With a consequential presidential election less than 100 days away and the Supreme Court gutting affirmative action, Silicon Valley tech giants are reeling in diversity programs and practices meant to uplift people of color.

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Alongside 16 other members of Congress, U.S. Rep. Anna Eshoo, D-Palo Alto, raised concerns about social media giant Meta's plans to cut CrowdTangle, a service used to monitor trends on Facebook and Instagram.

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A panel of local tech leaders held a discussion this week about what the future of unmanned aviation could look like. The event is part of the ninth annual Mountain View Technology Showcase.

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This week in Community Briefs, the nomination period is now open for candidates to file to run this November, Mountain View's annual Technology Showcase is this week and the library is hosting an improv event for local teens.

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Systems at San Francisco International Airport are now functioning after a global tech outage early Friday morning. Other systems outages reported so far include Santa Clara County Superior Court and the Palo Alto and Menlo Park city websites.

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This week in Community Briefs, the Mountain View library has reopened after closing earlier this week due to air conditioning problem, the ninth annual Technology Showcase is coming up and there's a free paper shredding event later this month.

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A state bill that would have let AT&T off the hook for emergency landline service — circumventing state regulators and affecting remote pockets of Santa Clara County — is on hold after public backlash.

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The California Public Utilities Commission voted Thursday to reject AT&T's request to withdraw as a carrier of last resort, or COLR, but it also decided to revisit the rules of determination. Meanwhile, a new bill in the state Legislature would revise the requirements for any company to be designated the COLR.

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Matternet, a Mountain View company, plans to launch a pilot program this summer that will have drones deliver medicine and food to residents directly outside their homes.

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A former Google employee filed a discrimination and wrongful termination lawsuit against the tech giant last month, alleging that executives used company connections for personal gain and then tanked his career when he blew the whistle.

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