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NFL schedule release winners, losers: Who’s sitting pretty for 2020 regular season?


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.




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MLSE is offering to help with COVID-19 testing if Toronto becomes a hub for NHL games


The Leafs’ parent company will pay for the testing of its players, and help with public testing as well.




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CFL, CFLPA resume talks on potential contingency plans for 2020 season


CFL commissioner Randy Ambrosie said the CFL lost collectively about $20 million last year and its future is “very much in jeopardy.”




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Opinion: Worried about how facial recognition technology is being used? You should be

Facial recognition surveillance, powered by artificial intelligence, is being used — or misused — in cities worldwide.




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Unionizing L.A. bus workers and their CEO come together over fighting climate change

Factory workers at Proterra, a Silicon Valley e-bus startup, have joined a union that also represents L.A. oil refinery workers.




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Uber accused of cheating the public in driver's suit over pay

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.




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Former Tinder CEO Sean Rad accused of secretly recording employees and bosses in new court filing

Tinder's parent company says Sean Rad, the dating app's co-founder and former CEO, illegally recorded conversations with executives.




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Google fires four for accessing internal documents. Workers say it's retaliation

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.




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Column: These holiday scams are heavy on naughty, totally lacking in nice

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.




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Newsletter: $1,000 is just too dang much for a smartphone

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.




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Looking ahead: In 2020, we look to Mars, fake meat and the allure of wishful thinking

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.




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California is rewriting the rules of the internet. Businesses are scrambling to keep up

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.




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New labor laws are coming to California. What's changing in your workplace?

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.




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Seeing those opt-out messages about your personal information on websites? Thank California's new privacy law

"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.




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Column: Boeing's board shouldn't escape blame in 737 Max scandal

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.




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Your $14 salad's not as eco-friendly as advertised — but Sweetgreen's trying

Sweetgreen has long said nothing from its stores goes to landfill. On closer inspection, that's more aspiration than guarantee.




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Women suing Riot Games may deserve $400 million, not $10 million, state regulator says

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.




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Long hours and 'a pile of white dudes': Annual survey looks at game industry working conditions

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.




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Ring app shares your personal data with Facebook and others, report finds

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.




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California lost more manufacturing jobs to China than any other state, report says

California lost more manufacturing jobs to China than any other state.




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Column: Your car dealer may be quietly selling your data to your insurer

"There's a lot of information that gets traded" about people's driving habits, says an industry official. "It's amazing."




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AB 5 is already changing how Uber works for California drivers and riders

Responding to a new California labor law, Uber making concessions drivers have long sought. But it may change the service in ways that displease drivers and riders alike.




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Snap is still in comeback mode. But investors are getting impatient

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.




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Misinformation about the coronavirus abounds, but correcting it can backfire

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.




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Apple store workers should be paid for time waiting to be searched, court rules

A group of Apple workers filed a class-action lawsuit alleging they were required to submit to searches before leaving the stores but were not compensated for the time those searches required.




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Happy Valentine's Day. Play a video game about breaking up

Apartment: A Separated Place is an interactive tale about moving on.




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New California labor law AB 5 is already changing how businesses treat workers

California employers may dislike the new law on independent contractors, but they're devising a host of strategies to comply.




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Uber shuts downtown L.A. office, laying off about 80

With little warning, Uber notified about 80 customer support workers in its Downtown L.A. office that it was offshoring their jobs to an office in Manila.




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Twitter is suspending 70 pro-Bloomberg accounts, citing 'platform manipulation'

Twitter said it would suspend 70 accounts posting content supporting the Michael Bloomberg campaign in a pattern that violates company rules.




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Facebook to remove misleading Trump census ads

Facebook will remove more than 1,000 Trump campaign ads that urge people to fill out a mailer that looks like official 2020 census forms.




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EBay bans sales of masks and hand sanitizer in response to coronavirus price gouging

EBay is refusing listings for N95 and N100 masks, hand sanitizer and disinfecting wipes and says it's working to remove listings with inflated prices.




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Coronavirus cancels E3 convention, leaving a hole in L.A.'s gaming community

Canceled Wednesday, this year's E3 was particularly anticipated because new consoles from Sony and Microsoft are due to be released by the end of the year.




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Google website can help you get tested for coronavirus — so long as you aren't sick

A website created by Google sister company Verily is screening people in the Bay Area for coronavirus testing, but telling anyone with symptoms they're not eligible. It's not the only mystery around the project.




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Job losses from coronavirus are already devastating Southern California

Coronavirus unemployment hits a broad swath of industries across California.




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Coronavirus is supercharging the fight over California's new employment law

The coronavirus outbreak, and the economic downturn it has ushered in, have given fresh arguments to both sides in the fight over the legal rights of independent contractors.




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Delivery workers are keeping California fed. They say no one's keeping them safe

Coronavirus relief efforts are leaving some delivery workers unprotected, they say.




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Column: You can thank the coronavirus for plunge in robocalls

With call centers in India, the Philippines and elsewhere shut down for the coronavirus, many robocall companies have simply stopped making calls.




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Sony delays 'The Last of Us 2,' 'Iron Man VR,' citing coronavirus

"The Last of Us Part 2," a game, in part, about the breakdown of society due to the spread of a highly contagious virus, has been delayed indefinitely by Sony Interactive Entertainment -- despite the success of 'Animal Crossing' and more games in coronavirus quarantine.




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Uber wants to redefine employment. More than 50 labor groups are fighting back

A coalition of more than 50 groups is calling on Congress to resist Uber's call for a new category of work and force on-demand gig companies to fund unemployment benefits.




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Fearful of COVID-19, Amazon workers ask for state probe of working conditions

Workers at Amazon's massive Riverside County fulfillment center in Eastvale, where there have been three confirmed cases of COVID-19, filed complaints with Cal/OSHA and the Riverside Department of Public Health on Wednesday




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Zoom security feature let unapproved users view meetings, researchers find

Researchers found a security flaw in Zoom's "Waiting Room" feature that could have allowed users to access a video meeting even if they were not approved to join a call. Zoom said Wednesday it had fixed the issue.




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How 'Animal Crossing' was built to be ubiquitous in coronavirus time — back in 2001

It's no accident that "Animal Crossing: New Horizons" is resonating now. Built to ward off loneliness in 2001, the franchise is made for the pandemic moment.




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How I broke my VR skepticism and found emotional escape during coronavirus sheltering

Better VR headsets and experiences that respond to you are reasons to isolate inside virtual reality when COVID-19 is the reality outside your door.




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Actors sheltering at home perform in live VR experiences, making case for new theater form

Los Angeles studio Tender Claws brings live theater to virtual reality with actors at home during coronavirus. It's a new form of theater.




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Changing reality: VR finds its moment with actors, artists and experiences that change the game

Virtual reality isn't just for gamers. Artists, exercise fiends and actors in a new theater form are experimenting now.




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Having trouble with the IRS site? Try all caps — yes, really

Are you getting 'Payment Status Not Available' when tracking down your coronavirus stimulus check? Try entering your address in all caps.




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Apple and Google won't solve coronavirus contact tracing. Here's what will

Here's why many public health experts are skeptical of contact-tracing tools Apple and Google are rushing to develop.




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Beyond 'Animal Crossing:' What those making your favorite games are playing

We asked game developers: What's your go-to game in coronavirus quarantine? Makers behind 'Doom Eternal,' 'The Last of Us' 'Watch Dogs,' more answer




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California sues Uber and Lyft, saying drivers are employees

California's suit against Uber and Lyft says the companies have illegally treated drivers as independent contractors, depriving them of benefits.




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Reprise des activités: le soccer va changer

En attendant que le gouvernement du Québec dévoile sa stratégie pour le retour des sports, les fédérations sportives préparent leurs plans.