California Supreme Court declines Prop 22 appeal from disgruntled Uber drivers Prop 22 Prop 22 passed last November with 58% of the vote and was seen as a huge victory for startups that rely on so-called ‘gig workers.’ The firms claimed thatAB5, a law passed in 2019 that changes the way companies classify employees, would dramatically alter their business model, and even threatened to pull out of California after a court ordered them to comply in August....

Tesla is under review by the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to establish whether the company is using misleading advertising regarding its Full Self-Driving package, the agency told theLos Angeles Times. State regulation prohibits advertising vehicles for sale or lease as autonomous, if they can’t comply with the regulatory definition, the DMV said. Tesla explains on its website that boththe basic Autopilot and the Full Self-Driving packagedon’t qualify as autonomous driving, but require “a fully attentive driver, who has their hands on the wheel and is prepared to take over at any moment....

California’s Petaluma becomes first US city to ban new gas stations California 2035 Last September California Governor Gavin Newsom announced the state would ban sales of new petrol and diesel vehicles by 2035. Newsom emphasized that the measure is not only aimed at improving the environment and addressing climate change, but will also reboot US auto manufacturing. “This is the most impactful step our state can take to fight climate change – for too many decades we have allowed cars to pollute the air that our children and families breathe,”said Newsom....

In what may be the first instance of a VOIP (voice calling over data) application officially implemented by a wireless carrier, T-Mobile has announced Bobsled. This is an app and a service that allows you to call your Facebook friends for free over your internet connection. Bobsled will eventually be a suite of services but T-Mobile is launching it first as an app for people using PC or Mac computers. Once the application, that you can downloadhere, is installed, you’ll be able to make calls directly to people from your Facebook chat window....

Photos, Photos, Photos. Now that photography is all digital, we’ve got hundreds of them, sometimes thousands of them. With the iPhone, we’re taking pictures of meals, our cats and dogs, our feet, a funny sign, and pretty much anything else you can think of. Taking photos has never been easier. Furthermore, photo sharing has never been easier thanks to services likeFacebook,Google,Flickr,Instagram, and the list goes on and on. Everyone is a photographer now, which is fantastic because moments that have never been captured before, are....