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South Bay data center boom sparks questions about water and climate impacts
1+ hour, 44+ min ago (533+ words) WITH MORE THAN A DOZEN data center projects taking shape in Santa Clara County, local leaders have offered assurances that potential environmental impacts will be thoroughly assessed before any new facility gets switched on. But when it comes to water…...
Class-action lawsuit alleges Perplexity sent user chats to Google, Meta without consent
1+ mon, 2+ week ago (668+ words) A MASSIVE 135-PAGE LAWSUIT against artificial intelligence developer Perplexity AI Inc. landed in federal court in San Francisco on Tuesday. The class-action suit claims that tracking tools embedded in Perplexity's code sent user chat information directly to Google LLC and…...
It's so hard to get off your phone': Students confront negative effects of social media use
2+ mon, 2+ week ago (741+ words) TEENAGERS ARE USING SOCIAL MEDIA so much that school districts across Contra Costa County, such as the'San Ramon Valley Unified School District, the'West Contra Costa Unified School District,'and the'Mt. Diablo Unified School District, have recently implemented strict cellphone policies,…...
Texting and touchdowns: Free Wi-Fi comes to busiest BART stations in time for Super Bowl
3+ mon, 1+ week ago (238+ words) BART riders at several stations across the Bay Area will now have access to free Wi-Fi. The first five stations were selected since BART predicts they will see heavy traffic related to events leading up to the Super Bowl this…...
Review: WWI phone operators light up Ross Valley Players'Hello Girls
3+ mon, 2+ week ago (235+ words) Women's roles in'wartime'rarely have'been so smartly and poignantly portrayed as in'The Hello Girls." Enter the Signal Corps Female Telephone Operators Unit." The Hello Girls"tracks'the misogyny'suffered by'females'speaking fluent French'at the hands of their peers and superiors, all the way up…...
Opting out: How Californians can use state's new tool to block hundreds of data brokers
4+ mon, 1+ day ago (598+ words) THE CALIFORNIA PRIVACY PROTECTION AGENCY kicked off 2026 by launching a tool that state residents can use to make data brokers delete and stop selling their personal information." Until now, those instructions had to be delivered to each data broker individually…...
Wi-Fi futility: Dozier-Libbey High hampered by persistent internet connectivity problems
4+ mon, 1+ week ago (944+ words) IN TODAY'S HIGHLY DIGITIZED WORLD, reliable internet access is extremely important for students to effectively learn and succeed in school." From struggling with a consistent Wi-Fi connection during online exams or quizzes to being unable to finish assignments during school…...
California data centers scrutinized as report flags rising emissions, strain on energy grid
6+ mon, 5+ hour ago (918+ words) CALIFORNIA IS A MAJOR HUB for data centers " the facilities that store and transmit much of the internet. But just how much these power-hungry operations affect the state's energy use, climate and public health remains an open question for researchers....
Why a new California law could change the way all Americans browse the internet
6+ mon, 1+ week ago (729+ words) THE PRIVACY CHANGES web browsers will be required to make under a new California law could set the de facto standard for the entire country, changing how Americans control their data when using the internet, according to experts." It will…...