Roy Price has filed his resignation at Amazon Studios. The studio bosses were already inactive after allegations of sexual harassment by a producer. The wife, Isa Hackett, told The Hollywood Reporter that Price had approached her in 2015.
The California fire department seems to be slowing down the tremendous natural fires north of San Francisco. The fire has already killed 40 people in the past week and hundreds of people are still missing.
The number of deaths caused by natural fires in the wine-growing region north of San Francisco in the US state of California has risen to 38.
The fire brigade, helped by improved weather conditions, has made progress on Friday's fight against natural fires in California, the deadliest in the history of the US state. Rescue workers who search for trawls with detective ruins have so far kept the physical remains of 35 people.
The devastating forest fires in California have cost the life of the elderly couple Charles (100) and Sara Rippey (99). By the fast-paced flaming sea in Napa, the couple who had been together for 90 years did not get out of time.
Quickly catching natural fires in northern California cause many residents to flee. The fires threaten, among other things, the well-known wine regions around Napa and Sonoma Vally. Hundreds of firemen are in a row to prevent thousands of homes from entering flames. The governor of the state, Jerry Brown, declared the state of emergency on Monday.
US Vice President Mike Pence and his wife went out of protest on Sunday at the match between Indianapolis Colts and San Francisco 49ers in the NFL. They decided to leave the Colts Stadium because some players of the visiting team kneeled during the American Anthem. Several NFL players have been doing this for several months as a protest against police violence against especially black Americans.
Twitter, traditionally known for its 140-character message, is breaking this tradition. The maximum length is doubled to 280 characters. It starts with a small scale test, but it is meant that in a while anyone can make use of it.
It must be an honor for every American athlete: visiting the White House after obtaining a title. But President Trump now closes the door for athletes who fetch his nose for him, such as striker Stephen Curry of champion Golden State Warriors.
Airbnb is planning a new market. It is now possible to reserve tables in restaurants through the platform. First, only in the United States, at about 650 establishments in New York, Los Angeles and San Francisco, but later this year, also in other countries.
Twitter has already closed nearly 300,000 accounts this year because of propagation of terrorism. These are accounts that encourage violence. In most cases, the accounts are linked to organizations considered terrorist by the international community.
Microsoft will host an event surrounding Windows Mixed Reality on October 3rd. It is not yet clear what is going to happen in San Francisco, but according to The Verge there is no presentation of the new HoloLens.
Three former Google employees have charged their former employer for discrimination on pay and promotion. They went to court in San Francisco with their complaint.
The US Supreme Court has given permission to President Donald Trump on Tuesday to implement his planned entry ban for refugees.
TomTom works with Sony for a pilot for cycling. Initially, it was tested in the vicinity of San Francisco.
A legal battle about 'apenselfies' has ended with a settlement. PETA Animal Rights Organization announced a lawsuit against British nature photographer David J. Slater.
The US Supreme Court ruled on Monday that President Donald Trump hopes his infamous ban on entry for thousands of refugees will continue.
The US Department of Justice has asked the Supreme Court in an urgent procedure for a ruling on President Trump's infamous entry ban. The judiciary wants a ruling on a decision in appeal of a court of law.
Through accounts that were probably maintained from Russia, thousands of political ads were distributed on Facebook during the US presidential elections last year. Facebook has announced that Wednesday.
The cloth has fallen for Juicero, the creator of a smart juice press, which has symbolized the sometimes useless hypothesis of Silicon Valley. The sale has been suspended, customers can recover their money. Juicero had already fired in July and announced other measures to rescue the company, but it did not work.
The Russian President Vladimir Putin goes on to command the United States to bring the judge to justice. The reason is the relaunch of the forced closure of Russian diplomatic posts.
Russia called the second highest American diplomat in the country on Saturday. Moscow protests against the planned search of the Russian trade mission in Washington, the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Moscow reported in a statement.
There was a big black smoke from the chimney of the Russian Consulate in San Francisco on Friday. The smoke development was so strong that the fire brigade was taking pile height.
Russia has announced to respond firmly to the latest US diplomatic penalties. 'We are going to respond hard to things that damage us,' said Minister Sergej Lavrov (Foreign Affairs), who spoke Russian students.
Russia must close its consulate in the US city of San Francisco. Also Russian dependances in Washington and New York should be closed, the US Department of Foreign Affairs announced.
The Ionic, the first smartwatch of Fitbit, has to make the wearables maker again the market leader. Fitbit lost its position to Apple and has Chinese Xiaomi. The Ionic is on sale on Fitbit's website on Monday and has to cost 349 euros.
Uber has a good quarter behind. The taxi app saw sales increase and managed to reduce the loss.
Nestlé got it with Atari because of a kit cat advertisement in which gamers play a computer game that resembles Atari's Breakout very much. According to Atari, Nestlé is abusing the nostalgic image that hangs around Atari, reports the BBC.
The first Essential smartphone can be ordered. This means that the PH-1 is likely to be delivered sooner than planned. An exact date is not yet known.
After Spotify's streaming service, competitor Deezer will also remove music from racist bands. It searches its entire catalog for discrimination and removes numbers with racial hatred. That reports Digital Music News and Engadget.
