The U.S. Census Bureau reported 531,423 business applications in June, the highest sustained rate in 22 years, but Columbia Business School's Jorge Guzman and MIT's Scott Stern found that only 0.07% o…
The California Democratic Party endorsed Proposition 40, a proposed one-time 5% tax on California's roughly 200 billionaires estimated to raise about $100 billion over several years, breaking with Gov…
San Jose, California, will hold its first public forum on August 19 to gather resident input on new regulations for data centers, responding to 11 pending projects totaling 1,630 megawatts of electric…
A UC Santa Cruz study tracking 36 GPS-collared mountain lions over six years found the big cats actively avoid popular hiking trails during peak human-use hours, such as a 9 a.m. recreation peak, and …
A group of Democratic senators, led by Senator Jeff Merkley, urged the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) to restrict prediction market trading on wildfires, citing concerns that such bets co…
Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy asked President Donald Trump and U.S. lawmakers during a Washington visit to help secure Elon Musk's permission to use Starlink satellite communications for gui…
The Bay Area events calendar for Aug. 7-13 lists community activities including SV@Home's Policy & Pastries on Aug. 7 in San Jose, the 'Lasers! Galactic Odyssey' show at The Tech Interactive with tick…
Researchers at Cal State Long Beach have begun testing a semi-autonomous shark surveillance bot, a 10-foot-long unmanned craft that uses acoustic receivers and cameras to patrol near beaches for up to…
Republicans in the U.S. Senate have blocked a proposal to expand military health coverage of in vitro fertilization (IVF) for service members and their families, a measure offered by Sen. Tammy Duckwo…
The California Building Industry Association, led by president Dan Dunmoyer, filed a petition on June 10 to remove the Swainson's hawk from state endangered species protections, citing a 2018 report t…
Billionaires behind California Forever, a plan to build a city for 400,000 residents on 65,000 acres in Solano County, are seeking Governor Gavin Newsom's help to advance the project, which includes a…
A federal judge in San Jose rejected Elon Musk's xAI attempt to publicly identify four plaintiffs suing over sexualized deepfakes allegedly created by its Grok chatbot, ruling that revealing their nam…
FCC Chairman Brendan Carr defended the agency's actions against ABC, stating broadcasters must operate in the public interest in exchange for free access to public airwaves. ABC accused the FCC of ret…
President Donald Trump claimed without evidence during a Cabinet meeting on Friday that Minnesota, including Democratic Gov. Tim Walz, was behind cyberattacks targeting over 30 water systems in the st…
Tens of thousands of unaccompanied migrant children in the U.S. face increased deportation risks as a federal contract funding their legal representation expires on Friday, with the Trump administrati…
State attorneys general are expanding consumer protection work to fill the void left by the Trump administration's dismantling of the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, according to legal experts a…
Roblox Corp. shares fell as much as 26%, the largest intraday decline in about 4½ years, after the gaming company reported second-quarter daily active users of 123 million, missing analysts' estimates…
Apple Inc. shares fell as much as 9.5% to $301.83 on Friday, their biggest intraday drop since April 3, 2025, after the company forecast fiscal fourth-quarter revenue growth of 9% to 11%, below analys…
A SpaceX rocket upper stage will unintentionally crash into the moon on Wednesday at 5,400 mph near Einstein Crater, creating a crater and a plume of debris, according to space tracking expert Bill Gr…
Federal regulators approved Amazon's Zoox fully autonomous vehicles to charge for rides without steering wheels, pending state and local approval, and proposed a rule to allow robotaxis without brake …