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Consumer Groups Ask ‘NY Times’ to Stable ‘Trojan Horse’ Ads for Google By John Eggerton, MULTI-CHANNEL NEWS December 20, 2017 http://www.multichannel.com/news/marketing/consumer-groups-ask-ny-times-stable-trojan-horse-ads-google-ads/417189 Consumer…
Dec 20, 2017
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, 2017
California 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, 2017
Google 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, 2017
Kids 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, 2017
Driverless 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, 2017
Consumer 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, 2017
Op-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, 2017
Are 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, 2017
By 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, 2017
By 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, 2017
California Nixes Rules To Protect Autonomous Vehicle Makers Against Dirty Sensors By Colin Wood, STATE SCOOP December 5, 2017 California nixes rule…
Dec 5, 2017
By 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, 2017
By 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, 2017
California 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, 2017
Climate Justice Activists To Protest Governor’s Appearance At New York Times Climate Tech Summit By Dan Bacher, RED, GREEN & BLUE BLOG…
Dec 1, 2017
California 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, 2017
Despite 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, 2017