Honor demonstrated how eye-tracking technology in a smartphone can be used to control a car.honorBARCELONA – Chinese company Honor on Sunday showcased technology that allows the user to control the car using only their eyes.The company's Magic 6 Pro was launched globally on Sunday at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Spain. As part of its press conference, Honor showed off the smartphone's eye-tracking technology. The phone uses selfie cameras and artificial intelligence to track where your eyes look on the screen.One of the demos included a car control app. The app has four commands – start engine, stop engine,…
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Warren Buffett, Chairman and CEO of Berkshire HathawayLacey O'Toole | CNBCBerkshire HathawayAmazon CEO Warren Buffett said his sprawling conglomerate may only marginally outperform the average U.S. company because of its sheer size and lack of buying opportunities that could make an impact.The Omaha-based giant — owner of everything from BNSF Railway to Dairy Queen and 6% of Apple — has the largest net worth ever recorded by any U.S. company, and now stands at 6% of all companies on the index. S&P 500. Buffett said in his annual letter issued on Saturday.“There are only a few companies in this country…
Nikki Haley, former South Carolina governor, has reached a decision point after losing the New Hampshire Republican primary last January. She could follow the path of Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Democratic presidential nominee who easily succumbed to the party's eventual nominee in 2020. Or she could follow the path of Sen. Bernie Sanders, the Democratic presidential nominee who ran against him. The party's nominee for several months in 2016, bruising her, depleting her resources and fatefully damaging her standing with the party's base. Which one will Hailey choose?It resonated in New Hampshire, where it delivered a complex message in a…
California Gov. Gavin Newsom on Sunday unveiled a multi-state ad campaign to combat proposals in several Republican-controlled states that he said aim to ban out-of-state travel for abortions and related medications.The six-figure ad campaign and online petition effort are scheduled to launch Monday, starting with a TV ad targeting a bill under consideration in Tennessee. There, eight male Republican state legislators are the primary sponsors of bills that would create a criminal offense of “abortion trafficking,” making it a crime for adults to help minors obtain abortions or medications to end early pregnancies without the consent of parents or legal…
Good morning, and welcome to the Essential California newsletter. It's Sunday, February 25th. I'm Andrew J. Kamba, your host. Here's what you need to know to start your weekend: the news Start your day right Sign up for Essential California to get news, features and recommendations from the LA Times and beyond in your inbox six days a week. Enter your email address Involve me You may occasionally receive promotional content from the Los Angeles Times. Dodger Stadium gondola project scores early victory The Los Angeles Dodgers opened spring training on a sunny Thursday afternoon in Peoria, Arizona.Fans gathered to…
When the pandemic began in early 2020, no one seemed more vulnerable than people without permanent shelter. At the time, public health experts warned that thousands of homeless people in California could be hospitalized or killed by the highly contagious new coronavirus.State officials launched Project Roomkey in April 2020 to protect homeless people considered high-risk — because they are over 65 or medically fragile — by moving them off the street and into empty motel and hotel rooms. This massive operation to provide safe shelter for tens of thousands of people would not have happened without FEMA's commitment to reimburse…
Man holding paper grocery bag looks surprised and upset with receipt from supermarket with high prices on background of escalator with customers in shopping mall. Elena Perova | iStock | Getty ImagesBefore the holiday season, Walmart There was encouraging news for inflation-weary shoppers: prices for food and other basic goods were falling rather than rising. The retail giant said that if the trend continues, it will soon face deflation in some key household categories, which will be a welcome sight for consumers emerging from the worst price increases in decades.But the retail giant pulled back this week, saying price hikes…
Now we know what the real Russian hoax looks like: much like the faltering effort by House Republicans to impeach President Biden.The GOP's current adventure — which was always doomed to fail — was seriously undermined in federal court last month. Opinion columnist Robin Abkarian Republicans thought they had smoking gun, a claim from a long-trusted FBI informant that Biden and his son Hunter secretly accepted millions of dollars from the Ukrainian natural gas company Burisma. Unfortunately for Planet MAGA — including House Oversight Committee Chairman James Comer of Kentucky, impeachment author Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene of Georgia, Rep. Jim…
Most sneakerheads wouldn't think twice about waiting hours in line to be the first to get their hands on the Air Jordan 4 BRED Reimagineds — which retail for $200, but can resell for twice that on the collector's market.Some write computer code to snap up pairs of limited-edition Jordans and other coveted Nike shoes as soon as they go on sale online.Then there are those who are suspected of going to greater lengths to obtain exclusive kicks. Los Angeles police are investigating a theft ring that allegedly stole millions of dollars worth of shoes in an elaborate scheme that…
It is difficult for some Californians — perhaps many — to wrap their heads around the idea that the homelessness we see on our streets has anything to do with slavery. We are California, after all, a supposedly “free” state. We like to think of ourselves as apart from the ideology and brutality that built the South, even though slavery was common during the Gold Rush era, affecting not only blacks but also Latinos and indigenous communities. But researchers at UCSF Benioff's prestigious Homelessness and Housing Initiative have no doubt that the historic trafficking of 12 million black people to…