The police department plans to install drones strategically — docked on roofs in central, east and west Elk Grove — so that they can be deployed quickly to respond to 911 calls.
The deal could be worth as much as $23 billion, according to sources close to the talks, and would be the largest tech deal so far for Google’s parent company.
Despite security concerns voiced by one supervisor, the county's Board of Supervisors voted this week to approve a contract with Dominion Voting Systems for new voting machines and technology.
The court’s decision last week to remand two cases challenging social media content moderation policies could expand protections for tech platforms under the First Amendment, some experts say.
The city’s new police chief is leaning on his emergency authority to get more surveillance cameras installed amid an increase in hate crimes against the LGBTQ+ community.
A UC Santa Cruz researcher team recently published a study showing that their custom AI language learning model can be powered with about the same amount of electricity as a lightbulb.
The Napa Democrat’s measure passed the Assembly Privacy and Consumer Protection Committee after previously being approved by the full Senate. It heads next to Assembly Appropriations.
Companies are crying foul, saying that holding them liable for the downstream uses of the technology they build will stifle innovation and force a multibillion-dollar industry out of California altogether.
Opponents of the bill include tech company trade associations TechNet; the Internet Coalition; Chamber of Progress; the California Chamber of Commerce; and numerous local chambers of commerce.
A Sacramento County grand jury investigation into the use of license plate readers by local law enforcement accuses the Sheriff’s Office of violating California law in its handling and oversight of data collected by the scanners.
California news publishers and tech companies appear to be inching toward compromise on a controversial bill that would require Google and social media platforms to pay news outlets for the articles they distribute.
PG&E officials could not be reached for more detailed comment on why the company is funding the AI center in San Jose or what benefits it might gain from the emerging technologies.
“We took immediate action to address this mistake, and we sincerely apologize for the inconvenience that customers have experienced as a result of this issue,” said Jonathan Behnke, the city IT director.
Elon Musk has taken issue with Apple’s partnership with OpenAI, threatening to ban Apple devices at his companies. He has called the collaboration an “unacceptable security violation.”
A costly scam perpetrated against the city of Fresno in 2020 could have been halted, a Fresno County Civil Grand Jury found. In a report released last week, the jury noted that city practices have since been improved.
LAPD officials added a disclaimer to the site’s crime page about the department’s shift to the National Incident-Based Reporting System, which will bring it in line with federal guidelines aimed at gaining more detailed crime data.
The improvements could mean that, depending on where they are and where the quake begins, Californians would receive an earlier, more accurate estimate of magnitude before the Earth starts shaking.
Lawmakers in California have proposed legislation on everything from deepfakes to data transparency to large-system safeguards. The big question: Which bills could pass?
Deloitte Consulting, INRIX Inc. and Accenture will be paid $1 each to develop and test potential AI tools in a secure environment during a six-month pilot program with the California Department of Transportation.
About 1,400 students went to the Marriott Hotel in downtown Oakland, some from considerable distances, to take the SAT exam, which is now entirely online. Officials had to cancel the test due to Internet connectivity problems.
The California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection is among the agencies, companies and nonprofits that are engaging in the booming “space race” to fight the flames.
The new system, developed by local software company Genasys, will use geographical boundaries — including lakes, freeways, mountains and more — to outline areas that need to evacuate during a wildfire or other emergency situation.
The grand jury also calls for supervisors to hire three new county employees to bolster cybersecurity. One would work within the county’s IT department and assist other agencies with cybersecurity training, implementation and monitoring of cybersecurity systems.
Responder is being marketed as the first drone built specifically to respond to 911 calls by quickly arriving at scenes, beaming a live video feed and, if necessary, dropping off medical supplies.
Hackers locked up the department’s computer system, ultimately receiving a $1.1 million ransom paid in cryptocurrency in return for releasing the data. And what happened to the Sheriff’s Department is not unusual.
The latest layoffs from companies such as Tesla, Apple and Google, along with other disclosures, have helped to shove the total number of officially disclosed layoffs past the grim milestone of 40,000 for the first time in the Bay Area.
“We will work with our levee districts to make sure that the proposed technology and the proposed information they would get is actually useful,” said Sami Nall, the Yuba Water Agency’s flood risk reduction manager.
