At AutoMobility LA (the fancy name for the LA Auto Show), Volvo won’t have any cars at its stand. Zero. Zilch. Nada. Instead, folks will be greeted with a sign that states: “This Is Not A Car.”Uh ok.Mårten Levenstam, head of product strategy at Volvo Cars said the bold statement is “to showcase the big…

Sometimes it’s the simplest updates that can have the most impact. Case in point: Netflix has updated its iOS app with new controls that should help you get to what you

Once again, there has been a bombshell report about Facebook and once again, execs are doing the rounds on cable news. This time instead of Sheryl Sandberg, it’s CEO Mark Zuckerberg, and his tone in a CNN Business interview was not nearly as apologetic as we saw the company earlier this year after news broke…

Google workers protesting outside the company’s London office on Nov. 1.TOLGA AKMEN/Getty ImagesIn recent weeks, at least five big tech companies have revised their policies for handling sexual-harassment complaints, saying they will no longer force employees to submit those claims to arbitration, a process that tends to favor employers.But many of the new policies come…

Choppers lose power when it gets hot: Higher temperatures expand the air, reducing the number of oxygen molecules feeding the combustion engine. A reduced concentration of air molecules also reduces the rotors’ ability to create lift and keep the aircraft aloft.Genaro Molina/LA Times/Getty ImagesOver the past 10 days, the Woolsey Fire has burned nearly 100,000…

Instagram Monday said it would again crack down on users who pursue “inauthentic activity” to boost an account’s popularity. Within hours, BlackHatWorld, a forum popular with self-proclaimed “black hat” social media marketers, was in crisis.In a section of the forum usually reserved for sharing the best deals on obtaining fake Instagram followers, concerned users started…