Amazon places bid on TikTok as deadline looms
Amazon reportedly has made a bid to buy TikTok, the popular video app that is in danger of being banned...
Thursday, July 9, 2026
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An AI ‘gold rush.’ What to know about OpenAI’s record $40-billion funding round
SAN FRANCISCO — ChatGPT maker OpenAI this week announced it raised a whopping $40 billion as it races to dominate a competitive...
California, other states sue Trump administration over cuts to CDC infectious disease funding
California and a coalition of other states sued the Trump administration Tuesday over its plans to cut billions of dollars...
This bill aims to help firefighters with cancer. Getting it passed is just the beginning
As firefighters battled the catastrophic blazes in Los Angeles County in January, California’s U.S. senators, Adam Schiff and Alex Padilla,...
OpenAI finalizes a record $40-billion funding round
OpenAI, the artificial intelligence company behind ChatGPT, said it has finalized a funding round that will bring in $40 billion...
Musk’s XAI deal offers unexpected win for X investors
Elon Musk just acquired the social network formerly known as Twitter for the second time in three years.Musk, the world’s...
Want to be bossed around by an algorithm? Try L.A.’s ‘first full-scale AI powered gym’
The genius knows all. It knows my height, my weight, my hydration, my cardio stamina — even, regrettably, my body’s...
L.A. fire contaminant levels could sicken the marine food chain, new tests show
Levels of lead and other heavy metals spiked in the coastal waters off Los Angeles after January’s fires, raising serious...
Contributor: It’s no metaphor — undersea cables hold together our precarious modern life
In the early days of the pandemic, I began pondering the idea of healing. I stumbled upon a story about...
Palisades and Eaton firefighters had elevated blood levels of mercury and lead, according to an early study
The immediate risks faced by the firefighters who were on the front lines battling the Palisades and Eaton fires that...
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