Technology
A major auto insurer returns to California — with a 30% price hike
California drivers can now buy an auto insurance policy directly from Allstate again, after the company hit pause on selling new insurance through its website or phone service to...
‘Behind the times’: Washington tries to catch up with AI’s use in healthcare
Lawmakers and regulators in Washington are starting to puzzle over how to regulate artificial intelligence in healthcare — and the AI industry thinks there’s a good chance they’ll mess...
Everyone on dating apps wants banter. But what does that even mean?
“Looking for banter!”It’s a dating app standard, among the Billboard Hot 100 of bio banality. Along with a passion for food, travel, plants and “The Office” (yes, still), the...
You have until midnight on Friday to sign up for Covered California
The window to sign up for health insurance through California’s state marketplace, Covered California, ends Friday at midnight.The window for new customers was originally slated to close on Jan....
How the ‘cool aunties’ of pop culture flout the growing restrictions imposed on women
In the great taxonomy of aunts in popular culture, there are stern aunts, maternal aunts and cruel aunts (like malevolent Aunt Petunia in the “Harry Potter” tales). But these...
Does insurance cover flooding and mudslides?
This week’s rain is turning streets into creeks and hillsides into mudslides. Homeowners across Southern California are facing major damage to their homes as a result — and in...
A floor that feels like magic? Just another marvel from this legendary Disney inventor
Many of Lanny Smoot’s best-known inventions are, at least to nonengineers, more like magic tricks. Floating disembodied heads, a lightsaber that actually expands, retracts and glows and, in his...
Which entertainment jobs are most likely to be disrupted by AI? New study has answers
An estimated 62,000 entertainment jobs in California spanning film, TV, music and gaming will be disrupted by the rise of artificial intelligence within the next three years, a new...
