Technology
Even in the heart of L.A., they still rely on old-fashioned landlines and don’t want to lose them
Living high up in the Hollywood Hills, Peter and Nanci Ellis think of their landline as a lifeline.Most days, cellphone service in their Los Feliz Oaks home near Griffith...
Meta’s new AI image generation tool raises alarm in Hollywood and on Instagram
A new tool that lets people take publicly posted Instagram photos and use AI to generate new images from them is creating a backlash in Hollywood.Instagram’s parent company, Meta,...
Jennifer Siebel Newsom sought to redefine the role of first spouse. Now, she faces her biggest test
Jennifer Siebel Newsom was frustrated.She was standing behind her husband, California Gov. Gavin Newsom, at a February news conference to celebrate a new bill that would give Planned Parenthood...
Xbox cuts 3,200 jobs as gaming business struggles
Xbox is hitting the reset button.Microsoft’s video game division plans to eliminate 3,200 jobs, or around 20% of its staff, over the next year as part of a sweeping...
AI actor Tilly Norwood to star in first movie
Controversial AI creation Tilly Norwood will star in her first movie, a comedy drama called “Misaligned.” The AI film portrays Norwood as an artificial intelligence being with “no real...
China-backed AI tool behind fake Brad Pitt fight making Hollywood inroads
Earlier this year, a widely circulated 15-second AI-generated video of Brad Pitt fighting Tom Cruise on a rooftop sparked outrage across Hollywood. One screenwriter called the cinematic clip “terrifying.”...
As Trump reports $2.2 billion in 2025 income, ethics experts raise alarms
Ethics experts sounded the alarm Wednesday after new financial disclosure reports revealed that President Trump’s income ballooned to $2.2 billion in 2025, with $1.4 billion coming from various new...
Gas giants use AI to raise prices, lawsuit says, another algorithmic hit to the cost of living
A federal lawsuit alleging that gas companies in California are colluding to keep prices high through their use of AI-powered software will test the state’s antitrust law at a...
