2+ day, 3+ hour ago   (115+ words) The new laws build on California's earlier 2025 tech package. Hoodline previously reported that Newsom signed Assembly Bill 243 in October 2025, requiring companion chatbot platforms to establish procedures for detecting and managing user expressions of self-harm. While California pressed ahead, Congress continued…...

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (155+ words) Santa Clara County now has 75 data centers, enough to rank second among all U.S. counties, and its 23% growth rate from 2025 to 2026 was the fastest among the five U.S. counties with the most data centers. The surge comes as the county's median home…...

3+ day, 1+ hour ago   (153+ words) None of the posts disclosed that the Austin image was AI-generated, a detail with legal significance in Arizona. Turning Point activists later deleted the deepfake posts, and Turning Point USA did not respond to Phoenix New Times' request for comment....

3+ day, 5+ hour ago   (214+ words) Dearborn's city council took the first of two required votes yesterday on an ordinance that would freeze new data center applications for six months, joining a growing list of Southeast Michigan communities scrambling to get ahead of the region's AI…...

3+ day, 11+ hour ago   (337+ words) Council members Dan Grzybek and Alex Rose are the driving forces behind the bill, which as reported by WPXI would require a clear disclosure whenever election content is made using artificial intelligence. Rose said voters should know whether they're seeing…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (108+ words) Rainmaker isn't the only approach tech companies are trying. Microsoft has committed to refilling water systems, and Google has funded water recycling initiatives near its own data centers, according to the Standard's reporting. San Jose Mayor Matt Mahan has emphasized…...

4+ day, 5+ hour ago   (156+ words) The same August 21 filing showed the Pelosi household didn't stop at Bloom Energy. On July 24, the account also purchased 10,000 shares of Intel Corporation and 50 Intel call options with a $50 strike price, also expiring June 17, 2027 — a broader tech-options strategy executed the…...

1+ week, 7+ hour ago   (339+ words) State Representative David Steffen wants Wisconsin's youngest students learning without screens at all. The Howard Republican announced plans this week to introduce legislation banning tablets and computers from classrooms serving pre-kindergarten through second grade, with narrow exceptions carved out for…...

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (280+ words) New York City Public Schools is banning students through 8th grade from using artificial intelligence tools for the coming school year, a sweeping restriction that Mayor Zohran Mamdani's office is calling the most expansive AI prohibition in the country. Mamdani announced…...

1+ mon, 1+ week ago   (542+ words) St. Louis Regional Public Media, known as Nine PBS, filed in Denver District Court after Open Source Storage allegedly cut off access in March, when its annual contract ended. According to First Alert 4, the archive reaches back to 1954 and includes…...