Is there life after TikTok? The question is front of mind for U.S. influencers and many small businesses as lawmakers threaten to ban the Chinese-owned social media app that’s become a cornerstone of internet culture and e-commerce. For an answer, they might turn to India, which has been surviving without TikTok since June 2020. That … Read more
When tech companies present their products as sleek autonomous computers, that ignores the labor powering the machines. Source link
SAN FRANCISCO — For many years, Republicans and ardent supporters of former President Trump haven’t been super popular in Silicon Valley circles. But the sentiment has shifted in recent weeks as conservative voices in San Francisco’s tech sector have grown increasingly strident in their support of a Trump-Vance ticket. Trump attended a fundraiser last month at … Read more
California lawmakers are pursuing legislation aimed at protecting children from the dangers of social media, one of many efforts around the country to confront what U.S. Surgeon General Vivek Murthy and other public health experts say is a mental health emergency among young people. But California’s efforts, like those in other states, will probably face … Read more
Journalist Javier Cabral wanted to test Google’s much-hyped, experimental artificial intelligence-powered search results. So he typed out a question about a topic he knew intimately: the Long Beach bakery Gusto Bread’s coffee. In less than a second, Google’s AI summarized information about the bakery in a few sentences and bullet points. But according to Cabral, … Read more
Rain was falling steadily as the group huddled underneath umbrellas outside the Mark Twain Neighborhood Library in Long Beach in early March, equipped with their smartphones and a mission. Their goal: take a “data walk” around a few blocks of the city to see various technologies — security cameras, public Wi-Fi hotspots, the library self-checkout … Read more
Veronica Fraley is scheduled to compete at the Paris Olympics for the first time Friday. So now probably is not a good time for distractions — like, say, rent being due back home in Nashville and not having the funds to cover it. Luckily, hip-hop pioneer Flavor Flav, billionaire Alexis Ohanian and others have Fraley … Read more
The legal pressure on TikTok just got more intense. The U.S. Department of Justice on Friday sued TikTok and its Chinese parent ByteDance for allegedly breaking child privacy laws, accusing the companies of collecting personal information on children under the age of 13 without their parents’ consent. The lawsuit comes after TikTok settled a previous … Read more
In a major blow to Google, a federal judge on Monday ruled that the tech giant violated antitrust laws by illegally maintaining a monopoly on web searches. The much-anticipated decision marks a significant victory for federal regulators trying to rein in the power of Big Tech and could send shock waves through the tech world. … Read more
Aug. 8, 2024 3 AM PT California is a world leader in artificial intelligence — which means we’re expected to help figure out how to regulate it. The state is considering multiple bills to those ends, none attracting more attention than Senate Bill 1047. The measure, introduced by Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), would require … Read more