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1. Intuit gives $500K to Mountain View's affordable housing fund (mv-voice.com) — Mountain View's affordable housing fund just got a major boost, with local tech giant Intuit donating $500,000 and becoming the first corporate contributor. The city and Los Altos Mountain View Community Foundation now hold about $1.58 million, aiming to grow the fund to $5 million for future affordable housing construction, preservation, and homeownership support in Mountain View.
2. A New Way to Find Resources in Space (seti.org) — From Mountain View, the SETI Institute is leading a NASA‑backed study on using Raman spectroscopy from orbit to scout resources on the Moon, asteroids, and Mars. While focused on space mining's future, the work underscores Mountain View's role in cutting‑edge space research and could eventually influence local aerospace and tech collaborations.
3. Flock built an AI tool that lets police search for people by how they drive (thenextweb.com) — Mountain View is among the communities that have canceled or reconsidered contracts with Flock Safety, whose new AI tool can track people by driving patterns alone. The investigation details how OS Investigate links camera data with other records, raising civil‑liberties concerns and prompting some cities, including Mountain View, to rethink how much surveillance they're willing to deploy.
4. Eighth U.S. Circuit Validates California Law Requiring Obedience to Out-of-State Warrants (metnews.com) — A federal appeals court upheld using out‑of‑state warrants to obtain records from companies like Google, which is headquartered in Mountain View, in a child‑exploitation case. For local readers, it highlights how a Mountain View–based tech giant must honor such warrants nationwide, shaping how user data can be accessed by law enforcement beyond California.
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