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California’s billionaires pour cash into elections as big tech seeks new allies

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As Gavin Newsom departs, ultra-wealthy flex wealth and influence to fight regulation and keep the boom goingTech billionaires are leveraging tens of millions of dollars to influence California politics in a marked uptick from their previous participation in affairs at the state capitol. Behemoths such as Google and Meta are getting involved in campaigns for […]

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Instagram CEO dismisses idea of social media addiction in landmark trial

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Adam Mosseri defends app on witness stand and says critics must separate ‘clinical addiction’ from ‘problematic use’Instagram’s CEO dismissed the idea that users can be addicted to social media at a landmark California trial on Wednesday.“I think it’s important to differentiate between clinical addiction and problematic use,” Adam Mosseri said on the witness stand. Psychologists

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Rage against the machine: a California community rallied against a datacenter – and won

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Organizers in Monterey Park took inspiration from other US cities to fight against the construction of a giant datacenterWhen a southern California city council proposed building a giant datacenter the size of four football fields last December, five residents vowed to stop it.Through a frenetic word-of-mouth campaign, the small group raised awareness about the proposed

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Elon Musk’s X Restricts Ability to Create Explicit Images With Grok

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Bowing to pressure, the company said it would restrict X users from generating explicit images of real people in jurisdictions where such content is illegal.

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California attorney general investigates Musk’s Grok AI over lewd fake images

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AI tool made by Elon Musk’s xAI makes it easy to harass women with deepfake images, says state’s top attorneyCalifornia authorities have announced an investigation into the output of Elon Musk’s Grok.The state’s top attorney said Grok, an AI tool and image generator made by Musk’s company xAI, appears to be making it easy to

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Tech titans divided over whether to pay billionaire tax or flee California

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State residents worth more than $1bn could face one-off, 5% tax to help fund education, food assistance and healthcareA battle is brewing in California over a plan to tax billionaires – with tech titans divided over whether they should pay up, or flee the state.Under a tax proposal that could be put to voters this

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