Why billionaire techies are betting big on Matt Mahan’s California governor run
Billionaires and tech moguls are spending mountains of cash to catapult San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan to the front…
Landmark social media addiction trial begins in Los Angeles
By KAITLYN HUAMANI and BARBARA ORTUTAY, AP Technology Writers LOS ANGELES (AP) — The world’s biggest social media…
Arguments to begin in social media addiction trial set in Los Angeles
By KAITLYN HUAMANI and BARBARA ORTUTAY, Associated Press Technology Writers LOS ANGELES (AP) — The world’s biggest social…
Union Leaders Tell Newsom to Regulate AI if He Wants to Be President
At a Feb. 4 press conference in Sacramento, AFL-CIO president Liz Shuler, California Labor Federation president Lorena Gonzalez,…
CA Courtrooms Hear How Big Tech Hooks Kids on Social Media
The Meta researcher’s tone was alarmed. “Oh my gosh yall IG is a drug,” the user experience specialist…
Ex-Google engineer convicted of stealing AI trade secrets for China
A former software engineer at Google has been convicted of stealing artificial intelligence trade secrets for the benefit…
Google and Pinterest each cut Bay Area jobs as tech layoffs linger
Google and Pinterest both disclosed plans to trim scores of tech jobs in the Bay Area in layoffs…
Sergey Brin makes his biggest donation ever to tackle California’s housing crisis
Google cofounder Sergey Brin has made his largest single public donation yet to address California’s housing crisis, just…
NHTSA probes California Waymo taxi incident that injured a child
Jan. 29 (UPI) — The National Highway Transportation and Safety Administration is investigating an incident in which an…
Waymo launches robotaxi service to San Francisco International Airport
Waymo announced Thursday that its robotaxi service is now available to and from San Francisco International Airport, ahead…
Waymo will start offering rides to San Francisco airport
Waymo driverless taxi parks in lower Manhattan in New York City, U.S., Nov. 26, 2025. Brendan McDermid |…
Newsom zeroes out California’s landmark deal to save local news – Silicon Valley
Going, going, gone. A high-stakes funding deal between Google and the California government meant to help the struggling…