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By Kevin Smith | 1 week, 2 days ago ACLU, EFF appeal county judge’s decision to protect police license plate reader data The Electronic Frontier Foundation and the ACLU of Southern California filed an appeal this week challenging a Los Angeles Superior Court judge’s ruling that blocked the release of a week’s worth of license plate data collected by the LA... By Jason Henry | 2 weeks ago Virtual reality technology Sheriff’s use high-tech virtual training to enhance skills Text messaging Snapchat launches shared live feed ‘Our Campus Story’ at USC, UCLA Technology Facebook creates tool to communicate with family in natural disasters MOST RECENT STORIES Green vehicle technology Officials see 3.3 million zero emission vehicles on road by 2025 Officials from eight states say the United States is on track to have 3.3 millions zero emission vehicles on the road by 2025. That will include 1.5 million in California alone. “We are glad Americans are embracing the electric car,” said Commissioner David Cash with the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection. Cash was at the Diamond Bar headquarters of the Air Quality Management Board for a meeting Thursday with the multi-state electric vehicle task... Richard Irwin | 1 week, 1 day ago Medical devices New heart device implanted into La Puente man LOS ANGELES >> Keck Medicine of the University of Southern California announced today it was the first medical center in Southern California to implant a new wireless device for heart failure patients following FDA approval. The CardioMEMS Heart Failure System, which is designed to reduce hospital readmissions for heart failure, was implanted into 71-year-old Alfredo Delatorre of La Puente on Wednesday by Dr. David Shavelle, an associate professor of clinical medicine at the Keck... By City News Service | 1 week, 4 days ago Road safety Distracted driving worsens with voice-activated dashboard, smartphones WASHINGTON >> Just because you can talk to your car doesn’t mean you should. Two new studies have found that voice-activated smartphones and dashboard infotainment systems may be making the distracted-driving problem worse instead of better. The systems let drivers do things like tune the radio, send a text message, or make a phone call while keeping their eyes on the road and their hands on the wheel, but many of these systems are so error-prone or complex that they... By Joan Lowy The Associated Press | 3 weeks, 4 days ago Technology Los Angeles’ high-tech industry going strong, says Mayor Eric Garcetti at Innovation Week Los Angeles has emerged as the leading city for high-tech employment, outpacing other strong high-tech regions such as Silicon Valley, according to local economists. The city’s high-tech industries are responsible for creating 9 percent of all jobs in L.A. County, adding more than $108 billion to the region’s economy and paying more than $21 million in taxes, according to a report released Monday by the county Economic Development Corp. “Los... Rick Orlov | 3 weeks, 4 days ago Military technology Navy: Self-guided unmanned patrol boats make debut NORFOLK, Va. >> Self-guided unmanned patrol boats that can leave warships they’re protecting and swarm and attack potential threats on the water could join the Navy’s fleet within a year, defense officials say, adding the new technology could one day help stop attacks like the deadly 2000 bombing of the USS Cole off Yemen. The Arlington-based Office of Naval Research demonstrated the autonomous swarm boat technology over two weeks in August on the James River near... By Brock Vergakis The Associated Press | 3 weeks, 6 days ago Law enforcement technology Law enforcement agencies turn to technology to ease distractions Recognizing that technology can be both a blessing and a curse, some area law enforcement agencies have taken steps to make their internal patrol car systems — which can be deadly distractions on the road — safer and easier to use. For example, the California Highway Patrol has integrated its patrol vehicles’ radio and light controls with in-car computer functions, said Officer Leland Tang. By the end of 2012, all CHP... Brenda Gazzar | 3 weeks, 6 days ago Computer crime JPMorgan Chase says data breach affects 83 million banking and investment customers LOS ANGELES — A huge cyberattack against JPMorgan Chase & Co. this summer has compromised customer information for about 76 million households and 7 million small businesses, the bank said Thursday. The New York-based bank said that names, addresses, phone numbers and email addresses of customers were stolen from the company’s servers but only Chase customers who use certain websites or mobile apps were affected. Those websites were Chase.com, JPMorganOnline,... ALEX VEIGA AP Business Writer | 4 weeks, 1 day ago Nation and World Texting apps required gear for Hong Kong protests HONG KONG >> Just as protesters in Egypt depended on Twitter three years ago, the latest digital tools have become required gear for tens of thousands of people demanding democratic reforms on the streets of Hong Kong. Many of the demonstrators are glued to the smartphone app FireChat, which lets them communicate even if cellphone networks jam or go down. The protesters just have to turn on their Bluetooth connections within 70 meters (230 feet) from anyone else using the app to... By Wendy Tang The Associated Press | on 10/02/2014 Corporate news EBay to split off lucrative PayPal business NEW YORK >> EBay is splitting off its fastest growing segment, payment service PayPal, the e-commerce company said Tuesday. Investors applauded the news, sending eBay’s shares up nearly 7 percent in morning trading. The move comes after months of pressure from activist investor and billionaire Carl Icahn, who has a 2.5 percent state in eBay, according to FactSet. EBay CEO John Donahoe had been adamant that splitting off PayPal was the wrong move for the company. But... By Mae Anderson The Associated Press | on 09/30/2014 Higher education Study: College students addicted to cellphones Maryam Dadi spends about four to six hours a day on her cellphone, mostly texting with friends and family, or looking at Facebook and Instagram. “I wouldn’t say I have a phone addiction, but I’d say it’s pretty hard to live without,” said the second-year Cal Poly Pomona student. The rough estimate of her daily time using the phone falls well-below what a typical woman in college spends interacting with the staple of modern life, according to... Josh Dulaney | on 09/29/2014 More Stories The San Gabriel Valley Tribune: BLOGS ‹ › MOST POPULAR Day Week News Sports Biz A&E Email Life Pomona SWAT officer being shot while serving warrant in San Gabriel Community grieves loss of Pomona officer Whittier man turns self in following fatal Montebello hit-and-run Who was Tuan Nguyen? 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