Enforcing the law against multibillion-dollar app-based technology behemoths, with a California workforce estimated at some 400,000 full- and part-timers, could involve protracted litigation.
Attorneys general from nearly every U.S. state have jointly launched an investigation into Google’s “potential monopolistic behavior.” Notable for its absence: California, Google’s home state.
Its old solution was “accurate and secure,” but was decertified by the California Secretary of State’s Office. The new one would avoid the Internet and provide “a higher level of encrypted data.”
The pilot program for electric bikes and scooters is meant to replicate the success of the city of Sacramento's current ride-share programs, as well as other major cities and college towns in the United States.
Los Angeles' homeless outreach agency that was meant to move hundreds of people from the streets into housing, shelters or treatment for mental illness and substance abuse has failed dramatically to meet the goals of its contract with the city of Los Angeles, according to a new audit by Controller Ron Galperin. Among its key faults: "Data-driven decisions about the deployment of resources are not made because the information is neither timely nor accurate."
Steve Gordon, a Cisco veteran and tech company founder in his own right, said he's inspired by what should be the "most important turnaround opportunity in the state" and possibly the nation.
City officials accused the company of repeatedly allowing scooters to operate in restricted areas above the speed limit. Lime officials said the company had already addressed the issues as the result of a warning letter from the city last month.
Heavy-duty vehicles produce more particulate matter than all of California's power plants combined and can cause or worsen asthma and other health problems.
The state's largest county will use technology to offer voters an array of choices when they head to the polls in next year's early presidential primary.
The San Jose company — which does millions of dollars in business annually with the state — said in a July 30 filing with the state's Employment Development Department that it would cut 397 jobs at its corporate headquarters, as well as 91 jobs in Milpitas.
About 1 in 5 legislators was erroneously matched to a person who had been arrested when the ACLU used the software to screen their pictures against a database of 25,000 publicly available booking photos. Last year, in a similar experiment done with photos of members of Congress, the software erroneously matched 28 federal legislators with mug shots.
Olli will be driving under 5 mph, but has the capability to drive up to 25 mph. The shuttles can comfortably seat eight people, and each vehicle is accompanied by an attendant who oversees its autonomous operations with the ability to take over manual control or pull an emergency brake.
The possible incident — a third-party vendor is still looking into whether cyberthieves gained access to any protected information — may have hit the health benefits program the county runs on behalf of its employees, according to a county government spokeswoman.
Following the breach, the city hired security experts and a legal team to conduct a series of forensic audits. Technicians were able to trace information included in the malware's code and concluded that public information was not compromised as a result of the ransomware attack.
City officials were concerned that the entire database was compromised and quickly began notifying job applicants, who had logged on to a website for updates during the lengthy process of becoming a police officer.
Lawmakers said the state's new landmark California Consumer Privacy Act would likely be refined when they passed it last year. Not too surprisingly, tech companies, like other members of the private sector, have ideas on how to do that.
Gavin Newsom once said that any governor who couldn't fix the Department of Motor Vehicles should be recalled. Those words may come back to haunt him now that he's governor.
City officials touted the new rules as among the strongest in the nation, predicting they will protect neighborhoods from poorly designed cell antenna installations that damage community character and aesthetics. Industry leaders expressed unenthusiastic acceptance of the city's decision to take an aggressive approach.
The Stockton Police Department's newest tool weighs more than 3,600 pounds, can reach speeds up to 155 mph and comes with an equally cool-sounding name: Falcon One-Zero.
California's Office of Emergency Services said 341 cell sites were offline during the October 2017 wildfires and 489 cell sites were down during the Camp and Woolsey fires last year, preventing wireless users in those areas from being able to call 911, receive an emergency alert or use their cellphones to find the safest evacuation route.
Community leaders are praising the city for striving to limit visual impacts and keeping the new antennas as unobtrusive as possible, despite the industry needing significantly more antennas to support the new 5G network.
The Oakland City Council's approval Tuesday, of a policy prohibiting use by the city of facial recognition technology, places it in a small vanguard of like-minded municipalities.
"The 'Cradle to Career Data System' was enacted as part of a budget trailer bill, negotiated essentially in secret and presented to lawmakers as a done deal for an up-or-down vote. Whose idea was this?"
“We want you to see the alert and immediately drop, cover and hold on. If you see 30 of those a day, you're either going to get incredible muscle tone and a core workout, or you're going to stop reacting altogether.”
"We're not ignoring the health concerns, but we can't regulate it; the federal government does that. I think we kind of hit the sweet spot because we've got both sides saying postpone this thing."
