Tech industry wins big in California after millions spent on primary election

Silicon Valley is fighting against AI regulation and taxation and will benefit from having political leverage

Seattle poised to ban new datacenters in blow to big tech hub

Measure in Amazon and Microsoft’s backyard expected to succeed next week as backlash grows amid AI boom

The leads are the most watchable thing in this raucous period yarn about a grimy pair of status-obsessed nobles

Actor sentenced to probation for incident in which he attacked three men and yelled homophobic slurs, according to witnesses

German director says he recognises actor should have been better protected during filming of Wrong Move

While many US city councils have passed moratoriums, Monterey Park is first where residents have voted on a ban

Consumer advocates decry Democrat Jared Polis for ‘choosing to side with dominant corporations’ over workers

Jess Asato was portrayed wearing a bikini in Grok-generated images after she criticised creation of such non-consensual pictures

Giving publishers power to block their content from being used in AI summaries will have global ramifications

European Commission proposals aim to reduce ‘risky dependencies’ on foreign suppliers in cloud computing, AI and semiconductors

Christi Hill and male officer misidentified in Vickrum Digwa murder case on AI platforms including Grok

Film editor who won an Oscar for her work on Star Wars, which she nevertheless referred to as ‘a kids’ movie’

In the March quarter Australia’s economy grew 0.3%. But the real issue is what drove that growth

Bank apologises after IT update caused problems with Lloyds, Halifax and Bank of Scotland apps