Private university, private research university in Los Angeles, California, United States. Founded in 1880 by Robert M. Widney, it is the oldest private research university in C ...

, with a minor in Multimedia and Creative Technologies. In 2002, he received a master's degree from

New York University New York University (NYU) is a private research university in New York City. Chartered in 1831 by the New York State Legislature, NYU was founded by a group of New Yorkers led by then-Secretary of the Treasury Albert Gallatin. In 1832, the ...

, Tisch Interactive Telecommunications Program in 2004. At that time, he was helping to manage the IT department at the

NYU Medical School NYU Grossman School of Medicine is a medical school of New York University, a Private university, private research university in New York City. It was founded in 1841 and is one of two medical schools of the university, with the other being the L ...

9to5 network

From 2006 to 2008, Weintraub lived in

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. S ...

. At the same time, he started blogging for ''

Computerworld ''Computerworld'' (abbreviated as CW) is an ongoing decades old professional publication which in 2014 "went digital." Its audience is information technology (IT) and business technology professionals, and is available via a publication website ...

''. In 2007, Weintraub created the ''

'' blog, where he wrote about

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. According to the editor of ''

'' Joyce Carpenter, Weintraub received Neal Awards in 2008 and 2009 for his coverage of Apple. From 2009 to 2010, Seth Weintraub wrote for ''Fortune Magazine'' covering topics relevant to Google and continued contributing for ''Computerworld'' and

New York Times ''The New York Times'' (''the Times'', ''NYT'', or the Gray Lady) is a daily newspaper based in New York City with a worldwide readership reported in 2020 to comprise a declining 840,000 paid print subscribers, and a growing 6 million paid d ...

. In 2010, he launched ''9to5Google'' about

Google Google LLC () is an American multinational technology company focusing on search engine technology, online advertising, cloud computing, computer software, quantum computing, e-commerce, artificial intelligence, and consumer electronics. ...

and ''9to5Toys'', a gear and deals site. In 2013, he founded the news and commentary site ''

'', which analyzes news about the transition from fossil fuel to electric transport.

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