California
11/03/2023
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By Zoey Sky
Driverless Cruise robotaxi DRAGGED a woman pinned under it for 20 feet
Early in October, a woman found herself pinned under a Cruise robotaxi after getting hit by a hit-and-run driver in downtown San Francisco. She was subsequently dragged approximately 20 feet by the driverless car before getting rescued and rushed to a hospital with serious injuries. On October 24, state authorities suspended Cruise’s operating permit, banning it from deploying driverless […]
11/01/2023
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By Zoey Sky
California DMV SUSPENDS Cruise’s driverless car permits for misrepresenting information on safety
The California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) suspended the autonomous driving permit of self-driving car startup Cruise on Oct. 24, halting the company’s robotaxi services in San Francisco. According to the California DMV, the company’s vehicles aren’t safe for public operation and Cruise has “misrepresented information related to the safety of the technology of the vehicles.” […]
08/15/2023
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By Laura Harris
Young protesters use traffic cones to paralyze self-driving cars in San Francisco
A group of young protesters called “Safe Street Rebel” has been targeting robotaxis operated by tech giants like Waymo and Cruise as a protest against the expansion of self-driving cars in San Francisco. The group roams around the city at night on their bicycles, wearing masks to protect their identity and deploy orange traffic cones to stop […]
08/09/2023
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By Laura Harris
Cyberattack disrupts operations in hospitals and clinics operated by Prospect Medical Holdings
Connecticut, Pennsylvania, Texas, Rhode Island and California are reeling from a widespread cyberattack that has crippled computer systems in hospitals and clinics operated by Prospect Medical Holdings, causing disruptions in emergency services and patient care. John Riggi, an expert in cybersecurity and risk advisory for the American Hospital Association, emphasized the extent of the breach […]
12/14/2022
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By Ramon Tomey
2 Women sue Apple after their exes use AirTags to STALK them
Two women sued technology company Apple after their former partners allegedly used AirTags to secretly track their movements and whereabouts in real time. The plaintiffs, Lauren Hughes and “Jane Doe,” accused the Cupertino, California-based tech giant of negligently releasing a dangerous device, minimizing concerns about threats surrounding AirTags and misrepresenting the safety of the product […]
12/14/2022
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By Roy Green
San Francisco HALTS deployment of weaponized robots (for now)
San Francisco residents bracing for the sight of fully-armed robots patrolling their streets were surprised at the news that broke out – no deployment for now. The city’s Board of Supervisors, which voted 8-3 on Nov. 29 in favor of using weaponized robots for police duties in emergency situations, walked back on its earlier decision […]
07/24/2022
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By Mary Villareal
California Gov. Newsom signs bill to track “sexually violent predators” using GPS
Criminal justice reformers are now at odds with California Gov. Gavin Newsom after he signed a bill into law on July 19. The measure he signed permitted the state to use global positioning system (GPS) technology to keep tabs on certain “sexually violent predators” (SVPs). Lawmakers in both houses of the California State Legislature passed […]
06/01/2022
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By News Editors
Zucker-Bucks Facebook is paying $397 to a million people over disturbing privacy breach – check if you’re affected
Facebook users in Illinois were part of a seven-year, Class Action Lawsuit against the company that concluded last year. (Article by Harry Pettit republished from The-Sun.com) The tech titan – now called Meta – reached a $650million settlement of claims it collected and stored millions of users’ biometric data. The lawsuit claimed that Meta used photo […]
04/27/2021
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By Arsenio Toledo
Big tech supporting and writing privacy legislation in multiple states to preempt passage of stronger privacy laws
Big tech corporations are pushing states to pass watered-down privacy laws that they helped write with the goal of preempting stronger privacy protections. In March, Virginia swiftly passed the Consumer Data Protection Act. According to an investigation by Protocol, the Virginia law was “industry-approved.” The law was presented to a Democratic state senator by an Amazon lobbyist. Most of […]
04/21/2021
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By Virgilio Marin
NASA to co-develop satellites that can identify air pollution sources
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) joined a project that would develop special satellites that could identify air pollution “super emitters.” NASA said in a statement on April 15 that its Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) in California would be providing an instrument that would be built into the satellites. Carbon Mapper, the nonprofit leading the project, aims to use the satellites to provide […]
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