Urban sketching movement turns sidewalks into studios around the world – CBS News Watch CBS News Flash mobs started as a playful social experiment in the early 2000s. A new movement sweeping the globe is urban sketching, like a flash mob with pencils. Itay Hod has the story. Source link
An abrupt decision by American artificial intelligence firm Anthropic to restrict service to Chinese-owned entities anywhere in the world has cast uncertainty over some Claude-dependent overseas tools backed by China’s tech giants. After Anthropic’s notice on Friday that it would upgrade access restrictions to entities “more than 50 per cent owned … by companies headquartered…
A federal jury has ordered Google to pay $425.7 million for improperly snooping on people’s smartphones during a nearly decade-long period of intrusions. The verdict reached Wednesday in San Francisco federal court followed a more than two-week trial in a class-action case covering about 98 million smartphones operating in the United States between July 1,…
A federal appeals court on Friday blocked the Trump administration’s plans to end protections for 600,000 people from Venezuela who have had permission to live and work in the United States. A three-judge panel of the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in California upheld a lower court ruling that maintained temporary protected status, or…
Even before its official launch on August 8, The Happy Crane in San Francisco was touted by local media as the city’s biggest restaurant opening of the year. Expectations are high, but chef-owner James Yeun Leong Parry is grateful for the support. “I am proud to even have this opportunity, and excited that there are…
Bay FC, the professional women’s soccer team, set an attendance record for the National Women’s Soccer League on Saturday with a sellout crowd of 40,091 for its 3-2 loss to the Washington Spirit at Oracle Park. The San Francisco crowd surpassed the previous record of 35,038 for a single NWSL match set on June 8,…
The plans of three overseas airlines to resume or expand services for their US and Middle East routes to Hong Kong reaffirm its aviation hub status despite geopolitical challenges, analysts have said, as the number of carriers flying to the city exceeded pre-pandemic levels. The experts also said they expected Cathay Pacific Airways, the city’s…
Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange during afternoon trading on August 1, 2025 in New York City. Michael M. Santiago | Getty Images Stock futures are near flat Tuesday night as investors analyzed the latest batch of corporate earnings. Dow Jones Industrial Average futures fell 19 points, or 0.1%. S&P…
Four California counties have settled a lawsuit with clothing retailer Shein for a total of $700,000 after taking legal action against the company for late deliveries and failing to inform shoppers about delays, according to early-July reporting from the San Francisco Chronicle. What’s happening? The suit, filed by prosecutors from Napa, Sonoma, San Francisco, and…
SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. – Andrew Garfield and Jason Schwartzman were among multiple celebrities seen filming around the city of San Francisco, shooting what TMZ confirms is a movie based on the life of OpenAI CEO Sam Altman. City streets turned into movie sets The celebrities were spotted at Dolores Park, the Fillmore district, and in…