reader comments 79 Dozens of California police agencies are still sharing automated license plate reader (ALPR) data with out-of-state authorities without a warrant, the Electronic Frontier Foundation has revealed. This is occurring despite guidance issued by State Attorney General Rob Bonta last year. Clarifying a state law that limits state public agencies to sharing ALPR ..
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Enlarge / Sundrop is among the citrus soft drinks that still contains BVO. (credit: Sun Drop) The Food and Drug Administration may finally ban a food additive used in citrusy drinks that the agency determined over 50 years ago could not be considered generally safe. The agency proposed a ban on the additive Thursday. The ..
Enlarge / A section of Apple’s repair manual for the M2 MacBook Air from 2022. Apple already offers customers some repair manuals and parts through its Self-Service Repair program. reader comments 60 with Right-to-repair advocates have long stated that passing repair laws in individual states was worth the uphill battle. Once enough states demanded that ..
Enlarge / The famous Easter candy Peeps, made by Just Born Quality Confections, are displayed on April 7, 2023 in New York, US. Consumer Reports announced in a recent press release that it had contacted Just Born Quality Confections earlier this year about concerns over the company’s use of red dye No. 3 in the ..
reader comments 208 with Facebook may have to overhaul its entire ad-targeting system after a California court ruled last month that the platform’s practice of routinely targeting ads by age, gender, and other protected categories violates a state anti-discrimination law. The decision came after a 48-year-old Facebook user, Samantha Liapes, fought for years to prove ..
reader comments 72 with A California law requiring a wide range of platforms to estimate ages of users and protect minors from accessing harmful content appears to be just as unconstitutional as a recently blocked law in Texas requiring age verification to access adult content. Yesterday, US District Judge Beth Labson Freeman ordered a preliminary ..
reader comments 91 with California, the home to many of tech’s biggest companies and the nation’s most populous state, is pushing ahead with a right-to-repair bill for consumer electronics and appliances. After unanimous votes in the state Assembly and Senate, the bill passed yesterday is expected to move through a concurrence vote and be signed ..
reader comments 103 with Today, Elon Musk’s X Corp. sued to block California’s content moderation law, AB 587. In its complaint, filed a US district court in California, X Corp. is seeking a preliminary and permanent injunction stopping California Attorney General Robert Bonta from enforcing the law. AB 587 passed in September 2022, requiring social ..
Enlarge / Competitors take part in “Tough Mudder” at the Glen Helen Raceway in San Bernardino, California, United States on April 2, 2023. reader comments 107 with Hundreds of people who participated in a recent Tough Mudder event—a very muddy obstacle course race—held in Sonoma, California, have fallen ill with pustular rashes, lesions, fever, flu-like ..
Getty Images reader comments 43 with California’s main firefighting agency, Cal Fire, is training AI models to detect visual signs of wildfires using a network of 1,039 high-definition cameras, reports The New York Times and the Los Angeles Times. When it sees signs of smoke, it quickly warns firefighters of emerging threats. During the pilot ..