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Cal Fire firefighters monitor a back fire while battling the Medocino Complex fire on August 7, 2018 near Lodoga, California. The Mendocino Complex Fire, which is made up of the River Fire and Ranch Fire, surpassed the Thomas Fire to become the largest wildfire in California state history in 2018 - Photo by Justin Sullivan/Getty Images

Verizon throttled Santa Clara County firefighters’ data as they fought Mendocino fire, chief says

August 27, 2018 at 9:20 p.m.

Verizon throttled one Bay Area fire department’s data plans as its firefighters helped battle the largest wildfire in state history and even demanded the department should pay nearly three times...

Suspect in YouTube shooting likely killed self after injuring several victims, police say

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

SAN BRUNO >> A woman appears to have shot and killed herself after opening fire at YouTube headquarters Tuesday afternoon and wounding multiple victims, according to San Bruno police.Chief Ed...

Active shooter at YouTube headquarters in San Bruno

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

An active shooter is reportedly in the YouTube headquarters in San Bruno on Tuesday afternoon.San Bruno Police Department said there is “police activity” occurring in 901 Cherry Avenue, where the...

From left to right, Stanford students Sanjay Kannan, Divyahans Gupta and Sabri Eyuboglu protest outside Apple’s Infinite Loop headquarters in Cupertino to prompt Apple to fight smartphone addiction. - Sanjay Kannan

Stanford students’ Apple protests highlight growing concerns about smartphone addiction

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

PALO ALTO >> Sanjay Kannan and Evan Sabri Eyuboglu didn’t see themselves as radical protesters. Rather, they picketed outside Apple’s Infinite Loop headquarters in Cupertino as another group trying to...

Barry Sardis interacts with ElliQ in his San Jose home. ElliQ, which is currently in beta testing, is a smart speaker with is designed to cater towards the elderly and their needs. - Dan Honda — Bay Area News Group

Ambitious techies roll out robots, smart gear for their elders

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

For older adults who grew up before the personal computer, iPhones and Amazon Echo became technological mainstays in everyday life, a growing number of startups are working on smart devices...

Hackers have stolen at least $370 million of ICO funds, Ernst & Young says

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

Initial coin offerings (ICOs) have been touted as the IPOs of the future for cash-strapped startups, allowing the companies to create cryptocurrencies and sell them to interested buyers around the...

Flaws put world’s computing devices at risk

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

SAN JOSE >> Tech companies around the world are reeling and rushing to provide fixes for two microprocessor flaws that have put nearly all the computing devices in the world...

Carolina Milanesi an analyst with Creative Strategies in San Jose. - Aric Crabb — Bay Area News Group

The hottest gadgets this holiday season

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

For Creative Strategies’ consumer technology analyst Carolina Milanesi, this holiday sales season looks like another blockbuster.Technologies that were considered moonshots only a few years ago — like virtual reality, video...

Politicians have raised concerns over whether the FCC can withstand a flood of comments in response to Wednesday’s “Day of Action.” Petitions in support of a free internet flourished after broadband companies, including AT&T, sued to repeal regulations. - Patrick Tehan — staff archives

100+ tech companies join ‘Day of Action’

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

More than 100 internet companies, organizations and advocacy groups are revving up for Wednesday’s “Day of Action” in support of net neutrality — including one internet service provider that has...

Digital divide closing but new ‘under-connected’ class emerges

August 23, 2018 at 12:00 a.m.

BERKELEY >> California faces a growing class of “under-connected” households that rely only on smartphones for online access, a trend that may worsen the state’s economic inequality, according to a...

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