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A 1988 ballot measure was meant to protect customers from unjustified rate hikes. But the measure has loopholes that insurers regularly exploit…
Aug 5, 2019By Staff Reporters, VICTOR VALLEY NEWS August 5, 2019 rePlanet closes all recycling centers, leaving hundreds jobless Victor Valley, Calif. (VVNG.com) —…
Aug 5, 2019By Hannah Wiley and Elizabeth Shwe, SACRAMENTO BEE – Capitol Alert AM Newsletter August 5, 2019 https://www.sacbee.com/site-services/newsletters/capitol-morning/article233442942.html After nearly two months since…
Aug 5, 2019By Staff Reporters, ASSOCIATED PRESS August 5, 2019 https://www.apnews.com/b1405399ff314bb38841ca1564513d96 SAN JOSE, Calif. (AP) — California’s largest operator of recycling redemption centers shut…
Aug 5, 2019A new report warns there is a real risk of normal, modern non-autonomous cars being taken over by a hostile hacker By…
Aug 4, 2019By Michael Finney, KGO 810 AM San Francisco, CA August 3, 3019 Click here to listen to the audio of this radio…
Aug 3, 2019By David Goldstein, VENTURA COUNTY STAR August 3, 2019 https://www.vcstar.com/story/news/local/2019/08/03/eco-tip-contrasting-european-american-recycling/1905516001/ On vacation in Europe over the past two weeks, I photographed some…
Aug 3, 2019Activists from Food & Water Watch, Save Porter Ranch, Consumer Watchdog and the Aliso Canyon Community Action Committee will demonstrate at a…
Aug 2, 2019By Daniel Patrascu, AUTO EVOLUTION August 2, 2019 https://www.autoevolution.com/news/hacked-cars-could-lead-to-thousands-of-casualties-kill-switch-needed-136472.html ike any system that is controlled at least in part by a computer,…
Aug 2, 2019‘I’m ready to get creative… and now you have somebody who’s receptive to that in the department’ By Evan Gahr, CALIFORNIA GLOBE…
Aug 2, 2019By Staff Reporters, AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE (AFP) August 2, 2019 https://news.yahoo.com/cars-vulnerable-hacks-could-leave-thousands-dead-report-095306090.html A consumer advocacy group has warned that automakers are rolling out…
Aug 2, 2019By Sam Mintz, POLITICO – Morning Transportation Report August 1, 2019 https://www.politico.com/newsletters/morning-transportation/2019/08/01/faa-officials-defend-737-max-response-464010 HACKING IN: All of the top ten 2020 car models…
Aug 1, 2019By Aaron Gordon, JALOPNIK August 1, 2019 https://jalopnik.com/mazda-takes-drivers-seat-aboard-the-struggle-bus-1836878629 Internet-connected cars offer all kinds of safety and convenience improvements. But it also means…
Aug 1, 2019By Ryan Daws, IoT NEWS August 1, 2019 https://www.iottechnews.com/news/2019/aug/01/consumer-watchdog-cyberattack-control-connected-cars/ A report from Consumer Watchdog features 20 anonymous whistleblowers from the connected car…
Aug 1, 2019By Staff Reporters, KTRK ABC TV-13, Houston, TX August 1, 2019 https://abc13.com/automotive/internet-linked-cars-vulnerable-to-hackers-group-says/5433936/ A new report by more than a dozen whistleblowers suggests…
Aug 1, 2019By Jeff McDonald, THE SAN DIEGO UNION-TRIBUNE August 1, 2019 https://www.sandiegouniontribune.com/news/watchdog/story/2019-08-01/governor-signs-pet-insurance-bill-challenged-by-l-a-consumer-group Gov. Gavin Newsom has signed a bill that consumer advocates say…
Aug 1, 2019GM, Ford and Toyota are among the automakers cited by Consumer Watchdog using whistleblower informants. By Kevin Smith, THE LOS ANGELES DAILY…
Jul 31, 2019By Eric D. Lawrence, DETROIT FREE PRESS July 31, 2019 https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/2019/07/31/auto-cyberattacks-mass-casualties-consumer-watchdog/1880873001/ Warnings about connected vehicle vulnerabilities have been a steady drumbeat for…
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