Residents can question elected officials’ tech decisions and crafting citizen oversight boards to enforce accountability.

When‌ ‌apps‌ ‌used‌ ‌by‌ ‌billions‌ ‌of‌ ‌people‌ ‌worldwide‌ ‌blinked‌ ‌out,‌ ‌lives‌ ‌were‌ ‌disrupted,‌ ‌businesses‌ ‌were‌ ‌cut‌ ‌off‌ ‌from‌ ‌customers‌ ‌—‌ ‌and‌ ‌some‌ ‌Facebook‌ ‌employees‌ ‌were‌ ‌locked‌ ‌out‌ ‌of‌ ‌their‌ ‌offices.‌ ‌Facebook’s‌ ‌internal‌ ‌communications‌ ‌platform,‌ ‌Workplace,‌ ‌was‌ ‌also‌ ‌taken‌ ‌out,‌ ‌leaving‌ ‌most‌ ‌employees‌ ‌unable‌ ‌to‌ ‌do‌ ‌their‌ ‌jobs.‌ ‌ ‌

WhatsApp assures users that no one can see their messages, but a ProPublica investigation reveals that the company has an extensive monitoring operation and regularly shares personal information with prosecutors.

The DA’s Office is also asking the community to join the effort by performing an act of kindness and sharing it with us on Facebook and Instagram using the hashtags #GilroyKind and #KindnessIsStrong.

Shannon Keeler told the Associated Press she had been gathering evidence for nearly eight years, and agreed to be identified as the victim of a 2013 attack while she was a student at Gettysburg College, sharing the text of a potentially incriminating statement by Ian Cleary, 28, of Saratoga.

The vaccine rollout has been chaotic, according to news reports and hundreds of emails sent by The New York Times' California Today readers.

After a year of planning, the multi-pronged strategy to house more people was announced at a virtual news conference on Tuesday.

The Clubhouse app became a social media sensation by evolving the art of conversation. Will it end up an echo chamber?

Our community should support local woman-owned businesses that are hustling to stay afloat, especially during these difficult times.

While much has been made of tech’s unwillingness to work with the Pentagon, startups are still plumbing the industry’s ties to the military.

Last week Facebook carried out what may have been the single largest content takedown in its history. Any content that looked vaguely like news, even if it very much was not, disappeared from the platform in Australia. The company was demonstrating its opposition to a law now passed by the Australian Parliament that could require technology companies to compensate news organizations for their content.

Diversity in tech has been an evergreen issue for years in Silicon Valley, but has become even more central as employees begin to speak out.

The new variation was reported in Santa Clara and Alameda counties, health officials announced Wednesday.

The announcement didn’t sit well with San Jose Mayor Sam Liccardo after also losing Hewlett Packard Enterprises last month.

The model anticipates the South Bay seeing at least a 20 percent surge in Covid-19 cases by the first week of December.

Capt. James Jensen, attorneys Harpaul Nahal and Christopher Schumb and gun dealer Michael Nichols go to trial on Nov. 2.