A white Oklahoma City TV station anchor has tearfully apologized to her black colleague for comparing him to a gorilla during a broadcast last week. KOCO-TV morning anchor Alex Housden finished a segment Thursday about a gorilla at the Oklahoma City Zoo by comparing the animal to co-anchor Jason Hackett. “Kind of looks like you,” Read more about TV anchor makes tearful apology after comparing black colleague to gorilla[…]

Google is cracking down on political speech among its workforce amid a widespread backlash from lawmakers, activist groups and its own employees over a host of issues. The Mountain View, Calif., company is well known for having fostered a very open environment in which its army of workers is encouraged to communicate, disagree and share Read more about Google wants employees to stop talking politics at work[…]

President Trump on Tuesday took a swipe at three GOP politicians — dubbed the “Three Stooges” — who are contemplating running against him in a presidential primary. Trump didn’t mention any of his potential challengers by name, in a pair of tweets issued Tuesday night, but instead gave them derogatory nicknames as he does with Read more about Trump mocks ‘Three Stooges’ considering running against him in GOP primary[…]

Click:florist wholesale online SANTA ANA, Calif. — Authorities say a 23-year-old woman has been charged with attempted murder for allegedly trying to push a high school cross-country runner off a bridge in Southern California. The Orange County Sheriff’s Department said the boy’s teammates were able to fight off the woman after she assaulted two of Read more about Woman charged with trying to throw boy off California bridge[…]

Early Facebook backer Founders Fund has sold all of its holdings in the social media giant as part of a previously established trading plan by the venture capital firm’s partner, Peter Thiel, according to a regulatory filing from late Monday. The filing showed Thiel, a board member at Facebook, now owns just 63,550 Class A Read more about Peter Thiel’s venture capital fund has sold all its Facebook shares[…]

Director Ron Howard and producer Brian Grazer hired former Time Inc. Chief Executive Rich Battista to head their production powerhouse, Imagine Entertainment — despite his stormy tenure in the world of magazine publishing. In announcing Battista’s new CEO role, the production company behind such hit movies as “A Beautiful Mind” and “Apollo 13” lauded his Read more about Ron Howard’s production company picks up print vet Rich Battista[…]

Faster, pricier, sandier: This week was an exercise in seeing how far the people building and driving vehicles might go. We took close looks at the new Bugatti Centodieci, we climbed aboard the all-electric VW dune buggy, and we examined what it takes to build the ultimate TV-friendly obstacle course for cars (and their daredevil Read more about A Bank-Busting Bugatti, VW’s EV Dune Buggy, and More Car News[…]

In February, an artificial intelligence lab cofounded by Elon Musk informed the world that its latest breakthrough was too risky to release to the public. OpenAI claimed it had made language software so fluent at generating text that it might be adapted to crank out fake news or spam. Thursday, two recent masters graduates in Read more about OpenAI Said Its Code Was Risky. Two Grads Recreated It Anyway[…]

First, it was the #AmazonCoat. Then it was the #AmazonLeggings, followed by the #AmazonBathingSuit. Now the #AmazonNightgown — a billowy, boho dress that retails for under $30 — has taken Instagram and New York City by storm. “The name cracks me up, but I am a huge fan,” said 28-year-old Katie Kennedy, who bought the light-blue Read more about The $30 ‘Amazon Nightgown’ dress that everyone is obsessed with[…]

Is any one minding the store at City Hall? Not based on charges last week by two former city investigators that the city repeatedly fails to oversee contractors — sometimes with dangerous results. see also NYC cyclists want de Blasio off 2020 campaign trail Mayor Bill de Blasio should stop running for president and… Click Read more about If Blas\u2019 staffers aren\u2019t even supervising city work, what are they doing?[…]