SoCal News NOW
Police are searching for whoever opened fire and wounded a person in broad daylight outside an apartment complex in Anaheim on Wednesday. The shooting was reported around 4:15 p.m. in the 2800 block of West Ball Road, Anaheim Police Department Sgt. McClintock said. Police received multiple 911 calls reporting shots fired outside of an apartment [...]
Police opened fire, striking a suspect as they were conducting a specialized operation at a home in Torrance during the early morning hours on Thursday. The shooting occurred as officers from the LAPD's narcotics and child abuse units were approaching a home in the area of Torrance Boulevard and Anza Avenue, a Los Angeles Police [...]
As the union representing Los Angeles Metro bus drivers demands better safeguards for its drivers, two violent, bloody incidents unfolded aboard transit buses over the weekend in less than a 24-hour span. The first of the April 13 stabbings aboard Metro buses occurred at around 1:45 a.m. in the area of Sunset Boulevard and Benton [...]
The Los Angeles County Department of Animal Care and Control has issued an animal health advisory after four dogs tested positive for a potentially deadly bacterial disease. The advisory was issued earlier this month after four infected dogs arrived at an emergency veterinary center in Pasadena between June 2023 to this past March. It's called [...]
Police are searching for a man responsible for a violent assault and robbery of a woman earlier this week in San Fernando, authorities confirmed to KTLA. The broad daylight attack occurred on April 15 just before 3 p.m. in the 200 block of Park Avenue. The victim, Juliana Murillo, had just bought her mother [...]
The crash that killed a Los Angeles Fire Department recruit on the 101 Freeway this week is not being investigated as a hit-and-run as initially announced. On April 15, Jacob Fuerte, 22, was driving to the LAFD training academy when his car crashed into another vehicle on the northbound 101 Freeway near Vineland Avenue in [...]
Some fast food restaurant chains have raised menu prices by as much as 8% since California’s $20 an hour minimum wage law took effect April 1, according to a new report. [...]
With the news that prosecutors in Arizona have filed extortion charges against a woman who accused Trevor Bauer of sexual assault, the former Los Angeles Dodgers star and Cy Young Award winner may be one step closer to clearing his name. That’s the assessment of KTLA 5 News legal analyst and criminal defense attorney Alison [...]
Police are investigating two separate retail robberies involving three suspects, one of whom was armed with a stun gun, authorities announced Wednesday. The first robbery occurred on April 5 just before 2:30 p.m. at a retail shop in the 4000 block of South Main Street near the Historic South-Central neighborhood of Los Angeles, according [...]
A man who was brandishing a firearm at a Long Beach park was shot and killed by officers on Wednesday. Long Beach police responded to reports of a man holding a gun at MacArthur Park at around 4:21 p.m. Arriving officers spotted the suspect as other bystanders were also present in the public space. Police [...]
SoCal News NOW
- Child abuse, narcotics officers shoot suspect during exchange of gunfire in Los Angeles Co. April 18, 2024Police opened fire, striking a suspect as they were conducting a specialized operation at a home in Torrance during the early morning hours on Thursday. The shooting occurred as officers from the LAPD's narcotics and child abuse units were approaching a home in the area of Torrance Boulevard and Anza Avenue, a Los Angeles Police […]
- Victim shot in broad daylight outside Southern California apartment complex April 18, 2024Police are searching for whoever opened fire and wounded a person in broad daylight outside an apartment complex in Anaheim on Wednesday. The shooting was reported around 4:15 p.m. in the 2800 block of West Ball Road, Anaheim Police Department Sgt. McClintock said. Police received multiple 911 calls reporting shots fired outside of an apartment […]
Media
Highsnobiety is a store, a website, a production agency and a clothing line. Oh, and Pamela Anderson is on the latest cover. [...]
A 13-year contract with Park City, Utah, is set to expire in 2026 and the film festival is beginning a review process to see if it should move. [...]
Uri Berliner, who has worked at NPR for 25 years, said in an essay last week that the nonprofit had allowed progressive bias to taint its coverage. [...]
Rusty Foster could never live in New York. But his hit newsletter, Today in Tabs, is an enduring obsession of the city’s media class. [...]
Smartmatic, an elections technology company, had accused the conservative broadcaster of amplifying baseless claims about election fraud. [...]
The company had critical and commercial hits over two decades but never made money consistently and faced a challenging entertainment landscape. [...]
Uri Berliner, a senior business editor at NPR, said the public radio network’s liberal bias had tainted its coverage of important stories. [...]
Katherine Maher, who took over the public network last month, posted years ago on Twitter that “Donald Trump is a racist.” [...]
Instagram is testing a program that offers its top influencers the ability to interact with their followers over direct messages using a chatbot. [...]
The former Disney executive Ben Sherwood and Joanna Coles, the former Hearst content chief, are being given a minority stake in the digital tabloid. [...]
Media
- How Highsnobiety Is Shaping the Current Media Landscape April 18, 2024Highsnobiety is a store, a website, a production agency and a clothing line. Oh, and Pamela Anderson is on the latest cover.
- NPR Editor Who Accused Broadcaster of Liberal Bias Resigns April 17, 2024Uri Berliner, who has worked at NPR for 25 years, said in an essay last week that the nonprofit had allowed progressive bias to taint its coverage.
- Rusty Foster Tracks Media Gossip From an Island in Maine April 17, 2024Rusty Foster could never live in New York. But his hit newsletter, Today in Tabs, is an enduring obsession of the city’s media class.
- Sundance Organizers Consider New Home for Film Festival After 2026 April 17, 2024A 13-year contract with Park City, Utah, is set to expire in 2026 and the film festival is beginning a review process to see if it should move.
- Smartmatic and OAN Settle Defamation Suit April 16, 2024Smartmatic, an elections technology company, had accused the conservative broadcaster of amplifying baseless claims about election fraud.
Health
After a drawn-out global controversy over the coronavirus, the W.H.O. has updated its classification of how pathogens spread through the air. [...]
New regimens in development, including once-weekly pills and semiannual shots, could help control the virus in hard-to-reach populations. [...]
The company reported results of clinical trials involving Zepbound, an obesity drug in the same class as Novo Nordisk’s Wegovy. [...]
Lawmakers raising national security concerns and seeking to disconnect a major Chinese firm from U.S. pharmaceutical interests have rattled the biotech industry. The firm is deeply involved in development and [...]
Millions in Sackler donations sat dormant, rising in value as the opioid epidemic raged and as other institutions distanced themselves from the makers of a notorious painkiller. [...]
At a time of heightened confusion and legal battles over access to abortion, women are looking to social media for answers. [...]
In the year after a pandemic-era policy preserving Medicaid coverage lapsed, more than 20 million people were dropped from the program at some point. [...]
One company is going to great lengths to build it up, but it will be years before it returns to the minimum level. [...]
A public research institute in Brazil has proved a new shot protects against the disease, but can’t make it fast enough to stop the huge outbreak sweeping Latin America. [...]
Have your out-of-network insurance bills skyrocketed? Chris Hamby, an investigative reporter for The Times, may have an explanation. [...]
Health
- W.H.O. Broadens Definition of Airborne Diseases April 18, 2024After a drawn-out global controversy over the coronavirus, the W.H.O. has updated its classification of how pathogens spread through the air.
- Taking Account of Rising Health Care Costs April 18, 2024Have your out-of-network insurance bills skyrocketed? Chris Hamby, an investigative reporter for The Times, may have an explanation.
- Women Talk Through Their Abortions on TikTok April 18, 2024At a time of heightened confusion and legal battles over access to abortion, women are looking to social media for answers.
- Colorado Bill Aims to Protect Consumer Brain Data April 17, 2024In a first, a Colorado law extends privacy rights to the neural data increasingly coveted by technology companies.
- Long-Acting Drugs May Revolutionize H.I.V. Prevention and Treatment April 17, 2024New regimens in development, including once-weekly pills and semiannual shots, could help control the virus in hard-to-reach populations.
Science
Ancient humans left behind numerous archaeological traces in the cavern, and scientists say there may be thousands more like it on the Arabian Peninsula to study. [...]
In a first, a Colorado law extends privacy rights to the neural data increasingly coveted by technology companies. [...]
When Ruby Reynolds and her father found a fossil on an English beach, they didn’t know it belonged to an 82-foot ichthyosaur that swam during the days of the dinosaurs. [...]
Feral cats take a heavy toll on the world’s wildlife, especially Down Under. The solution? Smarter traps, sharpshooters, survival camp for prey species, and the “Felixer.” [...]
Soon, this devil-horned comet won’t be visible for another seven decades. [...]
The agency will seek new ideas for its Mars Sample Return program, expected to be billions of dollars over budget and years behind schedule. [...]
An ascending jet’s contrail over Montreal added to the wonder of last Monday’s eclipse. [...]
To protect Australia’s iconic animals, scientists are experimenting with vaccine implants, probiotics, tree-planting drones and solar-powered tracking tags. [...]
When traditional conservation fails, science is using “assisted evolution” to give vulnerable wildlife a chance. [...]
After a drawn-out global controversy over the coronavirus, the W.H.O. has updated its classification of how pathogens spread through the air. [...]
Science
- W.H.O. Broadens Definition of Airborne Diseases April 18, 2024After a drawn-out global controversy over the coronavirus, the W.H.O. has updated its classification of how pathogens spread through the air.
- Drought Pushes Millions Into ‘Acute Hunger’ in Southern Africa April 18, 2024The disaster, intensified by El Niño, is devastating communities across several countries, killing crops and livestock and sending food prices soaring.
- A Japanese Village Wants Tourists to Come for Heat, Soot and Steel April 18, 2024To lure visitors, residents of Yoshida, famed for its high-quality steel, are inviting tourists to help produce it.
- Colorado Bill Aims to Protect Consumer Brain Data April 17, 2024In a first, a Colorado law extends privacy rights to the neural data increasingly coveted by technology companies.
- Long-Acting Drugs May Revolutionize H.I.V. Prevention and Treatment April 17, 2024New regimens in development, including once-weekly pills and semiannual shots, could help control the virus in hard-to-reach populations.
World of Tech
It doesn’t take a lot of work to keep copies of your phone’s photos, videos and other files stashed securely in case of an emergency. [...]
The $700 Ai Pin, funded by OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Microsoft, can be helpful — until it struggles with tasks like doing math and crafting sandwich recipes. [...]
Even if you manage to ditch your iPhone, Apple’s hooks are still there. [...]
What happens when a columnist and a reporter use A.I. glasses to scan groceries, monuments and zoo animals? Hilarity, wonder and lots of mistakes ensued. [...]
Roku recently changed its policy to make it even harder for customers to take legal action. It’s a reminder of how we need to protect ourselves. [...]
The latest smartphone software includes tools to help you more easily connect with the people you want to contact — and avoid those you don’t. [...]
A wallet-free lifestyle relying on your phone is attainable, but it requires preparation and some compromise. [...]
Canceling is simple. The tough part is remembering to do it. [...]
Retro-photography apps that mimic the appearance of analog film formats make your digital files seem like they’re from another era. [...]
Billed as the future of computing, the $3,500 goggles can’t replace a laptop for work. At times, wearing them also made our columnist feel nauseated. [...]
World of Tech
- Everything You Need to Know About Smartphone Backups April 17, 2024It doesn’t take a lot of work to keep copies of your phone’s photos, videos and other files stashed securely in case of an emergency.
- Humane’s AI Pin Wants to Free You From Your Phone April 11, 2024The $700 Ai Pin, funded by OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Microsoft, can be helpful — until it struggles with tasks like doing math and crafting sandwich recipes.
- Switching From iPhone to Android Is Easy. It’s the Aftermath That Stings. April 3, 2024Even if you manage to ditch your iPhone, Apple’s hooks are still there.
- Meta’s Ray-Ban Smart Glasses Use AI to See, Hear and Speak. What Are They Like? March 28, 2024What happens when a columnist and a reporter use A.I. glasses to scan groceries, monuments and zoo animals? Hilarity, wonder and lots of mistakes ensued.
- Walking and Using a Phone Is Bad for Your Health March 21, 2024Hunching over a device can mess with your gait, slow you down and poison your mood. And that’s before you trip and fall.
Innovation
- Learnings from Australian Health Insurer Nib’s Epic 9-Year Cloud Migration to AWS April 17, 2024The completion of nib’s AWS migration puts it among the Australian health insurance sector’s leading cloud adopters. The insurer has learnings to share, including being prepared to prioritise to get migrations done.
- Intel, VMware, Linux Foundation & Others Form Open Platform for Enterprise AI April 17, 2024Organizations can contribute to the platform’s GitHub or receive a framework for creating enterprise-grade generative AI systems.
- Best of Appian World 2024: The Elevation Factors Now Lifting Low-Code Higher April 17, 2024Discover the latest news from Appian’s event in Washington, D.C. The conference ran from April 15-17 and also featured Appian Live Build Challenge, a low-code hackathon. In this TechRepublic Premium feature, written by Adrian Bridgwater, read about low code, AI, developers, data and more. Featured text from the download: Among the core items in the […]
- Top 5 AI Trends to Watch in 2024 April 11, 2024Generative AI is finding its niches within business in 2024, with multimodal models providing new capabilities. At the same time, artists glaze their work against AI scraping.
- GPT-4 Cheat Sheet: What Is GPT-4, and What Is it Capable Of? April 9, 2024How much better is GPT-4 compared to previous models? Learn about cost and capabilities.
Artificial Intelligence
- Save $165 on This Speech to Text Toolkit April 18, 2024Jott Pro is an AI solution that processes text and audio recordings to help you transcribe information and scale your productivity up a notch.
- Intel, VMware, Linux Foundation & Others Form Open Platform for Enterprise AI April 17, 2024Organizations can contribute to the platform’s GitHub or receive a framework for creating enterprise-grade generative AI systems.
- Best of Appian World 2024: The Elevation Factors Now Lifting Low-Code Higher April 17, 2024Discover the latest news from Appian’s event in Washington, D.C. The conference ran from April 15-17 and also featured Appian Live Build Challenge, a low-code hackathon. In this TechRepublic Premium feature, written by Adrian Bridgwater, read about low code, AI, developers, data and more. Featured text from the download: Among the core items in the […]
- Tech Worker Salary Growth in Australia Has Normalised April 17, 2024Some indicators suggest Australian technology sector salary growth is flatlining, but this is better seen in the context of strong growth in salaries over the long term and great prospects for the future.
- AMD Reveals Ryzen Pro 8000 Series for High-Performance Computing Needs, Including AI April 16, 2024Speeding up large language model workloads is one of the priorities for the business laptop processors.
