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‘It got pretty weird’: The 5 most bizarre moments in tech in 2023

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:57:43 GMT

By Riley Gutiérrez McDermid | CNNSan Francisco  — It was a long year for Silicon Valley, but it may have felt even longer to outsiders, who watched the tech world essentially implode and regroup over the course of 2023 in ways both typical (layoffs, restructurings) and deeply unhinged (everything below).Related ArticlesTechnology | Most unfortunate airplane incidents of 2023 Technology | All the things Taylor Swift made us care about this year Technology | Bay Area artists released some terrific albums in 2023 — here are 10 Technology | Top theme park moments of 2023 Technology | Here are 7 of the well-known companies that went bankrupt in 2023 From the failure of its biggest bank to Amazon founder Jeff Bezos’s bizarre Vogue spread, regular people this year seemed to get a glimpse into the tech elite that was weirder and more personal than ever.One note: There’s no Elon Musk on our list, as the tec...

The AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am gets serious: No Hollywood celebrities or exhibition events

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:57:43 GMT

PEBBLE BEACH — The frivolity is gone. No more Bill Murray or Ray Romano. No more wisecracks. No more celebrity exhibitions. No more clever gallery-to-player repartee, the fabric of the AT&T Pebble Beach Pro-Am for nearly 90 years since it was the Crosby Clambake.Several months after the announcement that the AT&T would become a 2024 PGA Tour Signature Event featuring only about half its usual field, no cut, only two golf courses and a $20 million purse, the tournament has detailed further drastic changes.Bing Crosby and Byron Nelson at Pebble Beach during the 1968 Crosby Pro-Am. (Monterey Herald Archives) The previous pro-am division has also been dispatched as part of the new format. Eighty pros will play three rounds at Pebble Beach Golf Links and one round at Spyglass Hill Golf Course, Feb. 1-4. The 54-hole cut has been eliminated. A field of 80 amateurs, including only a handful of pro athletes from other sports, will participate for 36 holes. Also eliminated were t...

Dungeness crab action to pick up Jan. 5

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:57:43 GMT

The California Department of Fish and Wildlife announced commercial Dungeness crab restrictions will be lifted on Jan. 5 in DFW Zones 1 and 2. Recreational anglers in those zones may use traditional crab traps as well. Zones 3 and 4, which stretch from Point Arena in the north to Point Lopez below Big Sur, are still on lockdown.Commercial crabbing for Dungeness remains closed in our area and recreational crabbers cannot use crab pots. Utilizing hoop nets, crab snares or collecting crab by hand remains legal for recreational anglers in our area. This situation will continue at least until Jan. 11, when the next scheduled CDFW risk assessment is expected. The temporary crab trap restrictions are in place due to “elevated numbers of humpback whales resulting in increased entanglement risk,” according to the DFW.Using hoop nets avoids the long-soak aspect of traditional crab traps. While both methods employ a floating buoy with line stretching to the ocean floor, the hoops must be check...

Online retailer Zulily is going into liquidation, shutting down

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:57:43 GMT

The U.S. online retailer Zulily is closing down, surprising customers and laying off hundreds of workers after efforts to salvage the business failed.The Seattle-based company said in a notice on its website that it had tried to fill all pending orders and expected to manage that within the coming two weeks. Zulily said it was trying to ensure that orders that could not be filled were cancelled and refunded and offered a contact for customers who did not get their orders or refunds.“This decision was not easy nor was it entered into lightly. However, given the challenging business environment in which Zulily operated, and the corresponding financial instability, Zulily decided to take immediate and swift action,” said the notice, signed by Ryan C. Baker, vice president at management consultant Douglas Wilson Companies, which is handling the receivership for the company.Founded in 2010 by Darrell Cavens and Mark Vadon, Zulily made a splash with products catering to families with youn...

Defense in California Costco shooting case says shooter was protecting his toddler

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:57:43 GMT

Defense attorney Michael Schwartz projected onto the courtroom screen a photo of Salvador Alejandro Sanchez carrying his 20-month-old son, Noah, in the Costco in Corona on June 14, 2019. Moments later, intellectually disabled 32-year-old Kenneth French would punch Sanchez to the floor, prompting the off-duty Los Angeles Police Department officer to fatally shoot French and wound his parents.“This is what this case is really about,” Schwartz told jurors during the second day of closing arguments of Sanchez’s trial at Larson Justice Center in Indio on Wednesday, Dec. 27. “The most vulnerable person there. A parent defending his child.”The jurors began deliberations Wednesday in the monthlong trial. They will decide whether Sanchez, 33, is guilty of voluntary manslaughter and two counts of assault with a firearm. He faces up to 33 years in prison if convicted on all counts, said the prosecutor, state Deputy Attorney General Mike Murphy.Schwartz described the confrontation as a “very fa...

Woman fatally attacked by man with sledgehammer on California college campus

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:57:43 GMT

A woman in her 60s was fatally attacked with a sledgehammer at El Camino College in Torrance on Christmas Eve, and a suspect is in custody, authorities said.The attack occurred around 7:08 a.m. on the 16000 block of Crenshaw Boulevard while the victim was collecting recyclables on campus. The victim, whose identity has not been released, was attacked by a man, the Los Angeles County Sheriff’s Department said in a Wednesday statement.LASD detectives are assisting the El Camino College Police Department in the investigation.The suspect, 40-year-old suspect Jeffery Davis, was later arrested near the campus.The victim was hospitalized and later died from her injuries on Dec. 25.At the time of his initial arrest on Dec. 24, Davis was booked at the Los Angeles County South LA detention facility on suspicion of assault with a deadly weapon and attempted murder, El Camino College Police Sgt. Francisco Esqueda said.Details on any updated charges filed against the suspect or the circumstances...

49ers would love to see Ravens in Super Bowl, but getting there will be the hard part

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:57:43 GMT

SANTA CLARA — The 49ers put the Ravens game to rest Wednesday morning, doing their usual film review with coach Kyle Shanahan in painstaking detail. If all goes according to plan, the one-sided loss won’t come anywhere near defining their season.Then they set about putting in motion a game plan against the Washington Commanders, who at 4-11 and with coach Ron Rivera having one foot out the door, could define another lost season by taking down the top seed in the NFC.The Los Angeles Rams, the hottest team in the conference, await in the regular season finale at Levi’s Stadium, but let’s not get ahead of ourselves.“We know we need to win these next two games to get where we’re trying to go,” linebacker Fred Warner said. “So ultimately it ends up being this game is everything. It doesn’t matter about winning two games if you don’t win the first one.”A 33-19 loss to Baltimore on Christmas night left a razor thin margin fo...

Real-life ‘Ratatouille’ restaurant reopens, overlooking the 2024 Olympics and reborn Notre Dame

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:57:43 GMT

PARIS (AP) — The Tour d’Argent already boasts a 320,000-bottle wine cellar, a world-famous duck recipe and a storied 441-year history. Now, the legendary Paris restaurant is about to serve up its “plat de résistance”: a front-row view of two of the biggest events of 2024 — the renaissance of Notre Dame Cathedral and the 2024 Summer Olympics.A city landmark unto itself — and an inspiration for the restaurant in the movie “Ratatouille’’ — the Tour d’Argent recently reopened after its own renovation, which preserved revered traditions while adapting to the 21st century.‘’It’s very reassuring for many customers to see that such establishments are still present in our history, and in French gastronomic history,’’ owner and CEO André Terrail told the Associated Press.The restaurant claims to be the oldest in Paris, its 1582 opening date embossed on the doors. It says King Henri IV ate heron pâté here; ‘’Sun King’’ Louis XIV hosted a meal here involving an entire cow; and presi...

Así será el tiempo para Nochevieja en México: heladas, lluvia y fuertes vientos

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:57:43 GMT

(CNN Español) – Los días de este 2023 están llegando a su fin y los pronósticos indican que en México la Nochevieja tendrá heladas, lluvias y vientos fuertes en distintas entidades.Según el pronóstico extendido a 96 horas del Servicio Meteorológico Nacional (SMN), se espera que el frente frío número 20 se extienda sobre el sureste mexicano y la Península de Yucatán, acompañado de otros fenómenos meteorológicos que provocarán un ambiente muy frío.Este frente frío se extenderá sobre el noroeste y el norte del país, con un marcado descenso de las temperaturas, fuertes rachas de viento y lluvias aisladas con posibles descargas eléctricas, según el SMN.Además, se espera que un nuevo frente frío se aproxime a la Península de Baja California el sábado y se extienda sobre la región, causando lluvias y chubascos en la entidad.A partir del domingo 31 de diciembre se prevé un escaso potencial de lluvias sobre el país.Estados afectados lluvias aisladas en Nochevieja:Baja CaliforniaTamaulipasVer...

College football postseason changes have all but ended the chances of a split national championship

Published Fri, 21 Feb 2025 14:57:43 GMT

The question seemed like a valid one moments after unbeaten ACC champion Florida State was left out of the College Football Playoff.Could the fourth-ranked Seminoles, with a victory against defending national champion and No. 6 Georgia in the Orange Bowl, be voted No. 1 in the final Associated Press Top 25 college football poll?“As a matter of principle, I’d consider ranking Florida State No. 1 regardless of whether they are in the CFP field,” said ESPN’s Rece Davis, a longtime AP Top 25 voter. “Much like the selection process itself, the exercise is who, in my judgment, is the best team.”In reality, though, the current state of college football’s postseason all but renders the conversation moot.Between players transferring or opting out to concentrate on NFL draft preparations and coaching staffs turned upside down by hirings and firings, the better question these days is how much consideration should poll voters give to postseason games outside the CFP at a...