The use of wearable technology and medical apps increased after the pandemic, but new research suggests that laws offer little protection for consumers who are often unaware just how much of their health data are being collected and shared by companies.

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15.11.2024

Are automated license plate readers in your city? How to find out - Los Angeles Times

A project to document automated license plate readers arrives as more police agencies are using the surveillance technology.

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14.11.2024

Downtown's Music Center is turning into an outdoor arcade this weekend - Los Angeles Times

IndieCade's Night Games returns to downtown's Music Center, bringing a host of unique and experimental games focused on communal play. And being silly.

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08.11.2024

Elwood Edwards, voice of AOL’s ‘You’ve got mail,’ dies - Los Angeles Times

Elwood Edwards, the graphics guru and camera operator who voiced AOL's iconic and once ubiquitous greeting, 'You've got mail,' has died at age 74.

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30.10.2024

How to spot deepfakes: Voters are seeing more and fear their influence - Los Angeles Times

A survey shows that most Americans have seen a deepfake in recent months, and most worry about AI-generated misinformation influencing elections.

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30.10.2024

No editorial on Trump costs L.A. Times, Washington Post subscribers - Los Angeles Times

The Washington Post has lost about 8% of its readers and the L.A. Times 1.8%. But some argue to stay with the newspapers for their roles in reality checking Donald Trump.

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22.10.2024

The high risks of sharing your DNA with online companies - Los Angeles Times

Turmoil at 23andMe, and a lawsuit alleging that GEDmatch shares data with Facebook, highlights how far your genetic information could travel without your consent.

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04.10.2024

New laws close gap in California on deepfake child pornography - Los Angeles Times

Two bills newly signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom outlaw the possession and distribution of sexually charged images of minors even when they're created with computers, not cameras.

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04.10.2024

Judge blocks California law that targeted deepfake campaign ads - Los Angeles Times

AB 2839 aimed to label AI-generated content in political ads as "manipulated." A federal judge says the law violates the 1st Amendment.

LA Times

21.09.2024

California's digital driver's licenses now work with Apple Wallet - Los Angeles Times

Californians can now securely add their digital driver's license or state ID to the Apple Wallet app on their iPhone and Apple Watch, the company announced Thursday.

LA Times

20.09.2024

California's AI safety bill is under fire. Making it law is the best way to improve it - Los Angeles Times

If Gov. Newsom vetoes SB 1047, the forces of anti-regulation — AI companies — will have little incentive to work on alternatives.

LA Times

18.09.2024

In 'liberal' San Francisco, progressive vying for mayor is an underdog - Los Angeles Times

San Franciscans have rejected the city's far-left image in recent years, pulling it toward the center. Aaron Peskin says he wants to be the next "progressive" mayor.

LA Times

18.09.2024

Google to spend $13 million to use AI to better detect wildfires - Los Angeles Times

FireSat, a constellation of more than 50 satellites, will be able to detect wildfires as small as the size of a classroom, about 16 by 16 feet, Google said in an announcement.

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14.09.2024

'How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter' authors on what went wrong - Los Angeles Times

'Character Limit: How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter' explores what went wrong under the entrepreneur's ownership of the social media platform.

LA Times

07.09.2024

New book on battle over AI fails to ask whether AI is worth battling over - Los Angeles Times

Bloomberg's Parmy Olson delivers a buzzy, timely biography of AI's promoters, but what are they promoting?

LA Times

07.09.2024

Opinion: How to avoid AI-enhanced attempts to manipulate the election - Los Angeles Times

Without clear policies explaining how campaigns are using AI, voters must develop digital literacy skills to recognize malicious use of the technology.

LA Times

29.08.2024

Reviving the woolly mammoth could save species that still exist - Los Angeles Times

The 'de-extinction' company Colossal and the conservation group Re:wild found common ground in the potential of genetic technology to rescue today's disappearing creatures.

LA Times

22.08.2024

Deal reached in feud between California publishers and Google - Los Angeles Times

Lawmakers agree to shelve the California Journalism Preservation Act, which aimed to revive the struggling news business by forcing Google to pay for news content it distributes.

LA Times

09.08.2024

Will California bill to regulate AI protect consumers or gut tech? - Los Angeles Times

Legislation from State Sen. Scott Wiener would introduce standards for product safety testing and liability.

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02.08.2024

Flavor Flav, Alexis Ohanian pay rent for U.S. Olympian Veronica Fraley - Los Angeles Times

Veronica Fraley, a U.S. discus thrower at the Paris Olympics, was having financial trouble back home. Flavor Flav and Alexis Ohanian helped pay off her rent for the year.

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02.08.2024

Cities collect personal data. Long Beach is being open about it - Los Angeles Times

Long Beach's digital rights platform consists of data privacy notices for about 20 unique city-deployed technologies that collect personally identifiable information.

LA Times

23.07.2024

California forges ahead with social media rules despite legal barriers - Los Angeles Times

California's efforts to protect children from the harms of social media have faced legal challenges from the tech industry.

LA Times

13.07.2024

Opinion: What's behind the AI boom? Exploited humans - Los Angeles Times

When tech companies present their products as sleek autonomous computers, that ignores the labor powering the machines.

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11.07.2024

Keke Palmer defends Angela Simmons for Oreo bathtub post - Los Angeles Times

Keke Palmer defends Angela Simmons after the reality TV star faces scrutiny for her promotional post featuring a video of her lounging in an Oreo-filled bathtub.

LA Times

19.06.2024

Poll: Many voters get their information from social media, even if they don't trust it - Los Angeles Times

A new poll shows that California voters are increasingly moving to social media, such as TikTok, for election information.

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19.06.2024

Opinion: As AI is embraced, what happens to the artists whose work was stolen to build it? - Los Angeles Times

Writers and other creators see OpenAI's forthcoming Media Manager as an attempt to evade responsibility for the theft of intellectual property.

LA Times

15.06.2024

L.A. County Department of Public Health hit by phishing attack - Los Angeles Times

The personal information of more than 200,000 people in Los Angeles County was potentially exposed after a hacker used a phishing email to steal login credentials.

LA Times

11.06.2024

California lawmakers revive debate on requiring Big Tech to pay for news - Los Angeles Times

New amendments to the California Journalism Preservation Act aim to make it more like a similar law in Canada.

LA Times

08.06.2024

In Silicon Valley, more support for Trump is trickling in. Is it a big threat to Biden? - Los Angeles Times

In the deeply Democratic Silicon Valley, there are some defectors. They're setting their sights — and their money — on Trump in the 2024 election.

LA Times

31.05.2024

How Netflix is using 'Too Hot to Handle' games to build its reality TV audience - Los Angeles Times

As Netflix continues to invest more in games, it is expanding its titles based on its popular reality shows including 'Too Hot to Handle' and 'Selling Sunset.'

LA Times

08.05.2024

UCLA using Jan. 6 tactics to ID mob members who attacked camp - Los Angeles Times

Campus police are scanning hundreds of images and using facial-recognition technology to identify the attackers. Similar tools were used to identify Jan. 6 attackers.

LA Times

30.04.2024

Opinion: Americans might finally get a privacy law to fight Big Tech intrusions - Los Angeles Times

Congress is considering ways to protect our data at a crucial time, after Biden authorized a surveillance law and a TikTok 'ban' with a narrow focus.

LA Times

27.04.2024

Opinion: Are social media and smartphones rewiring kids' brains? - Los Angeles Times

Jonathan Haidt's "The Anxious Generation" feeds the latest technology panic. But the research says something different.

LA Times

23.04.2024

Opinion: How the government suing Apple could benefit you - Los Angeles Times

The Justice Department is arguing that Apple has degraded the iPhone user experience and the products of competitors. A victory would give consumers more choice in our digital lives.

LA Times

13.04.2024

576,000 Roku accounts accessed by unauthorized users - Los Angeles Times

Roku on Tuesday said that 576,000 accounts were accessed by unauthorized actors who gained login credentials from another source.

LA Times

11.04.2024

The Ladder from Hatch Escapes is redefining the escape room - Los Angeles Times

The Ladder from Hatch Escapes has become one of the most buzzed-about escape rooms in the country, redefining how puzzles can tell stories.

LA Times

01.04.2024

AI safety protocols might be missing the biggest threat - Los Angeles Times

A system with safeguards that prioritize people could do enormous harm. Artificial intelligence should be programmed to consider the interests of other animals as well.

LA Times

21.03.2024

There's a clear way to regulate Facebook, TikTok and other social media - Los Angeles Times

With Google, Amazon, Twitter and other companies scaling back their safety teams, self-regulation is less likely, and AI poses big risks.

LA Times

20.03.2024

FCC plans "U.S. Cyber Trust Mark" for secure smart devices - Los Angeles Times

Internet-connecting devices that meet standards will soon come with a "U.S. Cyber Trust Mark" to help consumers choose products that protect their private information.

LA Times

08.03.2024

Will Jake Paul earn respect as boxer with Mike Tyson fight on Netflix? - Los Angeles Times

Jake Paul has been criticized for facing no-name boxers. The 27-year-old's next bout is against all-time great Mike Tyson, who will be 58 for the July 20 match on Netflix.

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Tracking your health with a device? Here's where the data could go - Los Angeles Times

Are automated license plate readers in your city? How to find out - Los Angeles Times

Downtown's Music Center is turning into an outdoor arcade this weekend - Los Angeles Times

Elwood Edwards, voice of AOL’s ‘You’ve got mail,’ dies - Los Angeles Times

How to spot deepfakes: Voters are seeing more and fear their influence - Los Angeles Times

No editorial on Trump costs L.A. Times, Washington Post subscribers - Los Angeles Times

The high risks of sharing your DNA with online companies - Los Angeles Times

New laws close gap in California on deepfake child pornography - Los Angeles Times

Judge blocks California law that targeted deepfake campaign ads - Los Angeles Times

California's digital driver's licenses now work with Apple Wallet - Los Angeles Times

California's AI safety bill is under fire. Making it law is the best way to improve it - Los Angeles Times

In 'liberal' San Francisco, progressive vying for mayor is an underdog - Los Angeles Times

Google to spend $13 million to use AI to better detect wildfires - Los Angeles Times

'How Elon Musk Destroyed Twitter' authors on what went wrong - Los Angeles Times

New book on battle over AI fails to ask whether AI is worth battling over - Los Angeles Times

Opinion: How to avoid AI-enhanced attempts to manipulate the election - Los Angeles Times

Reviving the woolly mammoth could save species that still exist - Los Angeles Times

Deal reached in feud between California publishers and Google - Los Angeles Times

Will California bill to regulate AI protect consumers or gut tech? - Los Angeles Times

Flavor Flav, Alexis Ohanian pay rent for U.S. Olympian Veronica Fraley - Los Angeles Times

Cities collect personal data. Long Beach is being open about it - Los Angeles Times

California forges ahead with social media rules despite legal barriers - Los Angeles Times

Opinion: What's behind the AI boom? Exploited humans - Los Angeles Times

Keke Palmer defends Angela Simmons for Oreo bathtub post - Los Angeles Times

Poll: Many voters get their information from social media, even if they don't trust it - Los Angeles Times

Opinion: As AI is embraced, what happens to the artists whose work was stolen to build it? - Los Angeles Times

L.A. County Department of Public Health hit by phishing attack - Los Angeles Times

California lawmakers revive debate on requiring Big Tech to pay for news - Los Angeles Times

In Silicon Valley, more support for Trump is trickling in. Is it a big threat to Biden? - Los Angeles Times

How Netflix is using 'Too Hot to Handle' games to build its reality TV audience - Los Angeles Times

UCLA using Jan. 6 tactics to ID mob members who attacked camp - Los Angeles Times

Opinion: Americans might finally get a privacy law to fight Big Tech intrusions - Los Angeles Times

Opinion: Are social media and smartphones rewiring kids' brains? - Los Angeles Times

Opinion: How the government suing Apple could benefit you - Los Angeles Times

576,000 Roku accounts accessed by unauthorized users - Los Angeles Times

The Ladder from Hatch Escapes is redefining the escape room - Los Angeles Times

AI safety protocols might be missing the biggest threat - Los Angeles Times

There's a clear way to regulate Facebook, TikTok and other social media - Los Angeles Times

FCC plans "U.S. Cyber Trust Mark" for secure smart devices - Los Angeles Times

Will Jake Paul earn respect as boxer with Mike Tyson fight on Netflix? - Los Angeles Times

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