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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. Attorneys for Pepperdine University in Malibu have filed a lawsuit against the streaming service and Warner Bros. And the Pepperdine Waves have a problem with it.

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California Admits AI Was Used to Write Bar Exam Plagued by Problems

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Now here's a legal-drama-worthy twist in the recent spate of dumb lawyers getting caught using AI : it turns out that the very bar exam administered to aspiring attorneys in California was itself created with the help of a large language model, The Los Angeles Times reports. I'm almost speechless.

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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. Nichole Wissman is an assistant professor of management at the University of San Diego.

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Inside the booming edibles economy

Fast Company Tech

In 2017, Nathan Cozzolino started Rose, a farm to edibles brand based in Los Angeles. Theyre very universal, says Verena von Pfetten, a cofounder, with David Weiner, of Gossamer , a cannabis media platform. This structure required overhead that cost upwards of $80,000 a month.

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L.A.’s wildfires are making a tough rental market even more brutal. Here’s why

Fast Company Tech

The one-bedroom cottage with a woodsy vibe reminded Heather McAlpine of the home she lost to the brutal Los Angeles-area wildfires. California Attorney General Rob Bonta has warned repeatedly of the state’s anti-gouging laws, which limits price increases to no more than 10% from whatever the price was before the emergency.

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Go read this data analysis that uncovers predictive policing’s flawed algorithm

The Verge

However, since crimes aren’t equally reported everywhere, the readings it provides to law enforcement could simply copy the biases in reporting over each area. 23 of the 38 law enforcement agencies tracked are no longer PredPol customers. PredPol’s algorithm is supposed to make predictions based on existing crime reports.

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My Latest President's Update

Beneblog: Technology Meets Society

She holds a master’s degree in Political Sciences, Public Law and Contemporary History from University of Konstanz, Germany. A recent graduate of Rice University, Lum is working on her PhD in statistics at Duke University. As an intern, Kristian has spent her summer doing what she loves: statistical analysis.