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Riot Games Commits $10M To Minority Owned Game Studio Investments

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Los Angeles-based Riot Games is looking to help patch up rocky race relationships in the United States, saying over the weekend that it will invest $10M in minority-owned game studios, in addition to providing $1M to the Innocence Project and the ACLU (American Civil Liberties Union), via is Social Impact Fund.

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LA Man Arrested After Man Killed In Kansas From Call of Duty 'Swatting' Incident

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A South Central Los Angeles man has been arrested on suspicion of triggering a "swatting" hoax in Kansas, which resulted in the death of an innocent bystander , killed by police who responded to a hoax 911 call. The call was apparently the result of a spat between two Call of Duty videogamers.

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Former Guns N' Roses Drummer Creates Cryptocurrency Startup, Artbit

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The former drummer of Guns N' Roses, Matt Sorum, has create a brand new, Los Angeles cryptocurrenc startup-- Artbit , which says it will offer up compensation to up-and-coming artists from their fans.

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DreamHost Gets Win In Anti-Trump Website Fight

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Los Angeles-based web hosting provider DreamHost has scored a big win in its battle to keep information on visitors to the anti-Trump website disruptj20.org org out of the hands of the Department of Justice.

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Micromobility in limbo: Takeaways from Paris and LA

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We decided to take a look at two cities that were at the forefront of the e-scooter revolution – Los Angeles and Paris. Los Angeles: City of Autos. A shared scooter parked on a sidewalk in Koreatown, a neighborhood in central Los Angeles, on December 29, 2022. Paris is so dense and has a great metro.

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Mojix Names CTO

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Los Angeles-based Mojix , a developer of RFID technology, said today that it has promoted Dr. Christopher R. Mojix is venture backed by Oak Investment Partners, Red Rock Ventures and InnoCal Venture Capital. Jones as its new Chief Technology Officer. Jones also served at Broadcom. READ MORE>>.

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Mojix Signs Middle Eastern Reseller

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Los Angeles-based Mojix , the developer of radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, said over the weekend that it has signed a partnership with a reseller to provide its products in the Middle East. Mojix is venture backed by Oak Investment Partners, Red Rock Ventures, and InnoCal Venture Capital. READ MORE>>.

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