Qualcomm confirmed on Sept. 24 that it extended its licensing agreement with Apple starting April 1, 2027, the same day the current agreement was set to expire, ending years of speculation that Apple …
California Gov. Gavin Newsom acted on 1,160 bills from his final regular legislative session by the Wednesday deadline, signing measures that include SB 913 and SB 905 by Sen. Josh Becker to expand vi…
The U.S. Federal Trade Commission has opened an investigation into OpenAI, Anthropic and other artificial intelligence companies over dangers their technology may pose to consumers, the agency said We…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom signed AB 2383 on Sept. 21, requiring electricity rate structures for qualifying data centers that prevent their added power-supply costs from being shifted to other custo…
Oakland Councilmember Carroll Fife will propose a 45-day moratorium on new data center approvals at Tuesday's Life Enrichment Committee meeting, seeking time for the city to write regulations protecti…
A failed circuit at the FAA's Philadelphia air traffic control center halted operations at every major New York City-area airport — Kennedy, LaGuardia and Newark — for several hours Monday, canceling …
Rep. Jay Obernolte, R-Hesperia, chairperson of the House Subcommittee on Research and Technology, said on Sept. 18 that Congress has codified only one of the 85 policy recommendations from the biparti…
California Highway Patrol officers cited a Tesla driver for "unsafe speed" after pulling him over on Interstate 80 in Solano County on Sept. 2 for apparently sleeping at the wheel while the car was in…
The Salk Institute for Biological Studies is testing whether gene-edited soybean and sorghum plants with deeper root systems can withstand climate extremes and store more carbon underground, backed by…
Outgoing U.N. Secretary-General António Guterres told The Associated Press in an interview four days before the annual U.N. General Assembly that the world faces at least three existential problems — …
The U.S. House approved a bill by a vote of 417-3 on Wednesday that would require state utility regulators to consider charging artificial intelligence data centers the full cost of the new power and …
The Richmond City Council voted 6-0-1 on Tuesday night to impose a 45-day temporary ban on data centers, making Richmond the third city in the region to halt the industry, with the moratorium extendab…
The San Mateo County Board of Supervisors voted unanimously Tuesday to create a first-of-its-kind permitting system for businesses using autonomous AI-controlled robots, effective mid-October and appl…
A federal court in Illinois ruled Monday that James Keene, a writer, TV producer and one-time FBI informer, may sue Google for defamation over false statements generated by Google's AI Overviews, whic…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg said each AI company must ensure its own technology is safe, rejecting rival calls for a coordinated slowdown in advanced AI development. Zuckerberg's social media post follow…
California's median rent rose from $747 a month in 2000 to over $2,700 today, a 44% real-terms increase against just 11% renter income growth, and the state's narrowest surviving antitrust bill, AB 17…
Meta agreed last month to pay up to $17.1 billion to 47 states, D.C., and territories over claims it designed its platforms to addict children and misled the public about its own research, the largest…
The Gilroy City Council voted unanimously on Monday night to impose an immediate moratorium on new data centers, halting acceptance, processing and approval of applications and entitlements for at lea…
The Environmental Protection Agency is expected to repeal rules limiting greenhouse gas emissions from coal- and natural-gas-fired power plants, with an announcement possible as soon as Monday, accord…
Sutter Health, a Sacramento-based not-for-profit healthcare system serving more than 3.5 million patients across Northern and Central California, has expanded its clinical use of artificial intelligen…