How a high-tech water recycling facility is fueling Treasure Island’s sustainable future
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The award-winning facility will recycle the island's wastewater -- without emitting any odor or discharging pollutants into the Bay.
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California has 30 new proposals to rein in AI. Trump could complicate them
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New proposals follow a batch of more than 20 AI laws Newsom signed last year, but they are moving forward in a very different political environment.business
Injunction malfunction: Musk loses round in battle with OpenAI, but still wins with ruling
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While Musk lost the battle, the judge’s decision may prove pivotal to advancing Musk’s central argument in the war between the tech titans.Fires
Meet the NorCal women behind Watch Duty, an app that informs people during wildfires
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The app has become an indispensable source of facts on the ground in fire season.Oakland
Elon Musk’s $97 billion offer for OpenAI’s assets lands in Oakland federal court
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OpenAI says the offer exposes the fact that Musk had brought the lawsuit not to preserve OpenAI’s humanity-focused mission as he claimed, but for his own financial and competitive gain.Oakland
AlCo courts portal lets small claims filers securely submit evidence from own device
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The court said it encourages people with small claims cases to use the new portal to make sure evidence is submitted in a timely fashion.Bay Area
Guided tours of Stanford’s SLAC accelerator offer visitors a light-speed peek at science
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The public is allowed to visit SLAC on several monthly guided tours, or people can attend sponsored lectures or come to a STEM Community Day in the fall.Featured in Category
Judge seemingly unpersuaded she should block OpenAI’s shift to for-profit company
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U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez Rogers on Tuesday heard three hours of legal argument from lawyers representing Elon Musk, who brought the lawsuit, and OpenAI and Microsoft, which Musk alleges have collaborated to pervert OpenAI’s original charitable mission.berkeley
Berkeley police fully embrace automated license plate readers after successful trial
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In July 2023, the Berkeley City Council approved placing ALPRs at 52 locations throughout the city.safety
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory home to world’s fastest supercomputer
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El Capitan, which officials at the federal lab said can perform 1.742 quintillion calculations per second, was verified as the world’s most powerful supercomputer during the 2024 Supercomputing Conference being held this week in Atlanta.Bay Area
