San Francisco’s Parker Institute is reorganizing to move more research toward companies and patients, adding senior marketing and communications hires under CEO Karen Knudsen.

Instagram will stop supporting end-to-end encrypted DMs on May 8, 2026. Users with encrypted chats should download important messages and media now.

New seafloor analysis finds 'doublet' sediment layers that may mean Cascadia quakes can trigger the San Andreas, raising the risk of back‑to‑back disasters along the West Coast. Researchers point to evidence tied to several past events, including the 1700 megathrust quake.

Rave says Apple removed its co‑watching app after launching SharePlay and has sued in the U.S. and abroad, asking courts to restore the app on iOS/macOS and seek damages. The filing lands amid renewed legal pressure on Apple’s App Store rules.

Apple agreed to a $250 million settlement over delayed Siri AI features; court filings suggest modest per‑device payments and a claims process if a judge approves.

FIS has teamed with Anthropic to co-design a Financial Crimes AI Agent that aims to cut AML investigation times to minutes, with pilots at BMO and Amalgamated Bank.

The AP won a Pulitzer for a three‑year probe that traced surveillance tools from Silicon Valley to China and back into U.S. systems. The reporting raises fresh questions about oversight and tech policy.

Anthropic teamed with Blackstone, Hellman & Friedman and Goldman Sachs on a roughly $1.5B venture to put Claude into private‑equity and mid‑market companies.

The 2026 Stanford AI Index highlights a sharp split: most Americans fear job losses and cognitive harm while many AI insiders see opportunity. Bay Area leaders are already arguing over what to do next.

A Norwegian-American startup just opened Hayward's flashiest new factory and sold out 10,000 home robots in five days. The catch buried in the contract might make you think twice about where you set it up.

Apple's April 22 patch closes a notification-cache loophole that let deleted message previews linger on iPhones. Here's who is affected and what to check.

Alphabet posted $62.6B in Q1 net income as Google Cloud grew 63% and backlog swelled above $460B, sending Bay Area AI investments into overdrive.

A West Health–Gallup poll finds many Americans consult AI for health questions — and roughly 14 million say AI advice led them to skip care. Stanford’s chief data scientist weighs in.