Facebook Reveals Bug Exposed 6.8 Million Users' PhotosFacebook announced on Friday that the Menlo Park-based social network had exposed the private photos of millions of users without their permission.
Virgin Galactic Tourism Rocket Ship Reaches Space In TestIn California's Mojave desert, Virgin Galactic's tourism spaceship climbed more than 50 miles high Thursday, reaching for the first time what the company considers the boundary of space.
Waymo Shows Off Autonomous Vehicle Advances to Public in Mountain ViewWaymo, a self-driving car company based in Silicon Valley, showed off its technology in Mountain View Thursday during its last public meeting of the year.
Waymo Set To Test Fleet Of Self-Driving Cars In Peninsula CitiesMountain View-based Waymo is hosting a public meeting to discuss the next phase of testing of its self-driving-car technology.
Apple To Expand Operations Outside Bay Area, Deepen Austin TiesCupertino-based Apple will build a $1 billion campus in Austin, Texas, break ground on smaller locations in Seattle, San Diego and Culver City, California, and over the next three years expand in Pittsburgh, New York and Colorado.
CPUC Proposes Plan To Tax Text MessagesThe San Francisco-based California Public Utilities Commission want to tax text messages to increase funds for programs that bring connectivity to underserved residents.
NASA To Curry: Yes, We Went To The Moon And We Can Prove ItNASA has offered to give NBA superstar Steph Curry a tour of one of its lunar labs after the Golden State Warriors guard said on a podcast that he doubts humans landed on the moon.
Congress Grills Google CEO On Bias, Privacy, ChinaQuestions on privacy, data collection, China, Russia —and especially political bias — dominated Mountain View-based Google CEO Sundar Pichai's grilling before Congress Tuesday.
Warriors Star Curry Says He Doesn't Think NASA Landed On The MoonGolden State Warriors star Stephen Curry made some news off the basketball court when he recently dropped a bombshell during a podcast, claiming he doesn't believe humans have been to the Moon.
Latest Consumer News
Report: Johnson & Johnson Hid Findings Of Asbestos In Baby Powder For DecadesJohnson & Johnson has for decades known its raw talc and finished powders at times tested positive for small quantities of asbestos
CPUC Proposes Plan To Tax Text MessagesThe San Francisco-based California Public Utilities Commission want to tax text messages to increase funds for programs that bring connectivity to underserved residents.
Dozens More Cases Of Salmonella In California, Nation Linked To Recalled BeefEighty-seven more people, including 39 in California, have been sickened with salmonella linked to recalled beef products, the US Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said Wednesday.
Insurance Claims At $9 Billion From California FiresInsurance claims from last month's California wildfires, including the Camp Fire in Butte County, already are at $9 billion and expected to increase.
Camp Fire Victims Awaiting Inspection Won't Lose FEMA AidFederal officials say survivors of the deadly Camp Fire will not lose disaster assistance if they are unable to get their homes inspected in the next month.
Sonoma Man Accused Of Defrauding People Paying Back Student LoansThe owner of a financial services enterprise has been arrested and charged in federal court in San Francisco with fraud in connection with an alleged scheme to steal millions of dollars from people trying to repay student loans.
Latest Business News
Huge Rent Hike May Force Popular Piedmont Gas Station to CloseA popular neighborhood gas station in the East Bay is in jeopardy after the landlord decided to double the station operators rent starting next year.
Apple Strikes Deal To Produce New 'Peanuts' ContentCharlie Brown, Snoopy and the "Peanuts" crew will have a new home on Cupertino-based Apple's streaming service.
Shake Shack To Make Bay Area Debut With Palo Alto OpeningA popular burger joint is hoping to become a Bay Area favorite on top of the big following it enjoys on the East Coast and in Southern California.
Central Coast Farm Linked To E. Coli Outbreak Recalls Cauliflower, LettuceA farm on California's Central Coast linked to the massive E. coli outbreak involving romaine lettuce announced a recall of cauliflower and other types of lettuce it also grows over contamination concerns.
PG&E Seeks Rate Increases; Average Monthly Bills Would Rise Over $10 Pacific Gas & Electric Company is seeking permission from the California Public Utilities Commission to increase its customers' electricity and gas bills.
Facebook Reveals Bug Exposed 6.8 Million Users' PhotosFacebook announced on Friday that the Menlo Park-based social network had exposed the private photos of millions of users without their permission.
Report: Johnson & Johnson Hid Findings Of Asbestos In Baby Powder For DecadesJohnson & Johnson has for decades known its raw talc and finished powders at times tested positive for small quantities of asbestos
Waymo Set To Test Fleet Of Self-Driving Cars In Peninsula CitiesMountain View-based Waymo is hosting a public meeting to discuss the next phase of testing of its self-driving-car technology.
