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Self-Driving Vehicle Proving Ground Opens At Willow Run Near Detroit By Eric D. Lawrence, DETROIT FREE PRESS December 18, 2017 https://www.freep.com/story/money/cars/2017/12/18/self-driving-cars-proving-ground-willow-run/958771001/ The…
Dec 18, 2017California Driverless Car Regulations Changed Again By David A. Wood, CARCOMPLAINTS.COM December 17, 2017 https://www.carcomplaints.com/news/2017/california-driverless-car-regulations.shtml California DMVs proposed self-driving car regulations remove…
Dec 17, 2017Google and Amazon Really DO Want To Spy On You By Tim Collins, THE DAILY MAIL (UK) December 15, 2017 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-5182577/How-Google-Amazon-SPYING-you.html Patent…
Dec 15, 2017Kids and Smart Speakers: What Could Go Wrong? By Wendy Lee, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE December 15, 2017 http://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Kids-and-smart-speakers-What-could-go-wrong-12434725.php When 5-year-old Colin Martin…
Dec 15, 2017Driverless Cars Won’t Need Backup Drivers In California Next Year By Isha Salian, PENINSULA PRESS December 14, 2017 http://peninsulapress.com/2017/12/14/driverless-cars/ white Toyota Highlander…
Dec 14, 2017Consumer Watchdog, Anti-Trust Experts Warn of Higher Prices From Disney-Fox Merger By Ricardo Lopez, VARIETY December 14, 2017 http://variety.com/2017/biz/news/consumer-impact-disney-fox-1202641240/ Consumers can expect…
Dec 14, 2017Op-Ed Commentary by Jacques Leslie, LOS ANGELES TIMES December 14, 2017 http://www.latimes.com/opinion/op-ed/la-oe-leslie-brown-oil-california-20171214-story.html As Gov. Jerry Brown took a climate-change advocacy lap…
Dec 14, 2017Are Tech Companies Trying to Derail Sex-Trafficking Bill? By Nitasha Tiku, WIRED December 12, 2017 https://www.wired.com/story/are-tech-companies-trying-to-derail-sex-trafficking-bill/ Last month, tech…
Dec 12, 2017By AGENCE FRANCE PRESSE (AFP) December 9, 2017 http://www.dailymail.co.uk/wires/afp/article-5163753/Tech-titans-ramp-tools-win-children.html From smartphone messaging tailored for tikes to computers for classrooms, technology titans…
Dec 9, 2017By Kieran McCarthy, THE REGISTER UK December 5, 2017 https://www.theregister.co.uk/2017/12/05/pressure_mounts_net_neutrality/ With just a week to go before the head of the…
Dec 5, 2017California Nixes Rules To Protect Autonomous Vehicle Makers Against Dirty Sensors By Colin Wood, STATE SCOOP December 5, 2017 California nixes rule…
Dec 5, 2017By Kathleen Pender, SAN FRANCISCO CHRONICLE December 4, 2017 http://www.sfchronicle.com/business/article/Governors-howl-Why-tax-plan-would-hammer-blue-12405179.php The governors of California and New York and governor-elect of New…
Dec 4, 2017By Justin King, LEFT LANE NEWS December 4, 2017 http://www.leftlanenews.com/california-shoots-down-gms-autonomous-immunity-proposal-99084.html Consumer Watchdog argues GM’s attempted ‘power grab’ could have shielded the…
Dec 4, 2017California DMV Ditches Rule to Limit Liability for Self-Driving Car Manufacturers By Tom McKay, GIZMODO December 3, 2017 https://gizmodo.com/california-dmv-ditches-rule-to-limit-liability-for-self-1820959217 California regulators have…
Dec 3, 2017Climate Justice Activists To Protest Governor’s Appearance At New York Times Climate Tech Summit By Dan Bacher, RED, GREEN & BLUE BLOG…
Dec 1, 2017California Regulators Nix Rules Limiting Carmaker Liability By ASSOCIATED PRESS December 1, 2017 https://wtop.com/consumer-news/2017/12/california-regulators-nix-rules-limiting-carmaker-liability/ California regulators have nixed a plan to let…
Dec 1, 2017Despite Public Criticism, DWP Transfers $241.8 Million To LA’s General Fund By City News Service November 28, 2017 Despite public criticism, DWP…
Nov 29, 2017LADWP Approves $241M Transfer As Critics Cry Theft By Darsha Philips, KABC TV-7 Los Angeles, CA November 28, 2017 http://abc7.com/business/ladwp-approves-$241m-transfer-as-critics-cry-theft/2709010/ LOS ANGELES…
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