Factory workers at Proterra, a Silicon Valley e-bus startup, have joined a union that also represents L.A. oil refinery workers.

Telecom-industry insiders say work is rapidly progressing on a system called "Shaken/Stir," which could go a long way toward making your phone usable again.

Protests within Google over how the company handles employee activism continue to grow.

Tinder's parent company says Sean Rad, the dating app's co-founder and former CEO, illegally recorded conversations with executives.

The dirty little secret of Black Friday — and its cousin, Cyber Monday — is that the best deals are still to come.

Google terminated four employees for what the tech firm said were "repeated violations of our data security policies." At least one of them, Rebecca Rivers, had spoken out publicly against company initiatives including Google's past work with government agencies.

'League of Legends' maker Riot Games has agreed to pay $10 million to settle a gender discrimination suit. Every woman who has worked at the company since 2014 will get a payout.

Sundar Pichai is ascending at Google's parent, Alphabet, becoming CEO of the entire tech giant as co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin take a step back.

Tech firms such as Palantir, Amazon, Google and Microsoft hire huge numbers of college graduates every year. Student activists are trying to disrupt that recruiting pipeline.

Uber's first-ever safety transparency report establishes a baseline from which the ride-hailing giant must improve.

Coalition calls on FTC to review how companies are marketing to children and tracking them online.

"Extended warranties are generally a bad value," says one consumer advocate. "Rarely do they pay off."

A new study from market researcher NPD Group reveals that fewer than 10% of consumers are willing to shell out more than a thousand bucks for a phone.

What will 2020 bring? There'll be plenty to roar about. Concerts and playoffs. Electric highways and robots that bring your pizza. The future is right now.

A new law that will let you opt out of the online data economy goes into effect on Jan. 1 — assuming businesses can figure out how to make that happen in time.

For California businesses, 2020 will be a year of reckoning. Sweeping new laws curbing long-time employment practices take effect, aimed at reducing economic inequality and giving workers more power in their jobs.

Uber and Postmates called AB 5 an "irrational and unconstitutional statute" that targets gig economy companies and workers.

Californians have newfound power over their online information in 2020. Here's how to exercise those new rights.

Respawn Entertainment began with a mission to build a better shooter. That became the hit "Titanfall." In 2019, the studio expanded with the free-to-play "Apex Legends" and "Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order." The studio run by Vince Zampella is just getting started, with a virtual reality project on tap for 2020. Zampella also is taking over the Los Angeles offices of DICE.

"Do not sell my info" links popped up on websites New Year's Day as companies scrambled to comply with California's sweeping new consumer privacy protection law.

One of the country's largest unions is targeting video game and tech companies — and hired a Southern California organizer to spearhead the project

Sweetgreen has long said nothing from its stores goes to landfill. On closer inspection, that's more aspiration than guarantee.

Two California state agencies are intervening in a class action suit against Riot Games, saying women who worked at the company could deserve more money.

A rare, insider look at the highly secretive game industry from the Game Developers Conference. Developers share thoughts on working conditions, the need for unionization, attempts to diversify and more.

The high-tech doorbell maker's app is rife with unlisted third-party trackers that collect data from users' devices, according to a report by the Electronic Frontier Foundation.

Some of the advertising industry's biggest trade associations are asking California's attorney general to delay enforcement of the state's new privacy law — which is set for July 1— by at least six months.

Responding to a new California labor law, Uber making concessions drivers have long sought. But it may change the service in ways that displease drivers and riders alike.

Shadow, a tech developer started by veterans of Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential run, built the app being blamed for delaying Iowa Democratic caucus results.

A Pasadena man found a card tucked away with his Amazon order offering a $20 payment in return for a glowing review — as long as he didn't tell anyone he'd been bribed.

The Iowa caucuses teach a lesson that sometimes technology makes things worse.

Bernie Sanders, who has criticized Amazon's treatment of its blue-collar workforce, led the field of Democratic presidential hopefuls in donations from Amazon employees, with support from both warehouse workers and software engineers.

A group of Apple workers filed a class-action lawsuit alleging they were required to submit to searches before leaving the stores but were not compensated for the time those searches required.

California employers may dislike the new law on independent contractors, but they're devising a host of strategies to comply.

With little warning, Uber notified about 80 customer support workers in its Downtown L.A. office that it was offshoring their jobs to an office in Manila.

Uber and Lyft bring plenty of drawbacks to cities, but solutions aren't easy to find.

Twitter said it would suspend 70 accounts posting content supporting the Michael Bloomberg campaign in a pattern that violates company rules.

Robotic arms like Flippy from Miso Robotics are getting cheap enough to make financial sense for low-wage work. But there's an argument in the industry.

As fears of a coronavirus outbreak in the U.S. grow, Twitter became the first major company to urge its stateside employees to work from home

Remote work is rising as organizations react to the coronavirus. The technology is ready, but the real hurdle might be our real-world workplace habits.

Virginia Sen. Mark Warner called on companies including Uber, Postmates to ease financial burdens felt by gig workers because of the novel coronavirus.

A website created by Google sister company Verily is screening people in the Bay Area for coronavirus testing, but telling anyone with symptoms they're not eligible. It's not the only mystery around the project.

People who make their living through on-demand platforms face the possibility of a recession aggravated by a drop in demand caused by coronavirus fears.

In what would have been big news at the coronavirus-postponed Game Developer's Conference, Sony's streamed event, along with Microsoft's announcement, heats up the video game wars.

The coronavirus outbreak, and the economic downturn it has ushered in, have given fresh arguments to both sides in the fight over the legal rights of independent contractors.

Coronavirus relief efforts are leaving some delivery workers unprotected, they say.

Beyond business meetings and quarantine cocktail parties Zoom turns out to be an excellent video game platform. Students at the USC Game School have been leading the way in creating games.

Filmmakers often say the last thing they want is for people to watch their movies on a phone. Now, as Quibi launches, some are hoping they do exactly that. It may be the boldest cinematic experiment in memory.

A coalition of more than 50 groups is calling on Congress to resist Uber's call for a new category of work and force on-demand gig companies to fund unemployment benefits.

Workers at Amazon's massive Riverside County fulfillment center in Eastvale, where there have been three confirmed cases of COVID-19, filed complaints with Cal/OSHA and the Riverside Department of Public Health on Wednesday

Researchers found a security flaw in Zoom's "Waiting Room" feature that could have allowed users to access a video meeting even if they were not approved to join a call. Zoom said Wednesday it had fixed the issue.