INDUSTRIES
Los Angeles-based Fika Ventures, a B2B-focused early-stage fund, has announced the close of its $160-million Fund IV.
Sept. 12, 2024
California
The Department of Justice sues real estate tech company RealPage, alleging its software enables landlords to hike rents higher than they otherwise could.
Aug. 23, 2024
Opinion
As a civil rights activist, at his Los Angeles church and in his practice of nonviolence, James Lawson changed history. But his most important role was teacher.
June 16, 2024
San Francisco is looking to ban the use of property management software from companies such as RealPage that critics allege is used to artificially raise rents.
Aug. 1, 2024
A UCLA professor says James Lawson’s devotion to Gandhi’s teachings on nonviolence and love shaped his life of activism.
June 15, 2024
World & Nation
A tech outage grounded flights, knocked banks offline and media outlets off air in a disruption that highlighted dependence on software from a handful of providers.
July 19, 2024
Obituaries
Lawson was recruited by the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. Lawson spent decades in Los Angeles working as a pastor, labor movement organizer and professor.
June 10, 2024
Business
Fisker issued a recall for some 11,000 Ocean SUVs over malfunctioning software that could cause a power loss. It’s the latest issue for the EV startup’s only model.
June 12, 2024
Updates
Manhattan Beach private equity firm K1 signed an agreement with European software firm Nemetschek Group to acquire GoCanvas in a deal valued in excess of $750 million.
June 6, 2024
Tesla has settled a lawsuit brought by the family of a Silicon Valley engineer who died in a crash while relying on the company’s semi-autonomous driving software.
April 9, 2024