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@latimes

@latimes
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2024-05-21
“There's no question that AI is having a moment and it's in the midst of a huge funding boom, which is benefiting the Bay Area at the expense of L.A.,” said Spencer Rascoff, general partner at L.A. based startup studio and venture fund 75 & Sunny. https://www.latimes.com/...
2024-05-21 View on X
Los Angeles Times

A look at challenges LA faces as it tries to remain a major tech hub; CB Insights says VC funding of LA-based startups totaled $6.9B in 2023, down 73% from 2021

A few thoughts from a tech company that pre-dated, and now seems to post-date, the beach: … Agnes M. Sokol : The truth is, LA has always been, and will always be, a one industry to...

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“It boggles my mind that there isn't more tech here in the second largest city in the country, the third biggest metropolitan economy in the world behind Tokyo and New York,” said former L.A. Mayor Antonio Villaraigosa, who helped establish Silicon Beach. https://www.latimes.com/...
2024-05-21 View on X
Los Angeles Times

A look at challenges LA faces as it tries to remain a major tech hub; CB Insights says VC funding of LA-based startups totaled $6.9B in 2023, down 73% from 2021

A few thoughts from a tech company that pre-dated, and now seems to post-date, the beach: … Agnes M. Sokol : The truth is, LA has always been, and will always be, a one industry to...

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2023-09-25
With the tentative WGA pact done, entertainment company leaders are expected to turn their attention to the 160,000-member SAG-AFTRA union to accelerate those stalled talks in an effort to get the industry back to work. https://www.latimes.com/...
2023-09-25 View on X
Los Angeles Times

The WGA and the AMPTP reach a tentative deal to end the strike; the proposed three-year contract ups pay and streaming residuals, adds new AI rules, and more

The Writers Guild of America and the major Hollywood studios have reached a tentative deal that would end a strike that has lasted …

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2023-07-14
The studios said SAG-AFTRA walked away from an offer that included a “groundbreaking” proposal for AI protections. The union said its offer included a requirement for performer's consent for the creation and use of digital replicas. https://www.latimes.com/...
2023-07-14 View on X
The Verge

SAG-AFTRA: AMPTP's AI proposal lets studios scan a background actor to create a digital likeness, for a day's pay, for perpetual use without consent or pay

During today's press conference in which Hollywood actors confirmed that they were going on strike, Duncan Crabtree-Ireland …

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2023-03-04
Surveillance technology has long been able to identify you. Now, with help from artificial intelligence, it's trying to figure out who your friends are. https://www.latimes.com/...
2023-03-04 View on X
Los Angeles Times

San Jose-based Vintra, whose software is used by the IRS, police, and more, claims its “co-appearance” AI can mark interactions between people caught on camera

A gray-haired man walks through an office lobby holding a coffee cup, staring ahead as he passes the entryway. Tweets: @daragh_murray , @latimes , @latimes , @latimes , @sarahdwire...

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Vintra, the San Jose-based company that showed off the technology in an industry video presentation last year, sells the co-appearance feature as part of an array of video analysis tools. https://www.latimes.com/...
2023-03-04 View on X
Los Angeles Times

San Jose-based Vintra, whose software is used by the IRS, police, and more, claims its “co-appearance” AI can mark interactions between people caught on camera

A gray-haired man walks through an office lobby holding a coffee cup, staring ahead as he passes the entryway. Tweets: @daragh_murray , @latimes , @latimes , @latimes , @sarahdwire...

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Although co-appearance technology is already used by authoritarian regimes such as China's, Vintra seems to be the first company marketing it in the West, industry specialists say. https://www.latimes.com/...
2023-03-04 View on X
Los Angeles Times

San Jose-based Vintra, whose software is used by the IRS, police, and more, claims its “co-appearance” AI can mark interactions between people caught on camera

A gray-haired man walks through an office lobby holding a coffee cup, staring ahead as he passes the entryway. Tweets: @daragh_murray , @latimes , @latimes , @latimes , @sarahdwire...

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2022-12-28
A Swedish gaming giant bought “Tomb Raider” from a San Mateo-based video game developer, along with the rights to dozens of other game titles and studios belonging to its parent company The goal? To buy relatively cheap, remake, relaunch and profit big. https://www.latimes.com/...
2022-12-28 View on X
Los Angeles Times

A look at Embracer Group, which owns more video game studios than any other company in the world, overseeing 237 games being developed across 132 studios

Jaweed Kaleem / Los Angeles Times : Tweets: @_danilo , @latimes , and @martinlindell Tweets: @_danilo : Embracer is on a game IP shopping spree, and there's some wisdom in their s...

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2022-07-07
“No doubt this has impacted people,” Ybarra, who was named president this February, says of Blizzard's recent history. “It has impacted morale.” https://www.latimes.com/...
2022-07-07 View on X
Los Angeles Times

Blizzard Entertainment President Mike Ybarra commits to relaunching BlizzCon in 2023, after axing the fan-focused event in 2022 following a harassment lawsuit

Blizzard commits to fan festival's return next year after three years without an in-person event Brianna Reeves / Dexerto : Blizzard boss stands by Diablo Immortal's contentious mi...

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“We're committed to changing our culture,” says Ybarra. “We've had a tough two and a half years. ... I've always firmly believed that when there's a good culture across teams, creative excellence flows. So I call our culture team ‘team zero.’” https://www.latimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
2022-07-07 View on X
Los Angeles Times

Blizzard Entertainment President Mike Ybarra commits to relaunching BlizzCon in 2023, after axing the fan-focused event in 2022 following a harassment lawsuit

Blizzard commits to fan festival's return next year after three years without an in-person event Brianna Reeves / Dexerto : Blizzard boss stands by Diablo Immortal's contentious mi...

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Ybarra is eager to talk about said culture team and the pledges Blizzard has made in his first few months as president. At stake, however, is more than whether the games giant can show it understands the meaning of the word “maturity.” https://www.latimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
2022-07-07 View on X
Los Angeles Times

Blizzard Entertainment President Mike Ybarra commits to relaunching BlizzCon in 2023, after axing the fan-focused event in 2022 following a harassment lawsuit

Blizzard commits to fan festival's return next year after three years without an in-person event Brianna Reeves / Dexerto : Blizzard boss stands by Diablo Immortal's contentious mi...

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Ybarra says the company will relaunch the yearly fan-focused event: “We previously announced we're taking a pause on #BlizzCon while we reimagine it for the future but do want to return to a live event that enables us to celebrate the community.” https://www.latimes.com/...
2022-07-07 View on X
Los Angeles Times

Blizzard Entertainment President Mike Ybarra commits to relaunching BlizzCon in 2023, after axing the fan-focused event in 2022 following a harassment lawsuit

Blizzard commits to fan festival's return next year after three years without an in-person event Brianna Reeves / Dexerto : Blizzard boss stands by Diablo Immortal's contentious mi...

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Blizzard Entertainment has been singled out as a symbol of the male-dominated gaming community's worst impulses. The company's new president Mike Ybarra aims to change that. https://www.latimes.com/...
2022-07-07 View on X
Los Angeles Times

Blizzard Entertainment President Mike Ybarra commits to relaunching BlizzCon in 2023, after axing the fan-focused event in 2022 following a harassment lawsuit

Blizzard commits to fan festival's return next year after three years without an in-person event Brianna Reeves / Dexerto : Blizzard boss stands by Diablo Immortal's contentious mi...

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Ybarra, who answered questions for 45 minutes about Blizzard's reputation and how to change it, begins by praising “Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles: Shredder's Revenge.” But for now his non-Blizzard game opinions will have to wait. His company is in a crisis. https://www.latimes.com/... https://twitter.com/...
2022-07-07 View on X
Los Angeles Times

Blizzard Entertainment President Mike Ybarra commits to relaunching BlizzCon in 2023, after axing the fan-focused event in 2022 following a harassment lawsuit

Blizzard commits to fan festival's return next year after three years without an in-person event Brianna Reeves / Dexerto : Blizzard boss stands by Diablo Immortal's contentious mi...

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“We recently hired a new leader of BlizzCon, April McKee, who is hard at work on that plan,” adds the gaming giant's president. 'We are committed to bringing back BlizzCon in 2023." https://www.latimes.com/...
2022-07-07 View on X
Los Angeles Times

Blizzard Entertainment President Mike Ybarra commits to relaunching BlizzCon in 2023, after axing the fan-focused event in 2022 following a harassment lawsuit

Blizzard commits to fan festival's return next year after three years without an in-person event Brianna Reeves / Dexerto : Blizzard boss stands by Diablo Immortal's contentious mi...

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2022-01-21
Amazon said it will stock its first clothing store mostly with non-Amazon labels, selected by curators using data from shopping on its website. https://www.latimes.com/...
2022-01-21 View on X
GeekWire

Amazon Style, the company's first physical fashion store, will launch in LA later this year, with an app that lets shoppers send items to the fitting room

Amazon has to open stores #thefourbook https://www.aboutamazon.com/ ... https://twitter.com/...

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2021-12-14
A generation of children are being born into a digitally interconnected reality where big data and artificial intelligence will shape their existence long before they're old enough to contemplate notions of privacy or give consent. https://www.latimes.com/...
2021-12-14 View on X
Los Angeles Times

A look at a “smart city” project near Busan, as the South Korean government normalizes surveillance by repurposing its “smart city” systems to battle COVID-19

Victoria Kim / Los Angeles Times : Tweets: @ideafaktory , @niklaskossow , @margotroosevelt , @timonpoint , @thorstenbenner , @latimes , and @vicjkim Tweets: Steve Faktor / @ideafa...

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2021-11-17
The downtown Los Angeles venue — home of the Lakers, Clippers, Kings and Sparks — will wear the new name for 20 years under a deal between the Singapore cryptocurrency exchange and AEG, the owner and operator of the arena https://www.latimes.com/...
2021-11-17 View on X
Los Angeles Times

LA's iconic Staples Center to be renamed as Crypto.com Arena, sources say in a deal worth $700M+ for 20 years

Staples Center is getting a new name for Christmas: Crypto.com Arena.  —  The downtown Los Angeles venue — home of the Lakers, Clippers, Kings and Sparks …

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2021-09-26
A mix of factors came together to make subtitles a prominent feature on TikTok, such as: ➡️ the advocacy of disability rights groups ➡️ incentive structures that motivate influencers to produce certain types of content ➡️ shifts in how people consume media https://www.latimes.com/...
2021-09-26 View on X
Los Angeles Times

How TikTok's auto-generation tools helped popularize subtitles in the app, as creators compete for the estimated 75% of users who leave their phones on mute

TikTok creator Alyssa McKay has perfected a persona people love to hate: a Regina George-esque rich girl whose bouncy raps are packed … Tweets: @latimes , @iamahmedkhalifa , @_b_co...

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2021-09-25
A mix of factors came together to make subtitles a prominent feature on TikTok, such as: ➡️ the advocacy of disability rights groups ➡️ incentive structures that motivate influencers to produce certain types of content ➡️ shifts in how people consume media https://www.latimes.com/...
2021-09-25 View on X
Los Angeles Times

How TikTok's auto-generation tools helped popularize subtitles in the app, as creators compete for the estimated 75% of users who leave their phones on mute

TikTok creator Alyssa McKay has perfected a persona people love to hate: a Regina George-esque rich girl whose bouncy raps are packed … Tweets: @_b_contreras_ , @whitneyd , @jeffbe...

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