Government and Policy
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Hundreds of tech, business leaders call on Trump to preserve DACA
Tim Cook, Mark Zuckerberg, Sundar Pichai, Satya Nadella and execs from more than 350 U.S. companies and organizations are advocating for ‘dreamers.’
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Apple comes out in support of net neutrality
Apple specifically urged the FCC and its chairman, Ajit Pai, not to reverse a ban against “fast lanes.”
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Today is last day to submit comments on FCC’s plan to kill net neutrality
Nearly 22 million comments have been submitted electronically, by far the most commented-on FCC proposal in history. The deadline is at 9 p.m. PST Wednesday.
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Taxing robots: SF supervisor wants California to talk about it
This week, Jane Kim launched a crowdfunding effort to nudge the state to study the issue of what will happen to human workers in the age of automation.
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California green tech booms, but warning signs ahead
California continues to lead in green tech innovation, but may struggle to meet future clean transportation goals as traffic grows, a new report found.
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These are the U.S. Congress members with the largest Facebook following
U.S. Congress members’ ideology drives their Facebook following, according to an analysis by the Pew Research Center.
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Valerie Plame wants to buy Twitter to ban Trump
Former CIA officer Valerie Plame has started a GoFundMe account to raise $1 billion to buy Twitter for the sole purpose of banning the U.S. president from it.
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Google, other tech companies warned over ‘dangerous’ banning of neo-Nazis, hate groups
In the wake of tech reaction to Charlottesville, the Electronic Frontier Foundation is warning of the dangers of censoring speech, no matter how offensive.
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Tim Cook disagrees with Trump on Charlottesville, says Apple donating to anti-hate groups
Apple is contributing $2 million to the Southern Poverty Law Center and the Anti-Defamation League, and is matching employee donations.
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Silicon Valley CEOs lead again — away from Trump
U.S. executives are again following Silicon Valley’s lead — this time, away from President Trump.
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