Technology
Opinion: Biden’s executive order on AI is ambitious — and incomplete
Last month President Biden issued an executive order on artificial intelligence, the government’s most ambitious attempt yet to set ground rules for this technology. The order focuses on establishing...
Column: AI investors say they’ll go broke if they have to pay for copyrighted works. Don’t believe it
AI investors say their work is so important that they should be able to trample copyright law on their pathway to riches. Here's why you shouldn't believe them. ...
Mattel stiffed UCLA on $49-million children’s hospital donation, lawsuit claims
Mattel, the company behind Hot Wheels, Fisher-Price and Barbie, pledged in 2017 to donate $49 million to UCLA to support its children’s hospital. But now the hospital says Mattel...
Opinion: Kids have been used like guinea pigs on Big Tech’s platforms. How much harm will we tolerate?
After more than a decade of uncontrolled experiments by internet platforms on millions of users, there is an emerging possibility that one group of users — kids — may...
Behind the making of newest ‘Call of Duty’ game: Getting the costumes right
Tasha Valdez stood in front of a mannequin in a character scan room and tugged at the sleeves of the gray hoodie resting on its form. Surrounded by racks...
Bitwise co-founders face federal charges alleging $100-million fraud scheme
Federal authorities have charged the co-founders of Fresno startup Bitwise Industries with fraud months after the company laid off all of its employees and shut down without explanation.Irma Olguin...
Column: Silicon Valley VCs wanted to believe SBF’s lies. Now they want you to believe their excuses
Sequoia Capital wants you to know that it was “deliberately misled and lied to” by convicted cryptocurrency scam artist Sam Bankman-Fried during the discussions that led to its $213.5-million...