California

PitchBook: California-based startups have raised ~$366B in 2026 so far across 4,000+ companies, more than triple the total of all other 49 states combined (www.wsj.com)
2026-8-20 Startup California

Pornhub's parent company, Aylo, will pay $120M to settle two 2021 class action lawsuits in California and Alabama alleging it profited from child abuse material (www.404media.co)
2026-8-18 California Child Abuse

Waymo receives approval from the California Public Utilities Commission to expand across 18 counties, including Sacramento and San Diego (electrek.co)
2026-8-15 California

Charter receives final state approval to buy Cox for $21.9B after making concessions to California regulators, including low-cost internet for some households (www.wsj.com)
2026-8-14 California

OpenAI VP of Global Policy Ann O'Leary says AI policy in the US is anchored in the states and informed by California's AI transparency law passed last year (www.politico.com)
2026-8-12 AI California

Filing: Sergey Brin donated another $20M to Building a Better California, which fights California's proposed wealth tax, taking his total contributions to $102M (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-8-12 Tax California

Paramount Considers Leaving California Amid Antitrust Suit (slashdot.org)
2026-8-12 California

Filing: Sergey Brin donated an additional $20M to Building a Better California, which fights California's wealth tax, bringing his total contributions to $102M (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-8-11 Tax California

Toxic Underground Fires Are Spreading at California Landfills (news.slashdot.org)
2026-8-10 California

California City Declares State of Emergency After Cyberattack (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-8-10 California

How Amazon and Gilroy, California, quietly negotiated a $2B data center project that AWS applied to build in 2020, without any public meetings or votes (www.wsj.com)
2026-8-8 Amazon California

Anthropic names Mariano-Florentino Cuéllar, an ex-California Supreme Court justice and a special assistant in Obama's WH, as its first global affairs chief (www.reuters.com)
2026-8-5 California

TikTok agrees to settle three more teen social media lawsuits ahead of trial; 2,600 cases with similar claims are pending in California federal court (www.reuters.com)
2026-8-4 California

AT&T Loses Key Ruling In Bid To Stop Offering Basic Phone Service In California (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-7-22 AT&T California

UC San Diego study finds an exponential increase in e-bike injuries in California (www.eurekalert.org)
2026-7-21 California

Billionaire-backed Building A Better California reserves $87M in TV ad time to oppose California's proposed one-time wealth tax; Sergey Brin put $82M into BABC (www.nytimes.com)
2026-7-21 Tax California

California's 'Truth in Recycling' Law Blocked by Judge (news.slashdot.org)
2026-7-20 California

A profile of businessman Sebastian Rucci, whose past ventures were subject to legal probes, as he bids to build California's biggest data center, a $10B project (www.wsj.com)
2026-7-19 California

A coalition of 12 states led by California files an antitrust lawsuit to block Paramount's WBD merger, alleging it lessens competition in three markets (variety.com)
2026-7-14 California

'Billionaire Exodus? California Drew 10x More Venture Capital Than Any Other State This Year' (news.slashdot.org)
2026-7-13 Venture Capital California

A profile of Rachel Whetstone, who has led comms for Google, Meta, Uber, Netflix, and now Sierra, as her husband Steve Hilton runs for California governor (sfstandard.com)
2026-7-7 Google Uber Netflix California

Sources: TikTok settles a lawsuit before a second California trial over social media harm to minors for an undisclosed sum; Meta and Snap remain defendants (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-7-1 California

California Bill To Preserve Online Games Fails Committee Vote (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-7-1 California

California strikes a deal with Anthropic to expand the use of Claude products across state agencies and local governments at a 50% discount (www.politico.com)
2026-6-30 California

California Sheriff Says Their Drone Disarmed a Suspect, Shares Video on Instagram (yro.slashdot.org)
2026-6-28 Instagram Drone California

Streaming services must comply with a California law that bans playing ads louder than the content being watched from July 1, but its implementation is unclear (arstechnica.com)
2026-6-27 California

Sources: Meta lobbyists are urging California lawmakers to exempt social media platforms from legislation that would increase penalties in child-harm cases (www.politico.com)
2026-6-27 California

California launches a tool to serve as an “early warning system” for widespread AI-driven job loss, linking AI exposure with unemployment insurance claims (www.bloomberg.com)
2026-6-26 AI Unemployment Insurance California

YouTube settles a lawsuit ahead of a second California trial over social media harms to minors; Meta, TikTok, and Snap remain defendants (www.courthousenews.com)
2026-6-24 YouTube California

California 'Billionaire Tax' Makes Ballot Despite Opposition From Tech Moguls (news.slashdot.org)
2026-6-19 Tax California

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