3+ day, 16+ hour ago   (383+ words) Facebook is on trial in New Mexico over privacy concerns that emerged during the 2016 election when a political consulting firm bought user data harvested from millions of profiles to generate targeted ads. Opening statements will begin Wednesday in state court…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (534+ words) By MICHAEL LIEDTKE and BARBARA ORTUTAY, AP Technology Writers A federal judge on Wednesday ordered Google to retool the system powering its monopoly in digital advertising, sparing the company from a wrenching breakup sought by the U.S. government. The initial two-page…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (338+ words) OAKLAND — Jesse Moreno allegedly crept up to a Mercedes Benz E550 as it pulled up to a parking spot on 48th Avenue and International Boulevard, then pulled out a pistol and forced the driver to give up her keys. It was one…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (721+ words) A Newport Beach surgeon once accused of drugging and sexually assaulting a series of women recently had his medical license revoked, state records show, years after his headline-grabbing criminal proceedings concluded with him admitting to drastically pared-back charges. Grant Robicheaux’s…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (333+ words) A federal judge has ruled that J.M. Smucker can proceed with a lawsuit against Trader Joe’s over frozen sandwiches that Smucker claims are too similar to its Uncrustables. Smucker sued Trader Joe’s in federal court in Ohio last fall, claiming Trader…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (758+ words) By Erik Larson, Bloomberg Nestled into Meta Platforms Inc.’s landmark $18 billion settlement with US states to address social media harms to children was a seemingly unrelated agreement to resolve a different controversy that rocked Facebook after the 2016 presidential election....

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (678+ words) Federal prosecutors are asking a judge to sentence Linwei “Leon” Ding, convicted by a jury in January of stealing artificial intelligence trade secrets from Google, to five years in prison. “That sentence reflects the scale and sophistication of his theft,…...

2+ week, 1+ day ago   (528+ words) By Madlin Mekelburg and Rachel Metz, Bloomberg The Trump administration must lift its ban on Anthropic PBC’s artificial intelligence technology for federal agencies, a US judge ruled. US District Judge Rita F. Lin in San Francisco sided late Thursday with…...

2+ week, 2+ day ago   (843+ words) By BARBARA ORTUTAY and KAITLYN HUAMANI, Associated Press A settlement announced Wednesday between Meta and dozens of states resolves one of its biggest legal fights, but the social media giant is still facing litigation elsewhere over its products’ effects on…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (667+ words) The question of downtown vibrancy versus public safety was front and center Tuesday as the San Jose City Council voted unanimously to deny a conditional use permit to San Pedro Social that would allow it to operate as a nightclub…...