Technology

General Motors agreed to pay $12.75 million in civil penalties for selling driving data of hundreds of thousands of California motorists to data brokers, allegedly without their consent. The settlement, announced Friday, is the largest ever for violations of the California Consumer Privacy Act, a 2018 law that requires companies to tell consumers about how […]

Advocates say 1 million unauthorized immigrants with California driver's licenses are at risk under a state plan to share license information to a national database.

Tech companies like Google, Facebook and Microsoft are ignoring data controls mandated under California law, researchers say.

In an executive order, California's governor pushed back on Trump administration moves against a California AI startup. At the same time, the governor moved to add further guardrails for the technology.

Legislators approved an audit of three of the state’s federally-funded fusion centers, citing concerns about civil liberties and privacy.

Tech giants involved in AI and cryptocurrency spent $39 million last year to influence lawmakers and policy. It's the start of what could be a spending blitz in the upcoming election.

The jury awarded a family $3 million in the closely-watched case over Facebook and YouTube addiction.

Every incarcerated person in a California prison has a digital tablet enabling communication with the outside world. A new vendor is bringing more streaming entertainment, but with a cost.

Lake Tahoe’s longtime power supplier, NV Energy, will cut off the region next year. It has said data centers are driving “unprecedented” demand.

The Lincoln Media Foundation has spent big to push ‘local’ conservative messaging