Greene: ‘Virtual’ Val Kilmer sets back Hollywood with AI movie role
Just days after Hollywood patted itself on the back at last week’s Academy Awards, the movie industry got a kick in the teeth from an unlikely source — an actor…
Meta targeted older workers in 2025 layoffs, lawsuit claims
When social media giant Meta executed a plan to slash 5% of its workforce last year, it laid off older workers at much higher rates than younger employees, a lawsuit…
Some LA judges will use AI as a pilot program – but humans will still rule
A judicial AI company is teaming up with Los Angeles County Superior Court to provide artificial intelligence technology to some civil courtrooms to assist judges in conducting legal research and…
A 19th century Philadelphia patent lawyer did, in fact, start the fire
In the late 1800s, industry barons made deals smoking cigars and puffing on pipes. But unless the smokers were sitting by fires, getting a light was a slow, arduous process.…
You could be paying more for groceries than your neighbor. Here’s what Jersey lawmakers are doing about it.
You could be paying more for that gallon of milk in your online shopping cart than other customers without knowing it. New Jersey lawmakers are trying to ban grocery stores…
How homeowners are renovating their kitchens so they can age in place
Entering their 70s, Jan Volin and Philip Goldstein had a decision to make. Should they move to an over-55 or continuing-care community, they pondered, or renovate their house to allow…
Nick Melvoin: The case for limiting screen time in our schools
As I’ve visited classrooms in the last few years, I’ve heard something that I rarely heard prior to the COVID pandemic: silence. The deafening silence of students sitting side by…
Closing arguments set to begin in Twitter shareholder trial accusing Musk of driving down stock
By BARBARA ORTUTAY, AP Technology Writer SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Closing arguments are set to kick off Tuesday in a trial pitting Elon Musk against Twitter shareholders who say the…
Journalist talks to Santiago Canyon College about the concerning aspects of AI
When Santiago Canyon College President Jeannie Kim and professor and Distance Education coordinator Scotty James heard investigative reporter Karen Hao speak at the California Community Colleges Futures Summit in Santa…
As winters warm, falling through the ice is becoming more common — and deadly
By ANNIKA HAMMERSCHLAG Elmer Brown was following two friends on his four-wheeler last November, hunting caribou across a frozen channel in northern Alaska when the ice gave way. All three…