California

California emits fine-print of its GDPR-ish digital privacy law, complete with Google and Facebook-sized holes

Sure, companies will probably just ignore its most important component, but what you gonna do?

Personal Tech03 Jun 2020 | 19

Apple owes us big time for bungled display-killing cable design in MacBook Pro kit, lawsuit claims

iGiant not only screwed up the wiring, it knew it was shipping dodgy gear, it is claimed

Personal Tech08 May 2020 | 58

California’s privacy warriors are back – and this time they want to take their fight all the way to the ballot box

Politicos watered down earlier efforts, so data defenders will fight to the end

Security06 May 2020 | 9

ICANN delays .org sell off after California's attorney general intervenes at last minute, tears non-profit a new one over sale

DNS overseer accused of ignoring the very people it is supposed to represent

Networks17 Apr 2020 | 30

California emits latest layoff statistics. March's numbers are ugly. It's 19,000 total, including many in tech

Symantec, Cisco, Uber, loathsome Juul, others shed staff amid pandemic

On-Prem27 Mar 2020 | 8

Not a Genius move after all: Apple must cough up $$$ in back pay for store staff forced to wait for bag searches

California Supreme Court skewers iGiant for stiffing loyal drones

Personal Tech13 Feb 2020 | 101

California’s Attorney General joins the long list of people who have had it with Facebook

As thousands of internal files leak revealing antisocial biz's pressure on app makers

Personal Tech06 Nov 2019 | 40

The results are in… and California’s GDPR-ish digital privacy law has survived onslaught by Google and friends

Analysis Five amendments to law approved before deadline, none undercut core goals

Personal Tech16 Sep 2019 | 19

The gig (economy) is up: New California law upgrades Lyft, Uber, other app serfs to staff

Analysis Rules may blow up bug bounty upstarts, too

Science11 Sep 2019 | 87

Uber, Lyft and DoorDash put $30m apiece into ballot battle fund to kill gig-economy employee benefits

We love our employees, sorry, contractors, so much we’ll spend a small fortune stopping them from getting overtime, workers’ comp etc

On-Prem30 Aug 2019 | 31

Choc-a-block: AWS sues sales exec for legging it to Google Cloud. Yup, another bitter battle over non-compete clauses

Amazon demands restraining order preventing bod from jumping ship to Chocolate Factory

SaaS05 Aug 2019 | 15

California's politicians rush to gut internet privacy law with pro-tech giant amendments

Analysis Meanwhile, the only pro-privacy proposal gets quietly pulled

Personal Tech23 Apr 2019 | 44

Hey, remember that California privacy law? Big Tech is trying to ram a massive hole in it

Analysis Amendment would exempt, um, Google and Facebook

Personal Tech16 Apr 2019 | 38

Super Cali optimistic right-to-repair's negotious, even though Apple thought it was something quite atrocious

US state joins others mulling laws allowing folks to freely fix their kit

Personal Tech19 Mar 2019 | 87

Tech industry titans suddenly love internet privacy rules. Wanna know why? We'll tell you

Analysis Hint: It's something to do with a new California law

Legal26 Feb 2019 | 50

Roll a diplomacy check to win the election: Vote tie resolved by a D20

Office wizard saves day with Dungeons & Dragons die

Bootnotes17 Dec 2018 | 59

GDPR USA? 'A year ago, hell no ... More people are open to it now' – House Rep says EU-like law may be mulled

Mega-hacks nudge Congress to consider privacy standard

Security08 Nov 2018 | 53

Super Cali goes ballistic, net neutrality hopeless? Even Ajit Pai's gloating is something quite atrocious

US govt's legal challenge halts rollout of internet safeguards

Networks26 Oct 2018 | 29

California cracks down on Internet of Crap passwords with new law to stop the botnets

It's good news, but overall a wasted opportunity

Edge + IoT04 Oct 2018 | 73

FCC boss slams new Californian net neutrality law, brands it illegal

Weiner unloads on American Pai over crony capitalism

Legal17 Sep 2018 | 67

Golden State passes gold-standard net neutrality bill by 58-17

Updated SB 822, passed by Senate and Assembly, now has to be passed by, er, the Senate again

Legal31 Aug 2018 | 30

Net neutrality haters spam Californians with annoying robocalls

Everybody gets a raise in the heady world of ISP lobbying

Networks28 Aug 2018 | 18

Big Tech turns saboteur to cripple new California privacy law in private

Google, Facebook and friends don't want you gaining access to your data

Personal Tech21 Aug 2018 | 39

California lawmakers: We swear on our avocados we'll pass 'strongest net neutrality protections' in America

Big Cable lobbyists abandoned after grassroots campaign

Networks05 Jul 2018 | 35

Google weeps as its home state of California passes its own GDPR

Analysis Right to view, delete personal info is here – and you'll be amazed to hear why the privacy law passed so fast

Legal29 Jun 2018 | 130

Big Cable unplugs Cali's draft net neutrality protections yet AGAIN

Sponsors of US state's proposed law fume as key committee chair guts legislation

Networks21 Jun 2018 | 18

Here's a transaction Transamerica regrets: Transgressors swipe retirees' personal info

Updated 45,000 plan holders hit by crooks, say corp officials

Security05 Jun 2018 | 5

Super Cali goes ballistic: mugshot site atrocious

Beccara says extortion scheme immoral and felonious

Personal Tech17 May 2018 | 28

New York looks at California, drafts net neutrality legislation

'Bicoastal effort' adds to the mess that is internet rules

Networks02 May 2018 | 17

Ahem! Uber, Lyft etc: California Supremes just shook your gig economy with contractor ruling

Now it's a little more tricky to claim a worker isn't a staffer

Legal01 May 2018 | 50

America's states try to restart net neutrality – with very mixed results

Alaska and California moving forward, Colorado not so much

Legal25 Apr 2018 | 11

Super Cali health inspectors: Tesla blood awoke us

Updated Probe to see if Musk was up to something quite atrocious

On-Prem18 Apr 2018 | 42

Net neutrality advocates freak out as lobbyists pull rug from California's draft net neutrality law

Legislation 'could have been written by AT&T and Comcast'

Networks16 Apr 2018 | 21

Super Cali's frickin' whiz kids no longer oppose us: Even though Facebook thought info law was quite atrocious

Zuck & Co end fight against California's privacy legislation

Legal12 Apr 2018 | 19

Super Cali goes ballistic, Starbucks is on notice: Expensive milky coffee is something quite cancerous

Even now your java kills you – man, these rules are bogus

Bootnotes30 Mar 2018 | 87

Super Cali neutral traffic bill makes web throttling bogus

State won't work with those whose conduct is atrocious

Networks14 Mar 2018 | 25

Got some broken tech? Super Cali's trinket fix-it law brought into focus

Right to Repair Act just in case your phone becomes atrocious

Legal08 Mar 2018 | 70

Super Cali's unrealistic net neutrality process – even though the sound of it is something quite... ferocious

Why draft law won't be enough to protect state's internet

Personal Tech01 Feb 2018 | 24

California Senate OKs net neutrality law, gives FCC cold hard long stare

F U FCC say lawmakers as bill passes to Assembly

Networks30 Jan 2018 | 28

Bulletproof Coffee lacks bulletproof security: Nerd brain juice biz hacked, cards gulped

Buttered beverage second-nastiest thing on upstart's site

Security27 Nov 2017 | 21

If you say it loud enough, Uber will sound atrocious: Super Cali juristic discrimination process

Biz sued for allegedly screwing over women, people of color

On-Prem26 Oct 2017 | 21

Super Cali goes ballistic, small-cell law is bogus. School IT outsourcing is also... quite atrocious

So much for only one Super Cali headline per month

Legal16 Oct 2017 | 23

Super Cali's futuristic robo-cars in focus – even though watchdogs say they're something quite atrocious

DMV paves way for human-free fully autonomous vehicles

AI + ML11 Oct 2017 | 37

Beach, please... Billionaire VC finally opens way to waves

Vinod Khosla responds to the only thing he knows: money

Bootnotes05 Oct 2017 | 34

Super Cali goes ballistic, Gatorade app is bogus: Even the sound of it is something quite atrocious

And who's going to stand up for the Arnold Palmer?

Applications22 Sep 2017 | 22

Totally uncool California bureaucrats shoot down drone weed delivery

Regulators harshing the buzz

Legal11 Sep 2017 | 18

Uber bros pull out wallet, $32.5m later the 'Safe Rides' row is over

Dial-a-ride biz settles Cali background checks lawsuit

Science05 Jun 2017 | 8

Super Cali goes ballistic, Uber drivers are stocious (allegedly!)

Updated This app maker's policies are something quite atrocious

Personal Tech14 Apr 2017 | 28

Overcharge customers, underpay the serfs. Who else but Uber (allegedly)

App has been short-changing drivers, new lawsuit claims

On-Prem07 Apr 2017 | 37

Climate change bust up: We'll launch our own damn satellites if Trump pulls plug – Gov Brown

Super Cali goes ballistic over claims global warming's bogus

Science14 Dec 2016 | 153

Super Cali: Be realistic, 'autopilot' is bogus – even though the sound of it is something quite precocious

It's just fancy cruise control

Personal Tech03 Oct 2016 | 44

Super Cali goes ballistic, IT school is hopeless: Tech boot camp ITT frozen by edu officials

Doubts linger over for-profit US-wide college's finances

On-Prem30 Aug 2016 | 16

Apple sued over shoddy iPhone touchscreens

Class action accuses Cupertino of ignoring handset defect

Personal Tech29 Aug 2016 | 23

Both HPs allegedly axed people just for being old, California court told

Class-action lawsuit accuses IT giants of age discrimination in layoffs

Channel25 Aug 2016 | 42

California to put all your power-hungry PCs on a low carb(on) diet

Hippy Golden State would be first to limit machines sold within its borders

Personal Tech04 Aug 2016 | 79

Engine warning light appears on Uber's $100m driver settlement

It's Friday and we've hit rock-bottom on the car puns, people

Legal04 Jun 2016 | 30