Technology
Gamers, developers protest Saudi Arabia Public Investment Fund’s bid to acquire Electronic Arts
As Electronic Arts moves closer to closing a sale of the gaming company to Saudi Arabian investors, it’s facing backlash from a group of protestors who are calling it...
LinkedIn, Cisco and Amazon are the latest tech companies laying off more workers
Job cuts are hammering the tech industry as companies ramp up investments in artificial intelligence.This week, San José-based tech company Cisco said it was cutting fewer than 4,000 jobs...
Demi Moore says Hollywood has to ‘find ways’ to work with AI, not fight it
Demi Moore is weighing into the debate over Hollywood should respond to the growing influence of AI, saying performers need to embrace the technology.“I always feel that against-ness breeds...
Why this Hollywood director thinks AI can save L.A. film jobs
In 1926, director Cecil B. DeMille hired hundreds of workers to build a set of Jerusalem inside the DeMille Studios in Culver City for the classic silent film “The...
Trump-Xi summit in Beijing: What’s at stake
BEIJING — President Trump’s first visit to China in nine years is a high-stakes trip reflecting the rivalry and mutual dependence of two superpowers hoping to avoid a collision course —...
EBay rejects GameStop’s $56-billion takeover offer
California online marketplace EBay said Tuesday its board rejected GameStop’s unsolicited $56-billion takeover offer.The proposal was “neither credible nor attractive,” EBay’s board said in a statement. The San José...
Oversight chair seeks information from OpenAI’s Sam Altman about potential financial conflicts
WASHINGTON — The chair of the House Oversight Committee has sent a letter to OpenAI Chief Executive Sam Altman requesting information about potential conflicts of interest between Altman’s personal investments and...
Fears of an AI breakthrough force the U.S. and China to talk
CHONGQING, China — Three years ago, in the idyllic town of Woodside south of San Francisco, the United States and China held their first high-level talks on the dangers posed by...
