Technology

A spate of new bills in California and other states would protect consumers from electricity rate hikes that subsidize data centers.

Energy demands from big tech, including for AI, has elected officials giving an old power source a second look.

The state’s attorney general asked the company how it plans to transfer assets out of its charitable nonprofit.

At a landmark gathering in Sacramento, workers discussed defenses against artificial intelligence and surveillance technology.

Nationally representative survey data from The Center for Democracy & Technology finds schools subjectively and broadly block students from information online.

California lawmakers created new restrictions on student cell phones and deepfakes and face a rapidly expanding AI sector.

California and federal prosecutors have accused software company RealPage of enriching itself ”at the expense of renters who pay inflated prices."

President-elect Trump has vowed to rescind an executive order that imposed AI safeguards, and could use tech to enable mass deportations. How far will California go in the other direction?

Schools that banned phones a few years ago have advice for other districts as the governor calls for a crackdown.

Ads connected to the attempted assassination of Donald Trump and Israel’s war in Gaza brought Facebook millions.