TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

The bill requires venture capital firms operating in California to report the diversity breakdown of the founders they fund to the state.

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TechSpot

MARCH 18, 2021

AT&T announced on Wednesday that it would no longer be able to allow customers unlimited streaming from any internet TV services because California law now forbids allowing companies to pay to zero-rate its subscribers. This change will prominently affect HBO Max (an AT&T-owned VoD service) subscribers, who have been able.

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TechSpot

SEPTEMBER 18, 2023

On September 14, the final day of the 2023 legislative session, the California Senate finally passed Senate Bill 362. Also known as the "Delete Act," the new law is designed to provide consumers in the most populous US state a new right to privacy against the commercial interests of data. Read Entire Article

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TechCrunch

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

X, formerly known as Twitter, has filed a lawsuit alleging that a new California law requiring social networks to declare certain moderation practices is a violation of the company’s Constitutional right to free speech. AB 587 was signed into law a year ago.

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The Verge

AUGUST 10, 2020

A California judge ruled that Uber and Lyft must classify their drivers as employees in a stunning preliminary injunction issued Monday afternoon. Uber and Lyft are under increasing pressure to fundamentally alter their business models in California, the state where both companies were founded and ultimately prospered.

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Futurism

MARCH 8, 2025

Now, it's a growing fact of life for billions of workers around the world, as companies break up full-time positions into contract work with less stability and protection by labor laws.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 3, 2020

California voters approved Prop. But drivers won’t get the full protections and benefits that come with employment, as they may have had to under another law, AB5 — which originally took aim at gig work. Labor groups, which opposed the law, raised only a tenth as much money.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

I am no fan of these types of lawsuits because I dont think consumers will be confused in a way that damages Pepperdine, Kevin Greene, a law professor at Southwestern Law School in Los Angeles who specializes in entertainment and intellectual property law, tells Fast Company. Blue waves in California?

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 13, 2025

This trend was largely driven by an irruptive species, meaning one with extremely high abundance in some years the California tortoiseshell. The California tortoiseshell butterfly can look like wood when its wings are closed, but theyre a soft orange on the other side. But those laws could be changed.

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TechCrunch

OCTOBER 9, 2023

This is the United States’ first piece of legislation that aims to increase diversity within the venture capital landscape.

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The Verge

AUGUST 13, 2020

Uber and Lyft are still obligated to classify drivers as employees after a California superior court judge denied the companies’ attempt to delay a preliminary injunction from going into effect. Earlier this week, Uber and Lyft were ordered by California Superior Court Judge Ethan Schulman to classify their drivers as employees.

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Candid

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

If you are a California-based nonprofit or solicit any donations in California, it’s critical to understand California AB 488 (AB 488). A new law that went into effect in California on January 1, 2023, AB 488 is aimed at improving transparency and accountability in online charitable fundraising.

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TechSpot

JULY 17, 2024

In a post on X yesterday, Musk wrote that Space X will be moving its HQ from Hawthorne, California, to an existing facility in Boca Chica, Texas. The X HQ, meanwhile, will be moving from San Francisco to Austin. Read Entire Article

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The Verge

JANUARY 12, 2021

A group of Uber and Lyft drivers in California filed a lawsuit Tuesday in state supreme court to overturn a ballot measure that allows the companies to continue treating its workers like independent contractors. There have been ballot measures successfully repealed in California in the past, but mostly through additional ballot measures.

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The Verge

MARCH 16, 2021

The concept was coined in 2010 but is slowly being addressed in US legislation, with California this week announcing that it is banning the use of dark patterns that stop users from opting out of the sale of their personal data. Image: California Office of Administrative Law. The “Privacy Options Opt-Out Icon.”.

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TechSpot

APRIL 24, 2023

642, a new California bill that would "normalize and incentivize" police use of facial recognition technology across the state. According to the EFF, the law would grant law enforcement agencies "sweeping statutory authority" to use facial recognition tech to "identify and track. The latest target of EFF's action is A.B.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 4, 2020

California’s already tough privacy law is about to get a lot stronger as voters are expected to approve a ballot initiative expanding much of what the law covers this week. The result will be a higher standard for privacy in California and a powerful new state agency to take on tech companies.

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The Verge

AUGUST 12, 2020

Uber may shut down its operations in California, one of its largest markets in the US, if it is forced to classify drivers as employees, the company’s CEO Dara Khosrowshahi said on MSNBC Wednesday. Earlier this week, Uber and Lyft were ordered by a California superior court judge to classify their drivers as employees.

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TechSpot

SEPTEMBER 15, 2023

California has become the third US state to pass a right-to-repair bill for consumer electronics. After a unanimous vote in favor, Sacramento lawmakers expect Governor Gavin Newsom to sign the bill into law. Read Entire Article

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TechSpot

AUGUST 19, 2024

In a recent press release, Wiener explained that SB 1047 aims to establish new "safe development" rules for large-scale artificial intelligence systems in California, promoting common-sense safety standards to harness this potentially disruptive. Read Entire Article

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The Verge

JUNE 24, 2020

California is seeking to force Uber and Lyft to reclassify their drivers as employees, in a dramatic escalation of the state’s months-long war with the gig economy companies. Californians who drive for Uber and Lyft lack basic worker protections,” California Attorney General Xavier Becerra said in May. Photo by Mario Tama/Getty Images.

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The Verge

JULY 21, 2021

Here is the full statement Activision Blizzard provided to The Verge and other publications, which calls the lawsuit “irresponsible behavior from unaccountable State bureaucrats that are driving many of the State’s best businesses out of California”: We value diversity and strive to foster a workplace that offers inclusivity for everyone.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 27, 2025

The shock of this catastrophic loss has been reverberating across Southern California, driving up demand for rental homes and prices in an already unaffordable and competitive housing market. Policy changes, such as updating zoning laws to prevent rebuilding in highly vulnerable areas, can avoid costly damage in the future.

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The Verge

AUGUST 5, 2020

The classification of drivers as freelance workers has deprived them of “a host of legal protections in violation of California labor law,” the lawsuits say. The Uber and Lyft business model rests on the misclassification of drivers as independent contractors,” said California Labor Commissioner Lilia García-Brower in a statement.

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Fast Company Tech

FEBRUARY 18, 2025

should soon be able to determine how much lead, arsenic, cadmium, and mercury are in the food they feed their babies, thanks to a California law, the first of its kind, that took effect this year. I believe the new California law offers a solid first step in giving people the ability to limit the intake of these substances.

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Mashable Tech

APRIL 1, 2025

Fraud victims seek help from law enforcement or adult protective services, or support from a loved one, clergy member, or therapist, but because of the stigma and blame associated with the crime may be treated as foolish or incompetent instead. The most critical thing and the hardest thing.is

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The Verge

AUGUST 16, 2021

The California Department of Fair Employment and Housing issued a statement saying Riot Games has failed to inform its employees of their right to speak to the government about instances of harassment and discrimination. Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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Byte Technology

OCTOBER 25, 2019

To answer the call, the California Consumer Protection Act (CCPA) will be going into effect on Jan. There is also a lot of confusion regarding how the law can be enforced and how it will affect consumerism on a daily basis. Does the CCPA Only Apply to California? Technically yes, the CCPA only applies to California residents.

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The Verge

OCTOBER 7, 2021

California governor Gavin Newsom signed the Silenced No More Act on Thursday night— a historic piece of legislation, authored by state senator Connie Leyva (D-Chino), that should protect workers who speak out about harassment and discrimination even if they’ve signed a non-disclosure agreement. Now, that’s changing.

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The Verge

NOVEMBER 15, 2021

Amazon has been ordered to pay a fine of $500,000 for hiding the number of COVID-19 cases at its California workplaces from employees. Amazon must also inform its warehouse workers in California of the “exact number of new COVID-19 cases in their workplaces” when cases arise.

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TechSpot

JANUARY 12, 2024

On Thursday, Google published a blog post endorsing a proposed law in Oregon that would force manufacturers to allow customers access to the tools and parts required to fix their devices. Lawmakers modeled the bill after legislation passed in other states like California and New York. Read Entire Article

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TechCrunch

NOVEMBER 16, 2020

Though both focus on the building industry (specifically, the codes architects and builders need to follow), the lawsuit deals with an issue that has wider ramifications: is it possible to copyright the law, or text that carries the weight of the law? ” Can the law be copyrighted?

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Fast Company Tech

MARCH 17, 2025

Shes the president of the California Federation of Labor Unions, a former assemblywoman, and has written AI transparency legislation, including a law designed to prevent algorithms from denying workers break time. On the final episode in The New Way We Work s mini-series on how AI is changing our jobs, I spoke to Lorena Gonzalez.

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TechSpot

AUGUST 17, 2021

A spokesperson said that the company categorically disagrees with the Administrative Law Judge (ALJ) in this case, issuing the following statement: Update (08/17/21): Shortly after publication, T-Mobile reached out to us to comment on the Commission's ruling.

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TechCrunch

MAY 5, 2021

Evidently, the eight-year-old, San Francisco-based outfit was the target of an investigation by the California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation after Chime used “chimebank” in its website address, as well as used “bank” and “banking” elsewhere in its advertisements, according to the agency in a settlement agreement.

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TechSpot

NOVEMBER 23, 2022

The new draft is in response to California passing AB 481, which requires all law enforcement agencies in the state to annually submit detailed reports regarding. The policy is within a broader set of regulations regarding the SFPD's use of "military-style" weapons, including semi-automatic rifles, machine guns, and submachine guns.

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The Verge

AUGUST 24, 2021

Activision Blizzard’s leaders have promised to work to make the company a safe place for women to work — but California has now accused the company of illegally “withholding and suppressing evidence” and shredding documents that it requested for its investigation ( via Axios ). Illustration by Alex Castro / The Verge.

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