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…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (567+ words) The state budget is an obvious source for anyone interested in how California finances its programs. However the budget, including the latest version enacted in June, is only a rough outline, a collection of suppositions and guesses, some educated, others…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (609+ words) As you may have heard, Meta is on trial in an Oakland courtroom, accused of knowingly designing its social media products to be addictive and contributing to what the plaintiffs call a national youth mental health crisis. California, Colorado, Kentucky…...

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (742+ words) California’s new, first-of-its-kind “DROP” program enabling residents to have personal information deleted by data brokers depends on companies that have frequently failed to follow privacy law already on the books, new research from Stanford University suggests. “The Stanford report was…...

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....

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (206+ words) MILPITAS — Google and other tech companies are considering a rental deal for a space in a new...Interstate 880. Super Micro Computer has joined Google in expressing interest in the building, according...225 employee vehicles, marketing materials state. Google’s interest comes…...

1+ week, 5+ day ago   (29+ words) The H-1B has long been the key visa for Silicon Valley tech companies seeking to recruit top foreign talent, and also to employ lower-level tech workers via staffing companies....

6+ day, 23+ hour ago   (94+ words) The Mercury News Week 2 of the high school football season across the Bay Area is done. De La Salle looked superb once again, routing Cardinal Newman. Pittsburg put up a fight against St. John Bosco before falling by two scores....

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (839+ words) California and dozens of other states won sweeping new restrictions on how Facebook and Instagram treat children Wednesday, including daily time limits, overnight lockouts and stronger parental controls, along with as much as $17 billion from Meta. U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez…...

1+ week, 4+ day ago   (1696+ words) group that represents tech companies including Google, Meta, Amazon and Microsoft — said data centers...