featured The Isle of AI: Tech promised a better future. These Bay Area cities think it’s already here By Eric Urbach | Bay City News | August 28, 2026 Oakland highlighted several issue areas where AI will be used to improve services.
Technology The data center backlash is here — and Big Tech is spending big to combat it By Katherine Ortiz and Khari Johnson | CalMatters | August 28, 2026 The public has turned against data centers, prompting a flood of legislation in California.
Education Culture and ethics meets tech: UCLA debuts country’s first bachelor’s in digital humanities By Mikhail Zinshteyn | CalMatters | August 27, 2026 New major fuses technological tools for statistical analysis, coding, 3D mapping, and data visualization with traditional humanities disciplines.
Arts & Entertainment High-stakes trial over Instagram and Facebook’s impact on children opens in Oakland By Thomas Peele | EdSource | August 18, 2026 Meta faces similar upcoming litigation in other states.
Education Teens use AI for academic support even though they see the dangers, survey finds By Mallika Seshadri | EdSource | August 18, 2026 Roughly 7 in 10 teens use AI for academic support, according to Common Sense Media.
education UC Berkeley startups fuel hundreds of jobs, millions in local payroll, research reveals By Kiley Russell | Bay City News | August 18, 2026 Study quantifies the local economic benefits of the university’s entrepreneurial “ecosystem.”
Bay Area California recruits teens to help advise on state’s AI and technology decisions By Vani Sanganeria | EdSource and Exedra Staff | August 12, 2026 Nominate a student to the newly launched California Teen Tech Council.
Technology Would you trust your boss with data about your brain? California moves to regulate neurotech By Khari Johnson | CalMatters | August 10, 2026 Brain sensors are advancing, and California companies, lawmakers and unions are jockeying to shape how the resulting data can be used.
featured Stanford drops Flock license plate cameras after campus pushback, will use Genetec By Kayla Chan | Bay City News | August 7, 2026 Students’ discomfort with Flock is part of a broader trend of backlash against the company.
Featured in Category As AI ‘therapists’ dish out advice, California lawmakers try to set some limits By Ana B. Ibarra | CalMatters | August 6, 2026 The bill is backed by professional associations that represent psychologists, therapists and counselors.