Technology

California lawmakers want to ban companies from using data about consumers’ devices like battery life, model and geolocation to set fluctuating prices. Proponents say such “surveillance pricing” is discriminatory.

Chatbots may give students quick answers when they have questions, but they won’t help students form relationships that matter for college and life success.

While disputes over governance structures and the legalities of nonprofit ownership may seem tedious and disconnected from the lives of everyday people, OpenAI’s future has huge implications for the well-being of society.

Colleges and universities renew Turnitin subscriptions year after year even though its flawed detectors are expensive and require students to let the company keep their papers forever.

Experts say companies often base their pricing on what they think colleges are willing to pay.

The lawmakers cite a Markup and CalMatters investigation that first revealed Covered California’s data practices in April.

Health care exchanges in Nevada, Maine, Massachusetts and Rhode Island shared users’ sensitive health data with companies like Google and LinkedIn.

The Markup and CalMatters found multiple ways consumers can block the trackers quietly sending your data to tech companies, including those used on state-run health exchange websites.

Google and California struck a deal last year to fund local news. Now the state is pulling back some of its commitments. Google could follow suit.

A San Jose parent shares how her daughter's use of social media uncovering fitness tips led to an eating disorder. It's the sort of tragically common story that she argues makes a proposed social media liability bill worth passing.