California

TypeLocation

Also known as: california-state · ca

US state. Home to Silicon Valley + the bulk of frontier-AI HQ presence (OpenAI, Anthropic, Google, Apple, Meta, Nvidia HQ).

119 mentions · 74 days · first seen Apr 1, 2026 · last seen Oct 11, 2026

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Connections

Co-mentioned co-mentionedOpenAI together 31× ↗ · Donald Trump together 21× ↗ · Google together 19× ↗ · Newsom together 16× ↗ · Meta together 15× ↗ · Elon Musk together 14× ↗ · Sam Altman together 13× ↗ · San Francisco together 10× ↗

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Timeline

October 2026 9 stories · 5 days

October 11, 2026 2 stories

52Gen Z is defying trends and betting on California—even as older Americans flee to the Sun Belt Fortune Technology
40California’s Tallest and Most Iconic Trees Are Getting Heatstroke Wired

October 6, 2026 1 story

47Paramount completes $111 billion Warner merger, creating “Skydance” behemoth Ars Technica

October 4, 2026 1 story

40Robotics startup has real human vs. robot cage match, California responds with cease-and-desist order Tom's Hardware

October 2, 2026 2 stories

October 1, 2026 3 stories

51California issues investigative subpoena to OpenAI over rogue agents’ hacking The Guardian Technology
48Gavin Newsom signs laws to protect California workers from AI threat The Guardian Technology
47Google thinks SpaceX’s Starship has to launch 1,800 times before space data centers get off the ground TechCrunch AI

September 2026 22 stories · 16 days

September 30, 2026 2 stories

46Gavin Newsom bans AI 'robo bosses' in landmark state law, reversing his earlier veto CNBC Technology
41A firm wants to build a large nuclear-powered data center on public land in Utah NPR Technology

September 29, 2026 2 stories

September 28, 2026 2 stories

45Newsom on Sunday signed Assembly Bill 2409, introduced by Assembly Member Avelino Valencia on Feb. 20, 2026 Cointelegraph
44Digital Realty to develop cable landing station in Los Angeles, California Datacenter Dynamics

September 27, 2026 1 story

44Coastal erosion has been eating away at the beach in San Clemente Fortune Technology

September 25, 2026 1 story

60The complaint, filed July 15 in the Eastern District of California before Judge Dale Decrypt

September 24, 2026 1 story

46Humans Are Reading Your ChatGPT Chats, New Lawsuit Argues Decrypt

September 23, 2026 2 stories

55Her body was found by the California Highway Patrol inside a vehicle in the desert, according to the report CoinDesk
34Former Hack VC partner Hsin-Ju Chuang caught dead at 37 Cointelegraph

September 21, 2026 3 stories

45Black Tesla employees accuse company of fostering racial discrimination in major trial The Guardian Technology
44Gómez Hernández did not tell her family about her plan until the day MIT Technology Review
43California tightens datacenter rules on water and power The Register

September 18, 2026 1 story

46With Congress unlikely to act before the midterms, California is angling to take the lead The Verge

September 17, 2026 1 story

45Keys Not Included: recovering the signing keys for US driver's license barcodes ryan.science

September 11, 2026 1 story

46Meta Sued Over Teaching Data for Its AI and Face-Recognition Systems Wired

September 10, 2026 1 story

49Newsom signs AI safety bills backed by Anthropic, OpenAI Crypto Briefing

September 9, 2026 1 story

43Fold the phone: Apple's new CEO debuts a foldable iPhone NPR Technology

September 5, 2026 1 story

37Hikers rescued after applying Google Gemini for planning TechCrunch AI

September 2, 2026 1 story

47San Francisco Democrats break with their party over the billionaire tax—and reveal how deeply Prop 40 has split the left Fortune Technology

September 1, 2026 1 story

51Fire victims heavily criticized his proposal, even protesting outside the governor’s mansion in Sacramento last week Fortune Technology

August 2026 29 stories · 15 days

August 31, 2026 1 story

58In the absence of federal action, California has an opportunity to set a strong standard for youth AI safety OpenAI

August 30, 2026 1 story

42Corsair RM1000e (2026) ThermalProtect power supply review Tom's Hardware

August 29, 2026 3 stories

47Offshore nuclear barges could power ports and data centers—starting with California, where nuclear is banned Fortune Technology
46Meta’s $18 billion settlement puts TikTok and YouTube on notice CNBC Technology
46AB 1856 doesn’t explicitly say that repos aren’t app stores Tom's Hardware

August 28, 2026 1 story

46Anthropic gets its first court win over the Pentagon’s supply-chain risk label TechCrunch AI

August 26, 2026 4 stories

53The jury trial, which took place in federal court in Oakland, California, began with opening statements last week The Guardian Technology
47How to Lose $12 Billion and Still Win The Atlantic Technology
46Meta, states agree to $17 billion settlement in child safety trial NPR Technology
46Meta agrees to settle social media addiction argues with states for up to $18 billion NBC News Tech

August 25, 2026 1 story

45The states argue that Meta withheld relevant information from users and parents NPR Technology

August 23, 2026 1 story

56Griffin made a splash when he announced he was moving his hedge fund Citadel to Miami in 2022 Fortune Technology

August 22, 2026 2 stories

44Meta is the latest tech giant to land in her courtroom CNBC Technology
39OpenAI confirms California should strengthen its AI safety bill TechCrunch AI

August 20, 2026 1 story

42UC Berkeley professor admits to applying AI to edit op-ed on students’ math skills The Guardian Technology

August 18, 2026 3 stories

50Meta hooked children on Facebook and Instagram, court hears BBC Technology
50California’s billionaires just poured $40 million into blocking a wealth tax that threatens to force them to pay 5% of their Fortune Technology
43The critical tech staying safe by going underground BBC Technology

August 17, 2026 6 stories

64In March, three minors in California joined others in suing xAI Decrypt
53Meta runs into trial over child safety, potential damages of $1.4 trillion Crypto Briefing
52New Mexico’s attorney general reportedly pushes new social media safety laws a day before 29 AGs testify against Meta in Fortune Technology
51Meta heads to child safety trial facing financial damages as large as $1.4 trillion Fortune Technology
50‘Only idiot startup founders stay in Cali’: Mark Cuban rips billionaire tax—and opens a rift inside the Democratic Party Fortune Technology
47Meta confronts ‘astronomical’ consequences as legal fight reaches critical moment in California CNBC Technology

August 16, 2026 2 stories

50People Are Turning to AI for Mental Health, California Wants It Banned Decrypt
37Mark Cuban signals California billionaire tax could drive founders out of state Crypto Briefing

August 14, 2026 1 story

46California approves $34.5bn Charter-Cox merger agreement Datacenter Dynamics

August 13, 2026 1 story

45Crusoe-backed transformer manufacturer Heron Power selects Morgan Hill, California, as site of first large-scale factory Datacenter Dynamics

August 12, 2026 1 story

45Former LBNL supercomputing facility in Oakland, California, targeted for 20MW data center Datacenter Dynamics

July 2026 9 stories · 6 days

July 20, 2026 1 story

40AT&T drops key ruling in bid to stop offering basic phone service in California Ars Technica

July 17, 2026 2 stories

53Google-backed satellites for wildfire detection launch as smoke chokes US, Canada Ars Technica
45Palantir confirmed that the dataset in question had been purged NPR Technology

July 13, 2026 2 stories

July 11, 2026 1 story

44Apple sues OpenAI alleging trade secret theft, confirms scheme was 'at every level' CNBC Technology

July 9, 2026 2 stories

49Prologis files to build 99MW data center in San Jose, California Datacenter Dynamics
48In Northern California, its new proposed service area would span from Sea Ranch and Sacramento in the north Ars Technica

July 5, 2026 1 story

40Prediction Markets Let You Bet on Whether a Wildfire Will Burn Down Your Town Wired

June 2026 11 stories · 7 days

June 26, 2026 2 stories

46Unnamed data center developer eyeing former Crystal Geyser bottling site in Mount Shasta, California Datacenter Dynamics
43JD Vance raises $4.2 million in Silicon Valley Axios

June 23, 2026 2 stories

53The UK’s ban has set off an intense debate between child safety activists The Guardian Technology
53GitHub joins coalition advocating for addresses to California AI Transparency Act to protect open source GitHub Blog

June 18, 2026 1 story

45The blockbuster SpaceX IPO and potential upcoming public offerings for OpenAI and Anthropic could create a tax windfall CNBC Technology

June 16, 2026 1 story

43What Newsom's team is telling allies in Congress about Trump's DOJ investigating him Axios

June 13, 2026 1 story

35Netgear countersues TP-Link, saying firm 'remains, at its core, a Chinese company selling Chinese-made products' Tom's Hardware

June 3, 2026 3 stories

June 2, 2026 1 story

54Crypto PACs pour $3 million into Maryland races as California voters head to polls Cointelegraph

May 2026 18 stories · 12 days

May 28, 2026 1 story

50California Attorney General sues 23andMe successor for 2023 data breach BBC Technology

May 27, 2026 1 story

44DOJ charges Google staffer over Polymarket trades netting $1.2 million NPR Technology

May 25, 2026 1 story

45Leaders of the California State University system, the CSU, want it to become the nation's first artificial intelligence-powered NPR Technology

May 19, 2026 2 stories

May 18, 2026 3 stories

50How Sam Altman’s victory over Elon Musk clears way for OpenAI’s trillion-dollar ambitions The Guardian Technology
48Jury unanimously dismisses Elon Musk's suit against OpenAI CBS News Technology
42Elon Musk has dropped his suit against Sam Altman and OpenAI TechCrunch AI

May 15, 2026 1 story

47Closing arguments conclude in Musk v. Altman, jury to deliberate next week CNBC Technology

May 12, 2026 2 stories

May 10, 2026 2 stories

May 9, 2026 2 stories

May 7, 2026 1 story

42‘Highly qualified White, Asian, and other students were disputed admission’: DOJ accuses UCLA of discrimination Fortune Technology

May 6, 2026 1 story

54In a settlement filed Tuesday in California federal court, Apple did not admit any wrongdoing BBC Technology

May 5, 2026 1 story

47Inside Amazon Web Services' plan to make networking disappear The Register

April 2026 21 stories · 13 days

April 30, 2026 2 stories

58Left: The graphs show Google’s forecasted hospitalizations across California for flu, COVID-19 and RSV starting in November 2025 Google Research
44On the stand, Elon Musk can’t escape his own tweets TechCrunch AI

April 29, 2026 1 story

47Musk confirms basis of charitable giving at stake in OpenAI suit BBC Technology

April 28, 2026 3 stories

60Elon Musk and Sam Altman face off in court over OpenAI’s founding mission The Guardian Technology
48Cole Allen Charged With Attempting to Assassinate Trump Wired
35Judge in Musk v. Altman seats nine-person jury CNBC Technology

April 27, 2026 2 stories

April 24, 2026 1 story

52At 'AI Coachella,' Stanford Students Line Up to Learn From Silicon Valley Royalty Wired

April 20, 2026 1 story

46The 2028 Democratic primary is coming for hopefuls' joins forces with too Axios

April 13, 2026 1 story

41Eric Swalwell pauses campaign for California governor, rocking wide-open contest Fortune Technology

April 10, 2026 2 stories

44He picks up his hands in front of him like a sleepwalker and puts a sheet on his bed MIT Technology Review
35Stalking victim sues OpenAI, argues ChatGPT fueled her abuser's delusions and ignored her warnings TechCrunch AI

April 7, 2026 2 stories

46The code for Axplorer is open source and available via GitHub MIT Technology Review
38In 2023, Musk launched a competing company called xAI, which developed the AI image generator and chatbot Grok CNBC Technology

April 4, 2026 1 story

37Ordenan evacuaciones por incendio forestal en el sur de California Associated Press Technology

April 3, 2026 3 stories

38Coristine, who joined DOGE at 19 years old with no prior government experience Wired
37California cements its role as the national testing ground for AI rules Axios
33Inside the stealthy company that pitched brainless human clones MIT Technology Review

April 2, 2026 1 story

34Readies for data center in Monterey Park withdrawn Datacenter Dynamics

April 1, 2026 1 story

33California Pauses Enforcement of Law Requiring VCs to Report Diversity Data Wired