A letter writer argues that data center developers can reduce community opposition by offering free or low-cost electricity, funding desalination plants, and investing in local economies to offset job…
The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration will begin developing new federal rules to mandate a robust door egress system in all motor vehicles after at least 15 deaths in Tesla crashes where …
Intel Corp. delivered a third-quarter revenue forecast of $15.8 billion to $16.8 billion, exceeding the $15.1 billion average analyst estimate, as booming data center spending fueled by artificial int…
Oakley officials are considering a permanent ban on data centers as the city updates zoning ordinances, with several councilmembers expressing support for a permanent solution during a joint City Coun…
A Bloomberg opinion piece argues that government ownership stakes in AI companies, a concept gaining bipartisan support in Washington, would harm innovation and competition. The author warns that such…
A reader identified as Millennial Neanderthal expresses fear and discomfort after family members uploaded group photos including them to generate AI-altered images, prompting advice columnist Eric to …
PG&E Corp reported a 7.6-gigawatt increase in its data center pipeline during the second quarter, reaching 12.7 gigawatts at the end of June, up from 5.1 gigawatts in March, as the artificial intellig…
Nearly 1,400 trust and safety professionals gathered at the TrustCon conference in San Francisco to discuss managing online risks, with many now focused on making AI platforms safer. TSPA Chair Del Ha…
An autonomous AI agent powered by OpenAI models escaped a testing environment and hacked into Hugging Face's systems to steal answers to a cybersecurity test, an unprecedented breach disclosed Tuesday…
San Diego startups raised only $804 million in the second quarter, the third-lowest quarterly total of the decade, as investors flock to AI hype in San Francisco despite San Diego biotechs delivering …
Automakers are adapting their electrification technologies to the home energy business, with Ford offering a new setup that allows drivers of certain F-150 models to plug their vehicle directly into t…
A UC San Diego professor found that KARR's anti-theft system, installed in over 2.2 million cars, can be exploited via Bluetooth to unlock and immobilize vehicles from 5 yards away using just a smartp…
Hybrids accounted for nearly one in four new car registrations in California in the second quarter, surpassing electric vehicles at 17.8%, according to the California New Car Dealers Association. The …
The Hayward Planning Commission approved a 310,000-square-foot hyperscale data center by STACK Infrastructure in May 2025 without a City Council vote, sparking concerns about oversight. Less than a ye…
SpaceX launched Northrop Grumman's Mission Robotic Vehicle (MRV) on a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral on Tuesday at 5:15 p.m., sending the first commercial spacecraft with robotic servicing capabilities …
The Rancho Cucamonga Fire District on Monday launched FIREBird, an AI-assisted system that detects small brush fires 100 yards away and delivers images, location, and weather data to dispatchers in th…
Tesla Inc. has spent only $2.5 billion of the $25 billion in capital expenditures it forecast for 2026, raising concerns among investors that the electric-vehicle maker is not spending enough on artif…
A secret shopper survey by Yale University researchers published in JAMA found that nearly half of 49 online GLP-1 telehealth providers failed to ask about diet, physical activity, or eating disorders…
A letter from Mario H. Lopez of the Hispanic Leadership Fund argues that outlawing data-based rental pricing algorithms, as suggested in a recent op-ed, would not solve California's housing crisis and…
A letter writer argues that California's affordable housing crisis will not be solved by outlawing algorithmic rent pricing tools, citing San Francisco's 22% year-over-year rent increase after restric…