Making TikTok videos isn’t cheap. Inside one creator’s wallet – Technology

Shared from www.latimes.com For some people, social media is a much-needed distraction from the workday. For others, it is the workday. Estimates value the creator economy at $20 billion to $100 billion, and as influencer-friendly […]

Can Sam Pocker make a living by creating TikTok videos? – Technology

Shared from www.latimes.com In the parking lot of a southeast Los Angeles Jack in the Box, Sam Pocker offers me some advice: In dealing with the fast-food chain’s “secret sauce,” refrigeration is key. Leave the […]

Jimmy Fallon hyped his Bored Ape NFTs on ‘The Tonight Show’ – Technology

Jimmy Fallon hyped his Bored Ape NFTs on 'The Tonight Show'

Shared from www.latimes.com From actors to athletes to influencers, celebrities can’t seem to stop talking about their enthusiasm for all things crypto. Never one to sit out a trend, on Monday, “The Tonight Show” host […]

Waymo sues state DMV to keep robotaxi safety details secret – Technology

Waymo sues state DMV to keep robotaxi safety details secret

Shared from www.latimes.com Waymo, the driverless car company operating an autonomous taxi fleet in San Francisco, is suing the California Department of Motor Vehicles. The immediate issue: whether the company, owned by Google parent Alphabet […]

‘Pokémon Legends: Arceus’: — Nintendo’s most spiritual game? – Technology

Shared from www.latimes.com A more agile, spiritual “Pokémon”? That’s what “Pokémon Legends: Arceus” delivers. It’s a game for Nintendo Switch that treats a mania with cutesy-odd creatures as the religion that it is — fitting […]

California cities press Uber on transgender driver practices – Technology

California cities press Uber on transgender driver practices

Shared from www.latimes.com City attorneys in Los Angeles, San Francisco and San Diego questioned Uber Technologies Inc’s treatment of transgender drivers and called on the company to explain how it verifies accounts for transgender drivers, […]

Hiltzik: Mark Zuckerberg and the Meta plunge – Technology

Hiltzik: Mark Zuckerberg and the Meta plunge

Shared from www.latimes.com If the old saw is true about insanity defined as doing the same thing over and over again and expecting a different result, what are we to think about Mark Zuckerberg’s latest […]

Here’s an explainer on NFTs and the Bored Ape craze – Technology

Here's an explainer on NFTs and the Bored Ape craze

Shared from www.latimes.com Video clips of basketball highlights. Digital works of art. A yacht in the metaverse. Cartoons of apes, cats, frogs and hipsters. These are just a few examples of the digital collectibles sold […]

Officials warn U.S. companies of potential Russian cyberattacks – Technology

Officials warn U.S. companies of potential Russian cyberattacks

Shared from www.latimes.com WASHINGTON —  U.S. officials on Friday urged American companies to brace for potential Russian computer hacking as tensions mounted over the Kremlin’s threatening buildup of troops on the border of Ukraine. “I cannot […]