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Nation Dec 18
Google’s antitrust case won’t go to trial until Sept. 2023The U.S. government's attempt to prove Google has been using its dominance of online search to stifle competition and innovation at the expense of consumers and advertisers won't go to trial for nearly three years.
Economy Dec 07
Uber to sell self-driving vehicles arm amid pandemic strugglesUber is selling off its autonomous vehicles development arm to Aurora as the ride-hailing company slims down after its revenues were pummeled by the coronavirus pandemic.
Economy Dec 01
Salesforce to buy work chat service Slack for $27.7 billionBusiness software pioneer Salesforce.com is buying work-chatting service Slack for $27.7 billion in a deal aimed at giving the two companies a better shot at competing against longtime industry powerhouse Microsoft.
Nation Oct 18
PG&E lacked basic training before California blackoutsWhen Pacific Gas & Electric cut power to large swaths of wildfire-prone Northern California last fall, few of the emergency personnel managing the blackouts for the nation’s largest utility had learned the fundamentals of managing an emergency in their home…
Economy Aug 20
California court rules Uber, Lyft can consider drivers as independent contractors for nowBoth companies had threatened to shut down if a ruling went into effect Friday morning that would have forced them to treat all their drivers as employees, a change they said would be impossible to accomplish overnight.
Nation Aug 20
Uber and Lyft threaten shutdown in California if state employee law goes into effectAt issue is a decision that could re-shape the so-called gig economy as drivers, delivery workers and others who work for popular apps on an as-needed basis seek improved working conditions and benefits that many in the workforce enjoy.
Nation Jul 15
Biden, Gates, other Twitter accounts hacked in Bitcoin scamUnidentified hackers broke into the Twitter accounts of technology moguls, politicians, celebrities and major companies Wednesday in an apparent Bitcoin scam.
Nation Jun 16
PG&E confesses to killing 84 people in 2018 California firePG&E CEO Bill Johnson appeared on the company's behalf in Butte County Superior Court to plead guilty to 84 felony counts of involuntary manslaughter. They stem from a November 2018 wildfire ignited by the utility's crumbling electrical grid.
Nation May 01
PG&E to purge most of its board in fallout from bankruptcyPG&E went bankrupt after years of neglect culminated in its fraying electrical grid igniting a series of deadly Northern California wildfires. The purge of its board of directors falls shy of meeting the demands of Gov. Gavin Newsom and PG&E's…
Economy Apr 27
Digital ad downturn may complicate things for tech giantsDemand for digital advertising is shriveling after a decade of explosive growth amid the pandemic-fueled downturn.