California’s new statewide AI education initiative — a public‑private push that ropes in Google, Microsoft, Adobe, IBM and other major vendors to deliver free AI courses, tools and credentials to millions of learners — marks one of the most ambitious attempts by any U.S. state to fold artificial...
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A Southern California resident has filed a state‑court lawsuit asking a judge to stop Microsoft from switching off routine, free security updates for Windows 10 on October 14, 2025, arguing the scheduled sunset is not a routine lifecycle decision but a coercive commercial strategy that will push...
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A Southern California resident has asked a court to stop Microsoft from pulling the plug on Windows 10, arguing the company’s October 14, 2025 end-of-support decision is intended to coerce hardware upgrades and accelerate adoption of Windows 11’s AI features — a legal gambit that spotlights the...
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A California plaintiff has taken Microsoft to court over the company’s planned end of support for Windows 10, alleging the move is effectively a forced-obsolescence strategy that funnels users toward Windows 11 and AI‑optimized hardware — and demanding that Microsoft keep issuing free security...
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The California Department of Water Resources (DWR), the California Health and Human Services Agency (CalHHS), and the Employment Development Department (EDD) are actively recruiting for key technology leadership positions to enhance their IT capabilities and address evolving challenges.
DWR...
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The invitation to the upcoming Microsoft Azure AI Hackathon for Public Sector sparks excitement among tech enthusiasts eager to redefine the future of California’s public services. Set against the vibrant backdrop of Sacramento, this hands-on event is exclusively for State of California...
In today’s era of digital transformation, public sector agencies are doubling down on modern technology and IT modernization. Across California, three major governmental bodies—the Department of Justice (DOJ), the Governor’s Office of Emergency Services (Cal OES), and the Department of Health...
When brothers Brett, Casey and Jon McGovern decided to set up a full-service retail mortgage lending company in California’s San Francisco Bay Area in 2007, they couldn’t have picked a more inopportune time. Just a month after the McGovern brothers capitalized their business, the impending...
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Malwarebytes Acquires AdwCleaner
Malwarebytes acquires anti-adware startup with 200 million downloads to further campaign against potentially unwanted programs (PUPs)
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SANTA CLARA, Calif. – October 19, 2016 – Malwarebytes™, the leading advanced malware prevention...
In mid-May, I reported on a partnership between Microsoft and AMGEN as part of an 8-day, 8-stage 782-mile race in the Amgen Tour of California. For the race, a team of 10 would utilize the Microsoft Band 2 to keep track of stats and use those stat to improve daily.
So, how did it go?
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Once upon a time I had a free program that allowed converting images to quite consistent ones, in batches, via control of white. I've lost it, and now I can't find anything but Adobe Photoshop, unless counting ones that include coding.
It's for my dear Uncle, who makes an effort to scan...
IDG News Service - He was hired to fix their computers, but police say that Trevor Harwell instead installed spyware software that took candid photos of his clients in various states of undress.
Harwell had been a Macintosh specialist with a Los Angeles-area home computer repair company...
TAIPEI/PALOS VERDES, California (Reuters) - Microsoft Corp showed off a version of its next operating system at technology conferences in the United States and Taipei, as some PC makers grumbled over restrictions on their involvement in the development of the system.
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South Korea's Samsung Electronics Co. said it is suing Apple Inc. for patent rights violations, only days after Apple sued Samsung for the same reason.
Samsung is accusing Apple of violating its rights to 10 smartphone...
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Most of Lydia Tinker's customers come to her because she does a great tax return, but some come back because they want a psychic reading.
For the past 35 years, Tinker, a licensed tax preparer in La Mesa, Calif., has offered psychic readings from the spirit world to her customers, many of...
How do you stand out in a tiny desert town that boasts the World's Largest Thermometer?
- Easy.
- Open a UFO-themed beef jerky store.
"The Gateway to Death Valley" -- as blistering Baker, Calif., is known -- is also where Argentina-born Luis Ramallo parked his now-famous Alien Fresh...