When I first opened the box the Oura Ring 5 comes in, my first thought was, “Wow, that’s tiny.” My second thought was that this is a smart ring a lot of people have been waiting for. As someone who got quite used to wearing the Oura Ring 4 Ceramic, I was surprised how noticeably … Read more
Los Angeles — Malcolm Todd is 22 with the whole world in front of him. At least, that’s what it feels like while sitting on the patio of his new house overlooking the windswept L.A. skyline on a recent afternoon. Inside the sparse, upscale abode, cardboard moving boxes are still scattered across the entryway, and his shelves … Read more
After the Eaton and Palisades fires devastated Southern California, a highly toxic metal stayed in the air much longer and probably traveled much farther than expected, according to a new study. More than two months after the Eaton and Palisades fires were extinguished, researchers from UCLA and UC Davis detected elevated levels of hexavalent chromium … Read more
Hollywood is hungry for new breakthrough films and talent. Is YouTube the next place to mine for popular IP and filmmaking stars? YouTuber-helmed horror hits “Obsession” and “Backrooms” beat Disney’s “Star Wars: The Mandalorian and Grogu” this past weekend in ticket sales. They build on an earlier box office darling, “Iron Lung,” from YouTuber “Markiplier” … Read more
Shohei Ohtani does it again From Maddie Lee: Shohei Ohtani needed just one well-spotted fastball to Corbin Carroll to get out of the only real jam of his start against the Diamondbacks on Wednesday. Ohtani zipped it in at knee level, and Carroll drilled it into the ground, right to second baseman Alex Freeland. As … Read more
A horde of dancers scatter beneath the vaulted belly of Los Angeles County Museum of Art’s recently opened David Geffen Galleries. One dancer folds their body, slowly easing their way to the ground, while the others watch. They’re stumbling through choreography, rehearsing and laughing with each misstep. The clamor of visiting children echoes outside the … Read more
After having my son, I heard the horror stories of the “terrible twos.” I’d stare down at my newborn and think there was absolutely no way this little bundle of rolls could one day be anything like my friends were describing. I kept that mindset as we rolled straight through his second birthday, and his … Read more
Google took internet searches to the next level. Could it do the same for mosquito control? The Silicon Valley-based tech giant is seeking to release up to 64 million sterilized male mosquitoes in California and Florida over two years, according to a notice in the Federal Register. It’s part of an ambitious effort to curb … Read more
In this week’s episode of The Envelope podcast, “Love Story” stars Paul Anthony Kelly and Sarah Pidgeon open up about inhabiting John F. Kennedy Jr. and Carolyn Bessette — and creating a cultural moment of their own. Kelvin Washington: Welcome to the next episode of The Envelope, Kelvin Washington alongside Yvonne Villarreal; we got Mark … Read more
The CEO of Google DeepMind said a more advanced AI is just around the corner — and humanity needs to prepare as soon as possible. During a fireside chat at the Stanford Graduate School of Business that was posted on Tuesday, Demis Hassabis said artificial general intelligence, or the ability for AI to perform cognitive … Read more
Three years ago, Mattel Inc. struck box-office gold — or rather, pink — with the billion-dollar success of “Barbie.” In its first return to theaters since the female-forward phenomenon, the El Segundo toymaker is turning to the brawny He-Man for another box-office lift. Its latest film, “Masters of the Universe,” opens this weekend, as Mattel … Read more
A waterfront amphitheater roughly twice the size of the Greek Theatre and two-thirds the size of the Hollywood Bowl is set to open this week in Long Beach — and there’s a lot riding on its success. City leaders hope F&M Bank Amphitheater of Long Beach, located next to the famed Queen Mary, will supplant … Read more
For the first time, Los Angeles County residents can see how many people are ending up in emergency rooms, their bodies pushed past the limit, during heat waves. The county Department of Public Health says its new Heat-Related Illness and Mortality Dashboard will provide heat illness counts in “near real time,” which means weekly. That … Read more
United Airlines is set to roll out its newest long-haul plane — and it’s billing it as ultra-premium. Flight-tracking data showed the Airbus A321XLR departed the planemaker’s factory in Hamburg, Germany, on Wednesday and landed in Tampa, Florida, later in the evening. The highly anticipated XLR is a specially-designed extra-long-haul plane that United says will … Read more
The Sports Report Hall of Fame, USC edition Those of you who read the Dodgers Dugout newsletter know that for the last few years, we have done a Dodgers Dugout Hall of Fame, asking readers to vote for former Dodgers who they believe should be in this more fan-oriented Hall of Fame. Clayton Kershaw was … Read more