A Ninth Circuit panel in San Francisco upheld a TRO blocking OpenAI and Jony Ive from using 'io' to market hardware similar to startup iyO's voice‑only computer.

A Stanford lab just cracked the problem that's been keeping quantum computers locked in energy-guzzling deep freezers. The room-temperature device could slash the enormous cooling costs that have made quantum computing impractical for all but the biggest tech players.

Kaiser agreed to a preliminary $46 million settlement after tracking pixels on its sites and apps may have shared member data with tech vendors. The deal affects millions and faces a court fairness hearing.

A Las Vegas receptionist firm admits it placed provocative billboards and a fake parenting app in San Francisco to spark a debate about AI and human work.

Gene‑edited donor islet cells were implanted into a patient and produced insulin without immunosuppression, researchers report. The result is promising but still early.

A small asteroid with a non-zero percent chance of hitting the Moon in 2032 has scientists from the Bay Area to Houston and New York scrambling to refine its orbit. As teams weigh everything from reconnaissance missions to nuclear disruption, the question is whether the odds will shrink before time runs out.

MIT’s new Iceberg Index finds AI can already perform work equal to about 11.7% of U.S. wage value — roughly $1.2 trillion — and the exposure is spread beyond tech hubs.

Berkeley Math Circle alum Hannah Cairo, 18, constructed a counterexample that upends a four‑decade‑old conjecture in harmonic analysis.

A PCORI‑funded, randomized study led by UCLA and UC Davis will test whether AI assistance helps radiologists read screening mammograms more accurately. The trial pairs clinical outcomes with patient surveys.

VA Palo Alto completed the Veterans Health Administration’s first catheter‑based tricuspid valve replacement using the FDA‑cleared EVOQUE device. The patient is recovering and the move could broaden options for high‑risk Veterans.

Berkeley startup Magnetic Tides says its kilohertz brain‑stimulation method boosted cortical excitability in early testing, won FDA Breakthrough status and is enrolling patients in trials. Early safety signals are encouraging but larger clinical studies are next.

That massive white blimp drifting past Alcatraz yesterday wasn't advertising anything—it's Google co-founder Sergey Brin's latest attempt to revolutionize disaster relief with a 400-foot electric airship. Hoodline staff caught the behemoth tracing a deliberate path from the Golden Gate to the Bay Bridge, part of expanded test flights that have Silicon Valley asking whether this floating giant might actually deliver on its humanitarian promises.

We tried to check our own website this morning and got an error message, joining millions of users locked out when the company protecting a fifth of the internet went dark. Whether you can read this right now depends on where you're sitting—a fitting introduction to the fragile infrastructure holding the digital world together.