The pact transfers some enforcement duties over the ride-sharing industry and other transit-related matters to the California State Transportation Agency and calls for re-assessing the commission’s oversight of telecommunications firms by the end of next year.
While Microsoft and its competitors focus on getting ahead in software that manages sales, recruiting and other work tasks, investors who might once have been reluctant to directly challenge LinkedIn now could see opportunities to fund its smaller rivals.
San Diego’s two-year effort to build a cluster of technology expertise around cybersecurity is taking root, with an estimated 14.7 percent increase in cyberjobs since 2014.
Legislators should either drop their weaker, decoy initiative or write the stronger provisions of the California Legislature Transparency Act into it — for true legislative transparency.
The Karma Automotive factory in Moreno Valley, about 60 miles east of downtown Los Angeles, will produce as many as 3,000 of the high-end Karma Reveros annually.
Quietly but indubitably, tech tourism has become a thing. Global visitors have flocked to take pictures in front of Google, Facebook and Apple headquarters.
Britain exiting the European Union — dubbed the Brexit — threatens an effort to simplify rules for technology companies. But the United Kingdom, a substantial overseas market for American Internet companies, will probably impose its own regulations.
San Bernardino International Airport and the Tesla Foundation Group have been working to find partners, resources and systems to support the National Commercial Drone Research Center.
President Obama is expected to announce the project, which will receive $140 million in public and private funding, Monday at the SelectUSA summit in Washington, D.C.
David Ku of Microsoft’s Information Platform Group wrote that the move furthers Microsoft’s goal of building “conversation as a platform” and that Wand’s technology and team will strengthen the company’s position in the field.
Nearly a million Californians work in fields that produce software or support it, according to an industry study released Wednesday. That’s about 6 percent of total state jobs, and about a tenth of all Americans with jobs tied to the industry.
The state’s new budget includes nothing for low-income green vehicle subsidies or other efforts to make heavy-duty trucks more environmentally friendly.
California lawmakers approved a new $170.9-billion spending plan on Wednesday that increases some funding for social services but stashes more away in a rainy-day fund.
AT&T said Friday it has launched its fast GigaPower Internet service to a group of 1,200 new apartments in a development in Mission Valley — joining Cox Communications and others in efforts to bring 1-gigabit broadband speeds to San Diego County.
In a move hailed by much — but not all — of Silicon Valley, an appeals court Tuesday upheld federal “net neutrality” rules that prevent Internet providers from slowing down service for some users while speeding it up for others willing to pay extra.
Microsoft and LinkedIn's deal, some analysts said, highlighted the importance of tech firms that attract a large following and gather a substantial amount of data about people's daily behaviors.
Rumors have been swirling for about a year that Apple would use Intel as a second supplier of cellular radio chips for the upcoming iPhone 7, dethroning San Diego’s Qualcomm.
In a joint statement, the companies said LinkedIn would retain its “distinct brand, culture and independence” after the acquisition and that current LinkedIn Chief Executive Jeff Weiner will remain at the helm.
San Francisco-based Square Inc. recorded a $50 million charge related to the settlement in its most recent quarter, but Square's attorneys have notified the court that a settlement was reached, averting trial.
Although the general fund has shrunken slightly from last year, the California lawmakers were able to compromise spending more on affordable housing and social welfare programs, while being able to set aside $2 billion in rainy-day funds.
The utilities commission originally was created in 1911 to regulate California railroads. Over the years it has expanded its responsibilities to include oversight of electricity monopolies, natural gas suppliers, telecommunications, water, rail transit and transportation companies. Some say the commission is spread too thin.
Verizon bid $3 billion for Yahoo’s core business in the latest round of offers, according to the Wall Street Journal. The figure is less than what analysts expected the telecom giant might spend, for a smaller slice of Yahoo than they thought it might buy.
The new rules require that agencies put in place public policies regarding the use of any surveillance technology before it is acquired or activated, and issue annual reports on how the technologies have been used and what they discovered.
