California

Trump signs order to limit state AI regulations, with California in the crosshairs
December 12, 2025
The battle between California and the White House escalated as President Trump signed an executive order to block state laws regulating artificial intelligence. The president’s power move to try...
Roblox sued by Southern California families alleging children met predators on its platform
December 11, 2025
Video gaming platform Roblox is facing more lawsuits from parents who allege the San Mateo, Calif., company isn’t doing enough to safeguard children from sexual predators. A Los Angeles...
Online child safety advocates urge California lawmakers to increase protections
December 7, 2025
SACRAMENTO — Julianna Arnold wasn’t alarmed when her teen daughter first joined Instagram.Many people her age were using it. And her daughter Coco had a social life and other hobbies, like...
California hammered as national job cuts jump to a five-year high
December 4, 2025
Job cuts across the country are the highest they have been in five years, led by layoffs in California and cutbacks in Washington.California employers announced 173,022 job cuts from...
Commentary: California’s first partner pushes to regulate AI while Trump and tech bros thunder forward
November 26, 2025
California First Partner Jennifer Siebel Newsom recently convened a meeting that might rank among the top sweat-inducing nightmare scenarios for Silicon Valley’s tech bros — a group of the...
California backs down on AI laws so more tech leaders don’t flee the state
November 6, 2025
California’s tech companies, the epicenter of the state’s economy, sent politicians a loud message this year: Back down from restrictive artificial intelligence regulation or they’ll leave.The tactic appeared to...
The key health bills California Gov. Newsom signed this week focused on how technology is impacting kids
October 15, 2025
New laws signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom aim to make the artificial intelligence and social media landscape in California safer, especially for minors. Senate Bill 243, sponsored by state...
California cracks down on water theft but spares data centers from disclosing how much they use
October 14, 2025
Gov. Gavin Newsom has vetoed legislation that would have required data centers to report how much water they use.New data centers have been rapidly proliferating in California and other...
Gov. Newsom signs AI safety bill aimed at protecting children from chatbots
October 13, 2025
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Monday signed a bill into law that aims to make artificial-intelligence-powered chatbots safer despite some pushback from the tech industry.The legislation, Senate Bill 243,...
Those hyperrealistic videos you’re seeing could be fake news — because they’re actually AI ads
October 8, 2025
In a short-form video post, an influencer gets worked up about a television news story from California. The images broadcast behind her appear authentic, with an anchor calling viewers...