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How L.A. can rebuild after the wildfires without leaving vulnerable residents behind

Fast Company Tech

The dramatic images of wealthy neighborhoods burning during the January 2025 Los Angeles wildfires captured global attention, but the damage was much more widespread. In the Los Angeles area, those risks are now impossible to ignore. Many working-class families lost their homes , businesses, and jobs.

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Netflix faces trademark suit over basketball team name and branding in ‘Running Point’

Fast Company Tech

The new Netflix series Running Point stars Kate Hudson as president of a fictional pro basketball team, the Los Angeles Waves. And the Pepperdine Waves have a problem with it. Attorneys for Pepperdine University in Malibu have filed a lawsuit against the streaming service and Warner Bros.

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These genetically engineered houseplants are 30 times better at clearing toxins

Fast Company Tech

Its not every day that microbial genetics leads to a chic influencer party in Los Angeles. Photo: Neoplants] Neoplants originally planned to launch Power Drops in January, just as wildfires engulfed parts of Los Angeles. I don’t have a green thumb; I have a black thumb.

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Google launches new tool to help cities stay cool

The Verge

Google debuted a new tool called Tree Canopy Lab in an effort to keep cities like Los Angeles cool by helping them plant more trees. Google piloted Tree Canopy Lab in Los Angeles. Google claims that its new tool can save cities like Los Angeles time when it comes to taking inventory of their trees.

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Waymo's robotaxi rollout overcomes regulatory roadblocks in California

TechSpot

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) reaffirmed its previous decision from March, giving Waymo the green light to operate commercial driverless ride-hailing services in San Mateo County and Los Angeles. Read Entire Article

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Elon Musk’s Boring Company gets green light for Las Vegas tunnel system

The Verge

Some of the company’s efforts to dig in other places have fizzled, like in Chicago , Los Angeles, and the Northeast corridor. He once imagined using sleds to shuttle cars from the surface to the tunnels and back, as well as pods that would give preference to cyclists and pedestrians.

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LA-based MarketerHire upgrades its service matching remote marketers with companies

TechCrunch

MarketerHire , a Los Angeles-based startup backed by a slew of executives from some of the city’s hottest startups, launched its new service matching freelance marketing experts with open jobs listed on its platform. .