t Leafs assistant coach Paul McFarland returning to head coaching job in Kingston By www.thestar.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 14:59:26 EDT The 34-year-old from Richmond Hill returns to Kingston, where he spent three seasons as coach of the OHL’s Frontenacs. Full Article
t NFL schedule release winners, losers: Who’s sitting pretty for 2020 regular season? By www.thestar.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 16:00:28 EDT Assuming the season kicks off as expected, the schedule dates alone have created a number of juicy scenarios to dig into as anticipation of the NFL’s — or any sport’s — return continues to grow. Full Article
t Canadian amateur sport to receive $72 million in pandemic relief money By www.thestar.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 16:17:28 EDT The money earmarked for sports will go to national and provincial organizations, Canadian sport institutes and Indigenous sport groups. Full Article
t MLSE is offering to help with COVID-19 testing if Toronto becomes a hub for NHL games By www.thestar.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 18:17:31 EDT The Leafs’ parent company will pay for the testing of its players, and help with public testing as well. Full Article
t Gregor Chisholm: Father still knows best as Jays shortstop Bo Bichette prepares for his sophomore season By www.thestar.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 18:43:40 EDT It helps to have a former big-leaguer as a dad if you want to stay sharp during a pandemic. Full Article
t CFL, CFLPA resume talks on potential contingency plans for 2020 season By www.thestar.com Published On :: Fri, 8 May 2020 18:55:33 EDT CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie said the CFL lost collectively about $20 million last year and its future is “very much in jeopardy.” Full Article
t Column: It's called Earnin. I have no idea how the company ever turns a profit By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 15 Nov 2019 08:00:55 -0500 The Palo Alto company doesn't charge for its cash advances. But tips are appreciated. Full Article
t Opinion: Worried about how facial recognition technology is being used? You should be By www.latimes.com Published On :: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 06:00:41 -0500 Facial recognition surveillance, powered by artificial intelligence, is being used — or misused — in cities worldwide. Full Article
t Newsletter: Nike tells Amazon, 'I'm just not that into you' By www.latimes.com Published On :: Mon, 18 Nov 2019 08:00:06 -0500 The sportswear giant says it will pull its products — from shoes to jerseys — from the e-commerce behemoth because it wants to create its own direct ties to online shoppers. Full Article
t Unionizing L.A. bus workers and their CEO come together over fighting climate change By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 19 Nov 2019 08:00:23 -0500 Factory workers at Proterra, a Silicon Valley e-bus startup, have joined a union that also represents L.A. oil refinery workers. Full Article
t PayPal just struck L.A.'s biggest ever tech deal By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 20 Nov 2019 19:12:25 -0500 PayPal is buying Honey, whose popular browser extension is used to compare prices at online shopping sites, for $4 billion. Full Article
t Uber accused of cheating the public in driver's suit over pay By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 21 Nov 2019 18:19:09 -0500 Drivers being cheated out of wages and not being reimbursed for expenses causes California to lose out on payroll taxes, attorney Shannon Liss-Riordan argues in a new legal challenge to Uber's practices. Full Article
t Column: We're swamped with 182 million robocalls a day. Is a solution finally here? By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 22 Nov 2019 08:00:00 -0500 Telecom-industry insiders say work is rapidly progressing on a system called "Shaken/Stir," which could go a long way toward making your phone usable again. Full Article
t Google workers protest suspensions of activist employees By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 22 Nov 2019 18:59:05 -0500 Protests within Google over how the company handles employee activism continue to grow. Full Article
t Former Tinder CEO Sean Rad accused of secretly recording employees and bosses in new court filing By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 22 Nov 2019 19:00:35 -0500 Tinder's parent company says Sean Rad, the dating app's co-founder and former CEO, illegally recorded conversations with executives. Full Article
t Newsletter: Those Black Friday deals? They're not as good as you think By www.latimes.com Published On :: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 08:00:09 -0500 The dirty little secret of Black Friday — and its cousin, Cyber Monday — is that the best deals are still to come. Full Article
t Google fires four for accessing internal documents. Workers say it's retaliation By www.latimes.com Published On :: Mon, 25 Nov 2019 18:58:21 -0500 Google terminated four employees for what the tech firm said were "repeated violations of our data security policies." At least one of them, Rebecca Rivers, had spoken out publicly against company initiatives including Google's past work with government agencies. Full Article
t Column: These holiday scams are heavy on naughty, totally lacking in nice By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 26 Nov 2019 08:00:03 -0500 From gift-card rackets to online fraud, consumers are under near-constant assault amid what some analysts are calling the country's first-ever trillion-dollar holiday season. Full Article
t Riot Games will pay $10 million to settle gender discrimination suit By www.latimes.com Published On :: Mon, 2 Dec 2019 16:29:51 -0500 'League of Legends' maker Riot Games has agreed to pay $10 million to settle a gender discrimination suit. Every woman who has worked at the company since 2014 will get a payout. Full Article
t Google's Sundar Pichai becomes Alphabet CEO; Larry Page and Sergey Brin step down By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 3 Dec 2019 17:29:55 -0500 Sundar Pichai is ascending at Google's parent, Alphabet, becoming CEO of the entire tech giant as co-founders Larry Page and Sergey Brin take a step back. Full Article
t Developers join call for GitHub to cancel its ICE contract By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 4 Dec 2019 10:43:10 -0500 Open source developers, GitHub's power users, are joining the software platform's employees in calling for the company to cancel its contract with ICE. A boycott could be next. Full Article
t Tech recruiters were once welcomed on campus. Now they face protests By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sat, 7 Dec 2019 08:00:02 -0500 Tech firms such as Palantir, Amazon, Google and Microsoft hire huge numbers of college graduates every year. Student activists are trying to disrupt that recruiting pipeline. Full Article
t Uber's report on sexual assaults and accidents offers some answers, more questions By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sat, 7 Dec 2019 08:00:32 -0500 Uber's first-ever safety transparency report establishes a baseline from which the ride-hailing giant must improve. Full Article
t Newsletter: Privacy-minded consumer groups say the kids aren't all right By www.latimes.com Published On :: Mon, 9 Dec 2019 08:00:51 -0500 Coalition calls on FTC to review how companies are marketing to children and tracking them online. Full Article
t Column: Are extended warranties worth it? Not so much, experts say By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 13 Dec 2019 08:00:30 -0500 "Extended warranties are generally a bad value," says one consumer advocate. "Rarely do they pay off." Full Article
t Newsletter: $1,000 is just too dang much for a smartphone By www.latimes.com Published On :: Mon, 16 Dec 2019 08:00:33 -0500 A new study from market researcher NPD Group reveals that fewer than 10% of consumers are willing to shell out more than a thousand bucks for a phone. Full Article
t Looking ahead: In 2020, we look to Mars, fake meat and the allure of wishful thinking By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 20 Dec 2019 15:33:17 -0500 What will 2020 bring? There'll be plenty to roar about. Concerts and playoffs. Electric highways and robots that bring your pizza. The future is right now. Full Article
t California is rewriting the rules of the internet. Businesses are scrambling to keep up By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 26 Dec 2019 20:01:23 -0500 A new law that will let you opt out of the online data economy goes into effect on Jan. 1 — assuming businesses can figure out how to make that happen in time. Full Article
t New labor laws are coming to California. What's changing in your workplace? By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sun, 29 Dec 2019 09:00:33 -0500 For California businesses, 2020 will be a year of reckoning. Sweeping new laws curbing long-time employment practices take effect, aimed at reducing economic inequality and giving workers more power in their jobs. Full Article
t Controversial San Bernardino airport cargo expansion approved By www.latimes.com Published On :: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 22:59:22 -0500 Inland Empire residents have protested the airport expansion — rumored to be an Amazon project — for months. On Monday, airport officials approved the project. Full Article
t Uber and Postmates call AB 5 unconstitutional in new lawsuit By www.latimes.com Published On :: Mon, 30 Dec 2019 20:18:27 -0500 Uber and Postmates called AB 5 an "irrational and unconstitutional statute" that targets gig economy companies and workers. Full Article
t It's 2020 and you have new privacy rights online. But you might have to show ID By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 1 Jan 2020 03:01:29 -0500 Californians have newfound power over their online information in 2020. Here's how to exercise those new rights. Full Article
t From 'Titanfall' to 'Star Wars,' the evolution of game studio Respawn mirrors our search for story By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 2 Jan 2020 09:00:53 -0500 Respawn Entertainment began with a mission to build a better shooter. That became the hit "Titanfall." In 2019, the studio expanded with the free-to-play "Apex Legends" and "Star Wars: Jedi Fallen Order." The studio run by Vince Zampella is just getting started, with a virtual reality project on tap for 2020. Zampella also is taking over the Los Angeles offices of DICE. Full Article
t Seeing those opt-out messages about your personal information on websites? Thank California's new privacy law By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 2 Jan 2020 09:57:01 -0500 "Do not sell my info" links popped up on websites New Year's Day as companies scrambled to comply with California's sweeping new consumer privacy protection law. Full Article
t Column: Boeing's board shouldn't escape blame in 737 Max scandal By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 3 Jan 2020 09:00:11 -0500 Boeing will be hobbled by the 737 Max affair for years to come. Yet the board that oversaw this calamity is not being held to task. Full Article
t Major union launches campaign to organize video game and tech workers By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 7 Jan 2020 08:00:37 -0500 One of the country's largest unions is targeting video game and tech companies — and hired a Southern California organizer to spearhead the project Full Article
t Your $14 salad's not as eco-friendly as advertised — but Sweetgreen's trying By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 15 Jan 2020 09:00:45 -0500 Sweetgreen has long said nothing from its stores goes to landfill. On closer inspection, that's more aspiration than guarantee. Full Article
t Women suing Riot Games may deserve $400 million, not $10 million, state regulator says By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 21 Jan 2020 17:37:33 -0500 Two California state agencies are intervening in a class action suit against Riot Games, saying women who worked at the company could deserve more money. Full Article
t It's your last chance to claim a slice of the Equifax data breach settlement By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 22 Jan 2020 13:29:47 -0500 More than 147 million people's credit data were exposed during Equifax's 2017 breach. Wednesday is the deadline to file a claim. Full Article
t Long hours and 'a pile of white dudes': Annual survey looks at game industry working conditions By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 24 Jan 2020 19:29:56 -0500 A rare, insider look at the highly secretive game industry from the Game Developers Conference. Developers share thoughts on working conditions, the need for unionization, attempts to diversify and more. Full Article
t Riot Games accuses regulators of 'questionable tactics' to block gender bias settlement By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 28 Jan 2020 08:00:13 -0500 California state agencies argue that women who worked at the video game company could deserve up to $400 million. The company—and the lawyers for women who worked there—strongly disagree. Full Article
t Ring app shares your personal data with Facebook and others, report finds By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 07:00:11 -0500 The high-tech doorbell maker's app is rife with unlisted third-party trackers that collect data from users' devices, according to a report by the Electronic Frontier Foundation. Full Article
t Ad industry seeks to delay new California data privacy law By www.latimes.com Published On :: Wed, 29 Jan 2020 18:57:00 -0500 Some of the advertising industry's biggest trade associations are asking California's attorney general to delay enforcement of the state's new privacy law — which is set for July 1— by at least six months. Full Article
t California lost more manufacturing jobs to China than any other state, report says By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 30 Jan 2020 10:30:36 -0500 California lost more manufacturing jobs to China than any other state. Full Article
t Column: Your car dealer may be quietly selling your data to your insurer By www.latimes.com Published On :: Fri, 31 Jan 2020 09:00:08 -0500 "There's a lot of information that gets traded" about people's driving habits, says an industry official. "It's amazing." Full Article
t App made by Clinton campaign veterans' firm is behind Iowa caucuses debacle By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 4 Feb 2020 21:51:48 -0500 Shadow, a tech developer started by veterans of Hillary Clinton's 2016 presidential run, built the app being blamed for delaying Iowa Democratic caucus results. Full Article
t Lazarus: Would you write a 5-star Amazon review in return for a $20 bribe? By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 4 Feb 2020 08:00:36 -0500 A Pasadena man found a card tucked away with his Amazon order offering a $20 payment in return for a glowing review — as long as he didn't tell anyone he'd been bribed. Full Article
t Column: The Iowa caucuses' meltdown shows that tech isn't always the solution By www.latimes.com Published On :: Tue, 4 Feb 2020 17:05:02 -0500 The Iowa caucuses teach a lesson that sometimes technology makes things worse. Full Article
t Snap is still in comeback mode. But investors are getting impatient By www.latimes.com Published On :: Thu, 6 Feb 2020 08:00:43 -0500 Snap's stock took a tumble after a disappointing year-end earnings report, but analysts say there's ample reason to think the company's upward trajectory will continue. Full Article
t Misinformation about the coronavirus abounds, but correcting it can backfire By www.latimes.com Published On :: Sat, 8 Feb 2020 10:00:16 -0500 With so much false information circulating about the coronavirus outbreak, health officials are trying to set the record straight. Here's why that can backfire. Full Article