The Chargers had the look. All-gold uniforms. Retro logos. Powder-blue end zones with script from the nostalgic days of Dan Fouts and Don Coryell. But their defense? As dead as disco when it counted most. Indianapolis Colts running back Jonathan Taylor, the NFLβs leading rusher, trampled the Chargers on Sunday with touchdowns of 23, eight…
Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg faced questioning in a Los Angeles courtroom on Wednesday about Instagram’s under-13 users and Meta’s efforts to boost engagement, as a trial examines whether the company knowingly offered an addictive and harmful product to children and teens. The landmark trial against Meta and YouTubeΒ kicked offΒ in late January. It centers on allegations…
A California judge admonished members of Mark Zuckerberg’s team for wearing Ray Ban-Meta AI glasses, which are equipped with a camera, as they entered a Los Angeles courtroom on Wednesday for a landmark trial over the impact of social media on children. “The judge upbraided the Meta team and said if you guys have recorded…
“It’s about the principle of standing up for what’s right,” said Dario Amodei, CEO of the artificial intelligence firm Anthropic, who has found himself at the center of a new kind of firestorm. What’s wrong, in his view, is why the AI company he co-founded has been banned from the federal government. “It feels very…
BEIRUTΒ βΒ The ad was straightforward: Sign up for one year to fight on Russiaβs side in βthe special military operation zoneβ β i.e. the war in Ukraine β and get citizenship, free healthcare, money and land. It was one of many promotions cropping up on the messaging platform Telegram beginning in 2024, shortly after Russian President…
How do you know what you know? Did you learn it in school, read it in a newspaper? Did you get your information on social media or though chatter with friends? Even in an age of misinformation and disinformation β which we really need to start clearly calling propaganda β we continue to rely on…
Rolls-Royce Holdings is to hand its chief executive a multimillion-pound annual pay boost, even as he nears one of Britain’s most lucrative ever public company payouts after overseeing a spectacular revival of the industrial manufacturing group. Sky News has learnt that Rolls-Royce’s board has concluded a consultation with leading shareholders on a radical overhaul of…
The high school girlsβ basketball playoffs begin on Thursday, and the only question that needs to be answered is who wins when Etiwanda faces Sierra Canyon in the Southern Section Open Division semifinals on Feb. 24. Yes, thatβs still two weeks away and both teams need to win games to reach that point, but in…
Californiaβs petroleum market watchdog is warning about price gouging at some gas stations charging over $7 or even $8 a gallon as the Iran war sends oil prices soaring. The average price of gas in California is currently $5.66, but as of Friday, a Chevron station in Essex is charging $9.69, another in Los Angelesβ…
For UFC boss Dana White, heavyweight Josh Hokitβs post-fight behavior at UFC Freedom 250 on Sunday crossed a line. On Monday, the mixed martial arts promotionβs president and chief executive told Time reporter Sean Gregory via text he is βcompletely against saying nasty and false things about peopleβs familiesβ in reference to Hokitβs tasteless comment…