Earlier this week, a US federal judge ordered Google to tear down the digital walls shielding its Android app store from competition as punishment for maintaining an illegal monopoly that helped expand the company's internet empire. The injunction was issued by US District Judge James Donato and will require Google to make several changes that the California company had been resisting. Those include a provision that will require its Play Store for Android apps to distribute rival third-party a
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A controversial bill to regulate the Artificial Intelligence (AI) industry, SB-1047, has been passed by the California’s State Assembly Appropriations Committee. It will pass the California Senate by the end of this month before going to the Democrat Governor, Gavin Newsom, for signature to pass into law. The most controversial part of the debate is the question of who is legally responsible and takes the blame if the AI causes harm. Should the AI system be blamed or the person who used the A
In California, numerous local and federal lawsuits continue to pile up against Patelco Credit Union following a devastating cyber-attack that crippled the Dublin CA-based company’s online databases and left about half a million customers locked out of their accounts. If the suits are successful, Patelco could be facing damage payouts of as much as $5 billion, which equals half of the assets managed by the company.
So far, at least six federal and four state lawsuits, some of which seek class-ac
The DNA testing company 23andMe was served with a class action lawsuit in California after cyber thieves gained access to personal data for at least a million clients. The lawsuit claims the popular DNA company “intentionally, willfully, recklessly, or negligently” failed to implement adequate safety measures to protect its customers whose birth year, location and ancestry trees were exposed during the attack. “On no later than 6 October 2023, unauthorized third-party cybercriminals gained acce
California - Silicon Valley Bank (SVB), https://svb.com, a lender that was a fixture in the venture capital space for decades, collapsed on 10 March 2023. The California Department of Financial Protection and Innovation closed SVB and named the FDIC as the receiver. The trouble started on 08 March 2023 after SVB suddenly announced a plan to raise billions in capital to cover big losses. It set off widespread panic among investors and the tech founders they backed. Shares of the company fell b
Oakland California officials declared a state of emergency on 14 February after a cyberattack that first hit city technology systems last week, which continues to make it impossible to pay parking fees, fines and taxes online or connect by phone with most city departments. “The Office of the Mayor at Oakland City Hall. Oakland officials declared a state of emergency over a recent cyberattack that hobbled critical government technology systems.” Calls to 911 and city emergency services are stil
The 2020 election season appears to have to end in sight. For states not under vote-counting-scrutiny, there have been many ballot measures around the country that have drawn people's attention. One of these measures is Proposition 24 in California, known as the California Privacy Rights Act of 2020 (CPRA). The measure passed with a majority of people voting to strengthen consumer privacy rights.
The new measure will update existing conditions from the 2018 California Consumer Privacy Act (CCP
California has recently created a law known as the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA) which will go into effect on January 1, 2020. Similar to Europe’s GDPR regulations, the act aims to inform consumers about the information being collected about them, while giving them the power to decide how that information is handled. This law only protects California consumers and exclusive to the following companies:
- Companies with an annual revenue >$25 Million
- Companies which buy, receive, or sell th
