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Uber will add driverless Cruise vehicles to its fleet in 2025
After losing its California operating license last year over safety concerns, the autonomous vehicle company Cruise will soon partner with Uber to offer driverless transportation through the popular ride-hail...
Deal reached in feud between California news outlets and Google: $250 million to support journalism but no new law
SACRAMENTO — California lawmakers intend to shelve legislation that would have required Google to pay news outlets for distributing their content, and in its place announced on Wednesday a new...
Trump posted a fake Taylor Swift image. AI and deepfakes are only going to get worse this election cycle
A patriotic image shows megastar Taylor Swift dressed up like Uncle Sam, falsely suggesting she endorses Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump.“Taylor Wants You To Vote For Donald Trump,” the...
This controversial California AI bill was amended to quell Silicon Valley fears. Here’s what changed
A controversial bill that seeks to protect Californians from artificial intelligence-driven catastrophes has caused uproar in the tech industry. This week, the legislation passed a key committee but with...
Will this California bill to regulate AI protect consumers or gut tech?
Aug. 8, 2024 3 AM PT California is a world leader in artificial intelligence — which means we’re expected to help figure out how to regulate it. The state...
Google loses major antitrust case over search, declared a monopoly by judge
In a major blow to Google, a federal judge on Monday ruled that the tech giant violated antitrust laws by illegally maintaining a monopoly on web searches.The much-anticipated decision...
Justice Department sues TikTok for allegedly violating child privacy laws
The legal pressure on TikTok just got more intense.The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday sued TikTok and its Chinese parent ByteDance for allegedly breaking child privacy laws, accusing...
U.S. Olympian couldn’t pay her rent. Flavor Flav and Alexis Ohanian took care of it
Veronica Fraley is scheduled to compete at the Paris Olympics for the first time Friday.So now probably is not a good time for distractions — like, say, rent being...
How much does your city know about you? This Southern California city opens up
Rain was falling steadily as the group huddled underneath umbrellas outside the Mark Twain Neighborhood Library in Long Beach in early March, equipped with their smartphones and a mission....
Get paid or sue? How the news business is combating the threat of AI
Journalist Javier Cabral wanted to test Google’s much-hyped, experimental artificial intelligence-powered search results. So he typed out a question about a topic he knew intimately: the Long Beach bakery...
