Car Tech Industry California threatens to halt Tesla sales over Autopilot marketing Regulators say Tesla sold a vision of self-driving that doesn't exist By Skye Jacobs, December 18, 2025, 7:03 AM
Tech Culture Science Terraforming startup wants to save sinking cities with robot-powered land lifts An injection of wood slurry could save a city from sinking into San Francisco Bay By Cal Jeffrey, November 7, 2025, 2:42 PM 15 comments
Tech Culture AI Utah and California are starting to require businesses to tell you when you're talking to AI States are cracking down on hidden AI, but the tech industry is pushing back By Skye Jacobs, October 31, 2025, 1:20 PM 9 comments
Electronics Industry Container-sized batteries are powering the next global energy revolution Tesla and BYD are competing to redefine grid-scale energy storage By Skye Jacobs, October 18, 2025, 11:13 AM 35 comments
AI Industry California becomes first state to require AI companies to disclose safety protocols The law also requires public incident reporting, whistleblower protections, and creates state-run cloud cluster By Skye Jacobs, September 30, 2025, 9:51 AM
Hardware Bolt Graphics claims 13x leap over Nvidia RTX 5090 with less wattage – and huge caveats Big performance promises, but the numbers don't add up By Daniel Sims, August 4, 2025, 10:27 PM 18 comments
Car Tech News Around the Web Running on empty: California is about to run out of license plate combinations A simple solution is already in place By Shawn Knight, April 23, 2025, 12:46 PM 22 comments
Car Tech Industry EV chargers now outnumber gas pumps in California The state accounts for 30 percent of all new zero-emission vehicle sales nationwide By Skye Jacobs, April 1, 2025, 6:15 AM 18 comments
Tech Culture Industry Texas has become the tech industry's budget-friendly alternative to California "It's all about the cost of doing business, and the cost of doing business is just lower in Texas" By Skye Jacobs, March 3, 2025, 3:11 PM 25 comments
Electronics News Around the Web Massive fire erupts at world's largest battery plant in California, forcing evacuations The 750MW site is capable of powering half a million homes By Zo Ahmed, January 17, 2025, 11:21 AM 29 comments
Gaming Industry Netflix may be rethinking its AAA gaming push, closes SoCal gaming studio Top devs depart after no games ever saw the light By Shawn Knight, October 22, 2024, 10:55 AM
The Web Security California governor demonstrates wishy-washy stance on digital consumer rights Signs law to ease subscription cancelation, while vetoing a bill to allow consumers to opt-out of data collection By Cal Jeffrey, September 25, 2024, 4:04 PM 7 comments
AI Security California law for AI safety has been sugar-coated to please corporations The law will still have "real teeth" against AI abuse, draft authors assure By Alfonso Maruccia, August 19, 2024, 1:23 PM
Industry Elon Musk says he will move X and SpaceX headquarters to Texas in response to California gender law "The last straw" By Rob Thubron, July 17, 2024, 5:17 AM 61 comments
Car Tech Industry Waymo's robotaxi rollout overcomes regulatory roadblocks in California Pushback from local officials continues By Zo Ahmed, June 24, 2024, 11:06 AM
Tech Culture Mobile California Governor supports new measures to restrict smartphone use during school hours More states are introducing bans By Rob Thubron, June 20, 2024, 7:36 AM 12 comments
Tech Culture California considers "right to disconnect" bill to prevent bosses contacting workers out of hours Californians could soon have a better work-life balance By Rob Thubron, April 3, 2024, 5:19 AM 23 comments
Tech Culture The Web Class action suit filed over license plate data, allegedly violating the privacy of millions of California drivers The defendant says its actions did not violate any California law By Kishalaya Kundu, February 27, 2024, 9:21 AM
Car Tech California DMV suspends GM Cruise's permit to operate its driverless taxis Following several accidents and accusations that Cruise misrepresented the safety of its vehicles By Rob Thubron, October 25, 2023, 8:45 AM 7 comments
Industry Federal judge orders injunction against California's online child safety law "...the provisions of the CAADCA ... do not pass constitutional muster" By Cal Jeffrey, September 19, 2023, 1:26 PM
Industry The Web California's Delete Act will make erasing consumers' data easier Advertisers aren't happy in the slightest, of course By Alfonso Maruccia, September 18, 2023, 8:08 AM
Electronics California sends country's strongest right-to-repair bill to governor's desk, mandating 7 years of parts Law enters effect on July 1, 2024 but applies to products made after July 1, 2021 By Daniel Sims, September 15, 2023, 4:55 PM 14 comments
Electronics Apple Apple supports California's right-to-repair bill, breaking with tradition Apple just surprised everyone by doing something good By Rob Thubron, August 25, 2023, 8:08 AM
Security EFF calls for action against California's new facial recognition bill State authorities should not normalize government use of face recognition tech By Alfonso Maruccia, April 24, 2023, 11:53 AM
Electronics San Francisco police seek permission for its robots to use deadly force "You are in direct violation of Penal Code 1.13, Section 9. You have five seconds to comply." By Cal Jeffrey, November 23, 2022, 5:21 PM 24 comments