Source: Latimes
26 Stories
Kobalt secures $60 million in funding from Google and Michael Dell
Kobalt Music makes it much easier for musicians receive royalties for their work in a timely manner, something that has become difficult in a world where people can listen to...
Experts believe internet privacy will be dead before 2025
If you’re still holding out hope for the preservation of “Internet privacy,” you may need to adjust your ideals a bit. The future of online privacy is cloudy, and policymakers...
Sony goes on cyber lockdown following hack
Sony Pictures Entertainment was forced to shut down its worldwide email and computer network on Monday after being targeted by hackers who threatened to reveal the company’s “secrets.” A message...
LAPD has to warn people not to microwave their iPhones
Due to the recent iPhone 6 hoax created by a group of 4chan tricksters during the past week, the LAPD decided to issue a warning about the hoax on the...
LA teachers union wants to punish the man behind the failed $1.3 billion iPad deal
Los Angeles teachers union president Alex Caputo-Pear has called for LA Schools chief John Deasy, the man who helped orchestrate the ill-fated $1.3 billion tech deal designed to give an...
A judge has approved Apple's $450 million e-book settlement
U.S. District Judge Denise Cote has granted Preliminary approval to Apple’s proposed $450 million settlement for claims that it colluded with the five major U.S. publishers to increase e-book prices....
NASA has approved a rocket designed for deep-space travel
For the past few years, NASA's been working on a powerful rocket called the Space Launch System meant for missions to the moon, Mars and other places far from our...
Toddler who was born deaf could hear thanks to brain stem implant
A toddler who was born deaf might eventually be able to hear for the first time, assuming all goes well with the surgical procedure that implanted a device on the boy’s...
Apple dedicates a section of the App Store entirely to selfies
You knew it had to happen sometime. Selfie, which was crowned word of the year by Oxford Dictionaries for 2013, is now receiving an honor that's perhaps a wee bit more prestigious,...
Google and LEGO team up to kill productivity with LEGO building app
Google and LEGO have launched an app that lets users play with virtual LEGO bricks in their web browsers during work hours while deadlines are rapidly approaching. Google unveiled the productivity-sapping feature, “Build...
