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Merchant: The worst tech products of 2023
It’s the holidays, and you know what that means: an endless stream of wishlists, gift guides, and splashy sales of ...

How to spot if your neighborhood is about to be gentrified
A shift in demographics. Affordable apartments transformed into luxury condos. A coffee shop called something like “Brew Slut.” The signs ...

Santa Cruz’s plans for high-rise living meet opposition
SANTA CRUZ, Calif. — You can sense it in the ubiquitous “Help Wanted” posters in artsy shops and restaurants, in the ...

Meta finally starts rolling out default end-to-end encryption for Messenger
After years of promises and limited tests, Meta has started rolling out default end-to-end encryption protection for Messenger. In an ...

Hernández: If you are upset Dave Roberts commented on Shohei Ohtani, relax
Dave Roberts shared one of his organization’s most carefully guarded secrets Tuesday. Speaking to reporters at baseball’s winter meetings in ...

Hiltzik: Out of Texas, more disinformation
In recent times, whenever a government lawsuit swears at common sense, at the facts and at the public interest, it ...

Opinion: Is one $6-billion payout enough punishment for the family that brought us the opioid crisis?
On Monday, the Supreme Court heard arguments in the complex bankruptcy case of Purdue Pharma, whose owners, the Sackler family, ...

Workers at the Go Get Em Tiger coffee chain want to unionize
The unionization wave has come to Los Angeles’ homegrown coffee franchise Go Get Em Tiger. More than 70% of the ...

Texas is suing Planned Parenthood for $1.8B over $10M in allegedly fraudulent services it rendered – a health care economist explains what’s going on
Planned Parenthood no longer provides abortions in Texas, Louisiana and the other 10 states that have essentially banned abortion since ...

Leaked document shows Amazon’s Inland Empire influence operation
In the first two years of the Cheech Marin Center for Chicano Art and Culture’s existence, e-commerce giant Amazon.com was ...