Technology Archives - Redwood City Pulse

Bombshell AI class action suit alleges users’ chats with Perplexity go straight to Meta, Google

by Bay City News Service April 2, 2026 10:48 amApril 2, 2026 1:55 pm

A massive 135-page lawsuit against artificial intelligence developer Perplexity AI Inc. landed in federal court in San Francisco on Tuesday.

‘That’s a great point!’: Overly agreeable AI models shown to harm people’s judgment

by Hannah Bensen April 1, 2026 2:22 pmApril 1, 2026 9:57 pm

NASA Ames in Mountain View plays key role in upcoming lunar mission

by Emma Montalbano March 31, 2026 1:18 pmApril 1, 2026 11:30 am

Google unveils historic restoration of Hangar One in Mountain View

by Emily Margaretten March 20, 2026 6:19 pmMarch 23, 2026 12:45 pm

Guest Opinion: AI could cause a jobs Armageddon. We can’t let it happen.

By Jerry McNerneyMarch 17, 2026 4:11 pmMarch 31, 2026 12:06 pm

Regional Politics

Distrust of tech helps drive ‘populist fervor’ in Silicon Valley

by Hannah Bensen March 4, 2026 12:08 pmMarch 5, 2026 11:25 am

Regional Politics

Bernie Sanders warns about AI ‘tsunami’ at Stanford town hall

by Riley Cooke February 21, 2026 9:12 amFebruary 22, 2026 10:02 pm

State Sen. Josh Becker, D-Menlo Park, speaks to media about school reopenings at Barron Park Elementary in Palo Alto on March 2, 2021. Photo by Magali Gauthier.

Becker bill aims to curb fraud involving AI deepfakes

by Hannah Bensen February 21, 2026 8:29 amFebruary 21, 2026 8:29 am

In Menlo Park, advanced X-ray tech uncovers long-lost star map

by Arden Margulis February 13, 2026 9:57 amFebruary 13, 2026 9:57 am

Battery tests sparked two fires at Tesla lab in Palo Alto

by Gennady Sheyner February 10, 2026 7:31 pmFebruary 11, 2026 10:41 am

Amazon is the main tenant of an office building at 2100 University Ave. in East Palo Alto. Embarcadero Media file photo by Veronica Weber.

Amazon to lay off 161 employees in East Palo Alto, Mountain View

by Riley Cooke February 3, 2026 2:33 pmFebruary 5, 2026 11:22 am

Former Google engineer convicted of stealing AI technology

by Bay City News Service January 30, 2026 8:48 amJanuary 30, 2026 8:52 am

Newsom plans no new journalism funding despite $175 million funding deal with Google

by CalMatters January 15, 2026 5:30 amJanuary 15, 2026 2:02 pm

Dr. Thomas J. Fogarty, inventor of the balloon catheter, dies at 91 in Portola Valley

by Brianna Sosa January 7, 2026 10:25 amJanuary 12, 2026 3:38 pm

Waymo announces expansion across the Peninsula and onto freeways

by Hannah Bensen November 13, 2025 4:09 pmNovember 14, 2025 12:50 pm

Former Air Force chief scientist takes helm of $2B Berkeley Space Center at Moffett Field

by Emily Margaretten November 11, 2025 1:21 pmNovember 11, 2025 1:52 pm

Bay Area airports get millions for upgrades

by Bay City News Service October 2, 2025 3:00 pmOctober 10, 2025 5:08 pm

Guest opinion: We need to break down ‘tech apartheid’

by Guest Opinion Writer September 17, 2025 10:18 amSeptember 18, 2025 11:51 am

Waymo expands self-driving taxi service to parts of Palo Alto, Menlo Park

by Emily Margaretten June 17, 2025 1:20 pmJune 17, 2025 3:13 pm

Cities say they fixed vulnerability that led to crosswalk deepfake voices

by Arden Margulis June 16, 2025 5:33 pmJune 17, 2025 11:17 am

Silicon Valley cities hit with request for residents’ emails to train AI

by San José Spotlight May 19, 2025 12:28 pmMay 20, 2025 10:22 am

Silicon Valley crosswalk buttons apparently hacked to imitate Musk, Zuckerberg voices

by Zoe Morgan April 12, 2025 2:51 pmApril 16, 2025 1:17 pm

State

McNerney introduces bill to regulate AI in the workplace

by Bay City News Service March 10, 2025 3:16 pmMarch 11, 2025 4:59 pm

Bill Gates draws crowd to Computer History Museum with launch of new book

by Emily Margaretten February 18, 2025 10:52 amFebruary 18, 2025 1:21 pm

Bay Area author explores morality in technology in ‘Quantum Eschaton’

by Jeremy Walsh February 13, 2025 12:57 pmFebruary 13, 2025 3:40 pm

Becker bill targets use of AI in denying health claims

by Gennady Sheyner December 16, 2024 10:06 amDecember 17, 2024 9:20 am

Redwood City YouTuber interviews AI chatbots

by Jennifer Yoshikoshi November 12, 2024 11:29 amNovember 12, 2024 1:11 pm

Newsom asks school leaders to restrict cellphones this school year

by EdSource August 18, 2024 9:00 amAugust 20, 2024 1:44 pm

News

Susan Wojcicki, technology innovator, dies at 56

by Gennady Sheyner August 10, 2024 12:48 amAugust 13, 2024 9:33 am

California congressmembers urge Meta to maintain its social media analysis services

by Bay City News Service July 26, 2024 3:46 pmJuly 26, 2024 4:29 pm

City, county sites and SFO systems affected by global tech outage

by Bay City News Service and Embarcadero Media staff July 19, 2024 9:08 amJuly 20, 2024 3:08 pm

Senate approves legislation to allow consumers to use self-generated solar energy

by Jennifer Yoshikoshi May 22, 2024 11:41 amMay 22, 2024 1:39 pm

Pro-Palestinian rally disrupts Google conference in Mountain View

by Emily Margaretten May 14, 2024 1:39 pmMay 22, 2024 11:04 am

FBI warns public against ‘escalating threat’ of cyber criminals using AI

by Bay City News Service May 10, 2024 10:57 amMay 10, 2024 11:00 am

Author Kyla Zhao on battling imposter syndrome, championing Asian representation and maintaining a passion for fashion

by Karla Kane February 29, 2024 8:41 pmJuly 14, 2025 2:47 pm

Crime

Redwood City-based IT director faces prison for $535K laptop theft

by Bay City News Service January 30, 2024 8:34 amJanuary 30, 2024 10:30 am

Jenn Wall. Courtesy Jenn Wall.

Crime, Express Newsletter Content, San Mateo County, Technology, Woodside

Police say license plate readers helped nab Woodside home burglary suspects linked to other break-ins

by Jennifer Yoshikoshi January 29, 2024 2:24 pmJanuary 30, 2024 5:28 pm

Apple Mac celebrates 40-year anniversary at Computer History Museum in Mountain View

by Emily Margaretten January 26, 2024 1:43 pmJanuary 28, 2024 11:32 am

Express Newsletter Content, Redwood City, Regional Politics, State, Technology

Sen. Josh Becker introduces bill to hold PG&E accountable for delays, speed up electric grid access

by Avery Luke and Donovan Growney July 11, 2023 5:29 pmJanuary 22, 2025 12:46 pm

Food, Mountain View, Technology

Robots and conveyor belts: Jacky Li talks kitchen tech at Roger Bar and Restaurant

by Sara Hayden December 9, 2021 4:30 pm

Congresswoman Barbara Lee holds her fist up at a solidarity George Floyd protest event in Oakland.

East Palo Alto, Environment, Health, Palo Alto, Stanford University, Technology

International film festival brings documentaries back to Peninsula theaters

by The Six Fifty staff October 21, 2021 3:52 pmJuly 15, 2025 1:05 pm