California

California's AG sends a cease-and-desist letter to xAI, demanding the company halt the generation and distribution of non-consensual intimate images and CSAM (www.axios.com)
3 days ago California

Some top California Democrats join Governor Gavin Newsom in opposing a ballot initiative led by a healthcare union seeking a one-time 5% tax on $1B+ in assets (www.bloomberg.com)
3 days ago Tax Democrat Asset California

California regulators unanimously voted in favor of Verizon's $10B Frontier acquisition; deliberations included Verizon committing to CA's DEI requirements (thedesk.net)
4 days ago California

California AG Rob Bonta launches an investigation into xAI over the proliferation of nonconsensual, sexualized images generated by Grok (www.politico.com)
5 days ago California

California's Palestine Exception to 1st Amendment is Fought in Courts by Progressives (www.juancole.com)
6 days ago California

Gov. Gavin Newsom has engaged in months of negotiations to neutralize a proposed California wealth tax ballot initiative; a compromise does not appear imminent (www.politico.com)
6 days ago Tax California

A late-2025 amendment to California's wealth tax proposal treats founder control as ownership, a move that could end founder-controlled startups in the state (www.piratewires.com)
7 days ago Tax Startup California

Sources and filings: Peter Thiel donated $3M to a group to beat California's wealth tax, the first of several expected major donations by tech leaders in 2026 (www.nytimes.com)
7 days ago Tax California

California bans data broker reselling health data of millions (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
8 days ago California

OpenAI and kids safety group Common Sense Media partner to consolidate competing measures for a California ballot initiative meant to protect kids from chatbots (www.axios.com)
10 days ago chatbot California

California Lawmaker Proposes a Four-Year Ban On AI Chatbots In Kids' Toys (yro.slashdot.org)
12 days ago AI chatbot Ban California

Filing: Larry Page moved assets out of California ahead of the proposed CA wealth tax, meeting an end-of-2025 deadline; a source said he has left the state (www.businessinsider.com)
13 days ago Tax Asset California

Jensen Huang says he isn't concerned about a billionaires tax under consideration in California, and plans to remain in Silicon Valley (www.bloomberg.com)
13 days ago Tax California

Google's $250M Deal with California to Fund Newsrooms May Be Stalled (tech.slashdot.org)
16 days ago Google California

California launched a free tool on January 1 that lets residents request the deletion of their personal data from over 500 registered data brokers (www.pcmag.com)
17 days ago California

A look at US tech laws rolling out in 2026, including California's SB 53 AI transparency law and Virginia's new social media limits for minors, effective today (www.theverge.com)
18 days ago AI California Virginia

Thiel Capital opens an office in Miami, as Peter Thiel and others reportedly look to cut ties with California over a proposed ballot measure to tax billionaires (www.bloomberg.com)
19 days ago Tax California

California To Require All School Districts To Restrict Student Smartphone Use by 2026 (news.slashdot.org)
19 days ago California

California's New Law Outlawing Criticism of Israel Quashes Academic Freedom, Criminalizes Teachers (www.juancole.com)
27 days ago Israel California

Vince Zampella, former CEO of Infinity Ward, the studio behind Call of Duty, died Sunday at 55 in a single-car crash in Southern California (www.nbclosangeles.com)
28 days ago California

California: Fossil Gas use Declining, replaced by Solar Plus Megabatteries (www.juancole.com)
30 days ago Solar California

New York Gov. Kathy Hochul signs the RAISE Act into law; the AI safety bill's text was modified earlier to more closely resemble California's SB 53 (www.axios.com)
2025-12-20 AI New York California

California reaches a $50M settlement with Meta to resolve claims that Facebook users were misled about their ability to limit who could see personal details (sfstandard.com)
2025-12-20 Facebook California

California DMV says a California administrative law judge recently ruled Tesla engaged in deceptive marketing around its Autopilot and Full Self-Driving systems (www.cnbc.com)
2025-12-17 Tesla California

Sources: the NY governor proposes a rewrite of the RAISE Act, the AI bill that recently passed NY legislature, with text copied verbatim from California's SB 53 (www.transformernews.ai)
2025-12-12 AI California

Waymo says California authorized it to operate across the entire Bay Area and Sacramento, and between LA and San Diego, where it plans to expand to in mid-2026 (www.sfchronicle.com)
2025-11-24 California

Changes to CISA have left some states without support during elections; California said CISA provided little support during the Nov. 4 election on redistricting (apnews.com)
2025-11-24 California

California man admits to laundering crypto stolen in $230M heist (www.bleepingcomputer.com)
2025-11-19 California

In a lawsuit, California-based TP-Link says Netgear orchestrated a smear by planting false claims with journalists and influencers about TP-Link's China ties (www.bloomberg.com)
2025-11-19 China California

California AB 715, Criminalizing Criticism of Israel, Aims to Quash Free Speech (www.juancole.com)
2025-11-16 Israel California

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