California

California governor goes on AI law signing spree, but demurs on the big one

Newsom still worried about SB 1047's 'chilling effect' on AI industry tax dollar revenue innovation in the state

AI + ML18 Sep 2024 | 16

This uni thought it would be a good idea to do a phishing test with a fake Ebola scare

Needless to say, it backfired in a big way

CSO22 Aug 2024 | 118

California trims AI safety bill to stop tech heads from freaking out

Anthropic boss meanwhile reckons there's 'a good chance ... we'll be able to get models that are better than most humans at most things'

AI + ML16 Aug 2024 | 27

Here we go again. And again. Musk threatens to pull Twitter, SpaceX out of California

Comment Over here, look at me, Donald, I'm over here, don't you want to tweet again? Woke! Trans! Antifa! Immigration!

Science17 Jul 2024 | 121

Y Combinator, startups funnily enough aren't fans of draft California AI safety law

'We believe a more balanced approach is necessary'

AI + ML24 Jun 2024 | 17

Tesla sued for 'systemic' racism at its Fremont, California plant

Campus faces yet another racial discrimination lawsuit as Clean Air Act violations claims also hit the fan

Personal Tech21 Jun 2024 | 45

AT&T forbidden from cutting landline services to large parts of California

Telecoms company will remain a carrier of last resort per CPUC ruling

Networks21 Jun 2024 | 22

California's Governor Newsom is worried AI will be smothered in regulation

OTOH, 'If we chase a shiny object, we could put ourselves in a perilous position'

AI + ML30 May 2024 | 17

Tesla's oldest factory ignites another headline by catching fire

Fremont: Come for the toxic fumes and discrimination, stay for marshmallows?

Personal Tech21 May 2024 | 19

Sacramento airport goes no-fly after AT&T internet cable snipped

Police say this appears to be a 'deliberate act.'

Cyber-crime19 Apr 2024 | 44

DoorDash coughs up a few bucks after California accuses it of spreading around customer info

Food delivery giant promises to drop off $375,000, no tip

Personal Tech22 Feb 2024 | 3

California proposes government cloud cluster to sift out nasty AI models

Big Tech's home turf set for law to ward against 'unsafe behavior'

Legal09 Feb 2024 | 1

Tech billionaires ask Californians to give new utopian city their blessing

They paved paradise, put up grocery stores, bars, restaurants, hotels, hospitals ...

Offbeat18 Jan 2024 | 46

Tesla says California's Autopilot action violates its free speech rights

Elon's biz claims 1st Amendment rights

Personal Tech11 Dec 2023 | 201

California commission says Cruise withheld data about parking atop of a pedestrian

Stalled self-driving car biz up to its axles in problems

Personal Tech04 Dec 2023 | 49

Google ends partnership to build four San Francisco GoogleBurbs

Working from home, smaller office footprints, and cost cutting made GoogleVille redundant

On-Prem03 Nov 2023 | 32

Cruise blues: Robotaxi firm pauses all driverless operations

Decision comes after CA revokes firm's driverless license and NHTSA signal an investigation

AI + ML27 Oct 2023 | 9

Red light for robotaxis as California suspends Cruise's license to self-drive

Updated Indefinite ban due to 'public safety'

Personal Tech24 Oct 2023 | 22

California's Governor Newsom signs laws on right to repair and data deletion

'Digital emancipation proclamation' praised by tech tinkerers, but info brokers aren't happy

Personal Tech11 Oct 2023 | 11

Equal Employment Commission sues Tesla for racist discrimination, retaliation at Fremont plant

Like some sort of bizarro greatest hits album, the EEOC case sounds just like multiple previous suits

Legal29 Sep 2023 | 29

California passes bill to set up one-stop data deletion shop

Infosec in brief Also, LockBit gets a new second stringer, AirTag owners find yet another illicit use, and this week's critical vulns

Security18 Sep 2023 | 13

Apple-backed California right-to-repair bill just a bite away from governor's signature

This would make the Golden State the third to enact a similar law

Personal Tech13 Sep 2023 | 17

Google shifts Cloud Next sales shindig from SF to Las Vegas

What could possibly have attracted this tech titan to an all-day party zone?

Off-Prem06 Sep 2023 | 2

After years of fighting Right to Repair, Apple U-turns-ish in California

'It feels like the Berlin Wall of tech repair monopolies is starting to crumble, brick by brick'

Personal Tech24 Aug 2023 | 27

Pack of GM Cruise robo-taxis freeze, snarl up Friday night traffic amid festival crowds

Just a day after getting green light to expand autonomous ops

AI + ML14 Aug 2023 | 51

Tesla's Autopilot boasts, safety probed by California AG

This tech is certainly full of something

Personal Tech28 Jul 2023 | 73

Cigna sued for using software to deny healthcare insurance claims

It's just some if-then statements, no AI here, insurer sniffs

Applications26 Jul 2023 | 31

Restaurant hired 'priest' to extract workplace confessions from staff

With now $150K to pay out, that's what we call fine dining

Bootnotes21 Jun 2023 | 38

California rolls closer to requiring drivers in driverless trucks

Next: Alcohol in non-alcoholic booze, bacon in vegan salads. We kid, we kid

AI + ML01 Jun 2023 | 22

Meta threatens to pull all news from California rather than pay El Reg a penny

And, ahem, other publishers

Personal Tech01 Jun 2023 | 55

Cash App founder stabbed to death in San Francisco

Tributes paid to former Square CTO Bob Lee, 43

Personal Tech06 Apr 2023 | 31

Uber and Lyft gig worker win overturned: You're a contractor, Harry

'Today's ruling certainly isn't going to stop us' says campaigner

Offbeat14 Mar 2023 | 6

Four charged with swiping $1m+ of gear from Microsoft cargo trucks

Talk about off the back of a lorry

Personal Tech08 Mar 2023 | 11

Used EV car batteries find new life storing solar power in California

Putting theory into practice, hopefully without a lithium fire

Systems08 Feb 2023 | 40

Cali puts mobile app makers on notice over privacy

Let customers opt out, or start adding zeros to compliance fines

Software31 Jan 2023 | 7

California toys with digital vehicle titles on private DMV blockchain

Because this is necessary, definitely can't go wrong

On-Prem28 Jan 2023 | 43

How to track equipped cars via exploitable e-ink platemaker

Miscreants could have tracked, modified, deleted digital plates

Research10 Jan 2023 | 90

Tesla fails to push racial discrimination lawsuit into arbitration

Plaintiff was offered direct employment with an arbitration agreement, but never signed the letter

On-Prem05 Jan 2023 | 34

San Francisco terminates explosive killer cop bots

I'll be back, or perhaps not

Security07 Dec 2022 | 41

California wildfires hit CTRL+Z on 18 years of CO2e removal

Time to start considering forest blazes alongside industrial sources of greenhouse gases, say scientists

Science20 Oct 2022 | 33

California legalizes digital license plates for all vehicles

Which is great news for the single company that makes them

Offbeat11 Oct 2022 | 165

City isn't keen on 5,000 erratic, traffic-jam-causing GM robo-cars on its streets

Analysis 'Cruise AV automated driving system is still under development' is putting it politely after vehicles block roads

AI + ML27 Sep 2022 | 65

California to phase out gas furnaces, water heaters by 2030

It'll reduce emissions a bunch, but stress the grid even more

Science26 Sep 2022 | 124

Tesla Megapack battery ignites at substation after less than 6 months

It's better to burn out than to fade away

Personal Tech21 Sep 2022 | 219

California Governor signs child privacy law requiring online age checks

Get ready for face scans, expanded surveillance, violated rights, and more, say critics

Personal Tech15 Sep 2022 | 63

California asks people not to charge EVs during heatwave

Not a great look for the state that just vowed to phase out gas-powered cars in favor of battery-powered ones

Personal Tech01 Sep 2022 | 169

California to try tackling drought with canal-top solar panels

Watt an interesting idea

Science31 Aug 2022 | 91

California to phase out internal combustion vehicles by 2035

Air board votes unanimously to approve wind down of gas guzzlers

Science25 Aug 2022 | 218

Apple ends corporate COVID mask mandate

Now will you all please return to our $5b headquarters?

On-Prem02 Aug 2022 | 35

California state's gun control websites expose personal data

And some of it may have been leaked on social media

Security30 Jun 2022 | 66

California's attempt to protect kids online could end adults' internet anonymity

Websites may be forced to verify ages of visitors unless changes made

Personal Tech28 Jun 2022 | 50

Comcast fixes broadband cables 'peppered' with holes after Oakland drive-by shooting

Bullet-proof hosting? Can't help you there. Will you settle for rapid repairs?

Networks01 Feb 2022 | 52

Tesla driver charged with vehicular manslaughter after deadly Autopilot crash

Prosecution seems to be first of its kind in America

AI + ML19 Jan 2022 | 233

California files appeal in latest bid to intervene in Activision Blizzard's $18m discrimination lawsuit settlement

Super Cali goes ballistic, this deal is atrocious

Personal Tech11 Jan 2022 | 10

Amazon cuts a relatively tiny check to disappear claims it broke the law by withholding COVID-19 data from staff

Settlement is little more than a minor cost-of-business expense

Personal Tech16 Nov 2021 | 4

Three thousand sea birds abandon nests amid nature reserve drone crash hullabaloo

Breeding season takes a tern for the worse

Offbeat07 Jun 2021 | 28