Parler announces it is back online with new hosting service

After more than a month offline, the social media platform Parler relaunched using a new web hosting service, the company announced on Monday.

United: Small electric aircraft will zip people to airports

United Airlines said Wednesday it will buy up to 200 small electric aircraft from Palo Alto-based Archer to help customers in urban areas get to the airport.

Facebook launches ‘worldwide campaign’ to combat COVID-19 vaccine misinformation

Facebook announced Monday it would be launching the "largest worldwide campaign" to combat misinformation surrounding the coronavirus and COVID-19 vaccines.

Environmentalists seek moratorium on new cellphone towers in Lake Tahoe region

Environmentalists are suing to prevent new cellphone towers from being built at Lake Tahoe, claiming potential harm to public health and the environment.

State superintendent announces $1M prize for innovator to close digital divide

The California state superintendent announced Tuesday that a $1 million prize is now up for grabs for whoever comes up with a way to eliminate the digital divide and expand high-speed internet access to the reported nearly one million students lacking internet connectivity.

Google antes up $2.6M to settle pay, job discrimination case

The settlement announced Monday closes a 4-year-old case that the Labor Department brought as part its periodic reviews of the pay practices at federal government contractors such as Google.

Santa Clara University fraternity faces consequences for super-spreader event

Santa Clara University administrators are enforcing harsher consequences for violating county COVID-19 orders after an off-campus fraternity party brought dozens of students from the University to gather, many without masks, on Saturday, January 23. 

YouTubers charged with illegal street racing after investigators focus on social media

The Irvine Police Department arrested five people and charged them with conspiracy to participate in illegal street races after the group posted videos on YouTube showing them driving quickly.

For GameStop day traders, its the moment they've dreamed about

They’ve endured a financial crisis. Two deep recessions. Mounds of student debt. Stagnant pay. Costly health care. Dim job prospects. Now, they feel, it’s payback time.

Facebook wants you to comment on its Trump ban. Here's how.

Facebook's Oversight Board is calling for public input regarding the indefinite suspension of former President Donald Trump's Facebook and Instagram accounts.

Don't share COVID-19 vaccine card on social media, BBB warns

Something as incidental as posting a selfie while holding the vaccine card can create an opportunity for scammers, the BBB warns.

Robinhood tells customers it will allow ‘limited buys’ amid GameStop, AMC trading frenzy

Robinhood, the online trading platform at the center of a speculative frenzy involving shares of GameStop, AMC and other flailing companies, told its customers Thursday that it would be allowing “limited buys” of these companies starting Friday.

Apple CEO Tim Cook lambasts tech rivals ahead of user privacy update

Without naming them, Apple CEO Tim Cook lambasted social media companies, accusing them of prioritizing data collection at the cost of allowing conspiracies, extremism and polarization.