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(Bloomberg) -- Meta Platforms Inc. is spending a fortune to assemble the brightest minds in artificial intelligence. Chief Executive Officer Mark Zuckerberg may want to note: Research suggests that packing a team with too much genius can backfire. Meta is spending a fortune to assemble the brightest minds in artificial

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mercurynews.com > 08/14/2026 > ai-generated-content-is-flooding-political-campaigns-california-lawmakers-are-trying-to-regulate-it

AI-generated content is flooding political campaigns. California lawmakers are trying to regulate it

4+ week, 2+ day ago   (1000+ words) A political ad released last month depicts Gov. Gavin Newsom operating a robotic Democratic Party machine that chooses former Health Secretary Xavier Becerra as the next governor. RELATED: Policy outweighs biography for Becerra and Hilton supporters, poll finds Newsom explains…...

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mercurynews.com > 08/21/2026 > walters-interested-in-how-california-pays-for-state-government-heres-where-to-find-the-data

Walters: Interested in how California pays for state government? Here’s where to find the data.

3+ week, 1+ day ago   (567+ words) The state budget is an obvious source for anyone interested in how California finances its programs. However the budget, including the latest version enacted in June, is only a rough outline, a collection of suppositions and guesses, some educated, others…...

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mercurynews.com > 09/08/2026 > data-brokers-delete-californians-data-poor-compliance-record

California’s new privacy system depends on data brokers with a poor record of following the law: Stanford research

1+ week, 1+ day ago   (742+ words) California’s new, first-of-its-kind “DROP” program enabling residents to have personal information deleted by data brokers depends on companies that have frequently failed to follow privacy law already on the books, new research from Stanford University suggests. “The Stanford report was…...

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mercurynews.com > 08/24/2026 > the-teens-taking-on-data-centers > amp

The teens, including some in Bay Area, taking on AI data centers

2+ week, 5+ day ago   (1152+ words) By Callie Holtermann, New York Times When Sadie Cisneros first heard about ChatGPT a couple of years ago, she figured it was harmless. Like many other high school students, Cisneros, 17, began using the chatbot regularly as a search engine and…...

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mercurynews.com > 08/26/2026 > facebook-and-instagram-must-put-kids-on-a-clock-under-landmark-17-billion-meta-deal > amp

Facebook and Instagram must put kids on a clock under landmark $17 billion Meta deal

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (839+ words) California and dozens of other states won sweeping new restrictions on how Facebook and Instagram treat children Wednesday, including daily time limits, overnight lockouts and stronger parental controls, along with as much as $17 billion from Meta. U.S. District Judge Yvonne Gonzalez…...

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mercurynews.com > 09/02/2026 > bay-area-data-center-boom-backlash-regulation

Big Tech’s data center boom is igniting a political revolt in the Bay Area

1+ week, 3+ day ago   (1696+ words) group that represents tech companies including Google, Meta, Amazon and Microsoft — said data centers...

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mercurynews.com > 08/26/2026 > heres-all-the-ways-that-data-center-controversies-have-transformed-the-midterm-elections

Here’s all the ways that data center controversies have transformed the midterm elections

2+ week, 3+ day ago   (772+ words) power to train and operate. Now, Oracle, Meta, Google, Amazon and Microsoft expect to plunge more than...

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mercurynews.com > 09/02/2026 > let-them-go-someplace-else-eureka-council-enacts-45-day-ban-on-data-centers

‘Let them go someplace else’: Eureka council enacts 45‑day ban on data centers

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mercurynews.com > 08/29/2026 > what-we-know-about-trumps-deal-giving-us-access-to-vast-oil-reserves-in-venezuela > amp

What we know about Trump’s deal giving US access to vast oil reserves in Venezuela

2+ week, 9+ hour ago   (1154+ words) By Collin Binkley and Juan Pablo Arráez | Associated Press WASHINGTON — Besides a social media post from President Donald Trump, the White House has said little about what he is calling “THE BIGGEST OIL DEAL IN WORLD HISTORY” in Venezuela. Trump…...

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mercurynews.com > 08/19/2026 > letters-rezoning-research-center-not-routine

Letters: Rezoning IBM site is anything but routine

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (750+ words) Re: “Research center may get new zoning” (Page B1, Aug. 15). Your article describes San José’s proposed rezoning of the former IBM Almaden Research Center as bringing its zoning into conformity with the General Plan. But this is no routine cleanup. When…...

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