Saumya Roy

About the author

Saumya Roy is an author and journalist who writes on climate change, waste and the economy. She is based in San Francisco.

US gov’t cuts to food stamps will hit thousands of Californians. The state is set to vote on billionaire tax to make up.

A California judge says US DoD may be ‘attempting to cripple Anthropic’ for pushing for restrictions on AI weapons.

Billionaires threaten to leave the state to avoid paying a tax that would replace the US government’s cuts to Medicaid.

Critics say such actions and increasing corporate ownership of media is causing a backsliding in US media freedom.

Proposed changes weaken climate rules and waste years of investments by car makers in EVs.

A stellar safety record let Waymo expand, but recent accidents and competition from Zoox have raised concerns.

Many US families had been adopting solar panels for their homes to bring down electricity costs which have shot up.

While experts applaud the new law, a first in the US, for bringing in transparency, it is ‘light touch regulation’.

Tesla’s latest settlement comes at a time when it has bet its future growth on the sales of Robotaxis and robots.

India’s order banning Jane Street for alleged price manipulation has raised concerns over investor protection.