Technology

Even a decade ago, the horror stories behind some of the 13 bills Gov. Gavin Newsom signed into law Thursday seemed the stuff of fiction. No more.

Gov. Gavin Newsom signed a set of bills intended to protect children online.

Privacy advocates raised alarms as California lawmakers voted to share driver license information with a national nonprofit database. Then, the Trump administration sought trucker records from the organization.

The California Legislature has failed several times since 2022 to regulate technology for automatically tracking vehicles — even as examples of abuse mount. This year was no exception.

Senate Bill 690 promises to stop abusive wiretapping suits against small businesses. Privacy advocates warn it also quietly shields tech giants from major lawsuits.

An analysis of defense contracts charts the rise of defense spending — often in heavily Democratic districts

The public has turned against data centers, prompting a flood of legislation in California. Business interests are trying to blunt the backlash.

California will get over $2 billion from Meta as part of a proposed settlement in a 47-state social media addiction case. The trial kicked off just last week in a federal court in Oakland.

A judge will investigate how AI-based errors affected criminal cases in Nevada County, where the district attorney has already acknowledged that mistakes appeared in four cases.

Brain sensors are advancing, and California companies, lawmakers and unions are jockeying to shape how the resulting data can be used.