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Netflix buys its first game studio with purchase of Night School

Netflix Inc., which has made video games a priority for expansion, acquired its first game developer with the purchase of Night School Studio.
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COMPTON, CA - MAY 09: Cappuccino is served at Patria Coffee in Compton. The Black-owned shop, pre-pandemic, hosted community events. The pandemic drastically changed coffee shop culture in Los Angeles. Photographed at Patria on Sunday, May 9, 2021 in Compton, CA. (Myung J. Chun / Los Angeles Times)

A jack in the price of joe: Why your morning cup of coffee could cost more soon

A truck drives down a rural road near a water tower marking the location of the Memphis Regional Megasite on Sept. 24, 2021, in Stanton, Tenn. Ford Motor Co. and SK Innovation of South Korea plan to build three new electric-vehicle battery factories and an auto assembly plant by 2025 in Tennessee and Kentucky. The industrial site in Stanton will be the location for a factory to produce electric F-Series pickups and a battery factory. (AP Photo/Mark Humphrey)

Ford to add 10,800 jobs making electric vehicles, batteries

Irvine, CA - July 28: Several hundred Activision Blizzard employees stage a walkout which they say is in a response from company leadership to a lawsuit highlighting alleged harassment, inequality, and more within the company outside the gate at Activision Blizzard headquarters on Wednesday, July 28, 2021 in Irvine, CA. (Allen J. Schaben / Los Angeles Times)

Activision agrees to pay harassment victims in face of EEOC suit

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The Instagram app is displayed on a computer on Friday, Aug. 23, 2019, in New York. Attorneys general from across the U.S. have written to Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg urging him to drop company plans for a version of Instagram for children under the age of 13. In a statement Monday, May 10, 2021, Facebook said it's just exploring Instagram for kids and would make every effort to protect children and would not show advertising on such a platform. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane)

Instagram hits pause on kids’ version amid outcry over leaked research

LOS ANGELES, CA -- APRIL 21: Southwest Airlines ticketing kiosk and counters are vacant as the coronavirus outbreak has brought passenger traffic to a near halt with travel down 95% at LosAngeles International Airport, the nation's second busiest, on Tuesday, April 21, 2020, in Los Angeles, CA. (Gary Coronado / Los Angeles Times)

Nicholas Goldberg: Airports to passengers: Do it yourself

The dashboard of the Tesla Model S P90D. The driver of a Tesla sedan who died in a 2016 crash while using Autopilot relied too much on the car's technology, and sensing a driver's hands on the wheel is not an effective way to tell whether the driver is paying attention, a federal safety panel has indicated. (Chris Walker/Chicago Tribune/TNS) ** OUTS - ELSENT, FPG, TCN - OUTS **

Tesla to expand self-driving software test — but only to drivers it deems worthy

LOS ANGELES, CA - JULY 12: DC Power lines in the North San Fernando Valley near the Sylmar Converter Station, a piece of power grid infrastructure operated by LADWP threatened by Oregon wildfires that almost caused the lights to go out in California on Friday night. The Sylmar Converter Station is the terminus of the Pacific DC Intertie, a giant power line that runs from the Columbia River to Southern California and one of two lines that was affected by the wildfire. The Pacific DC Intertie capacity is enough to serve two to three million Los Angeles households and represents almost half of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power (LADWP) electrical system's peak capacity. Sylmar on Monday, July 12, 2021 in Los Angeles, CA. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times).

Column: How you pay for electricity is changing. Here’s what you need to know

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San Diego, CA - September 24: A finished granny flat in North Park on Friday, Sept. 24, 2021 in San Diego, CA. (Jarrod Valliere / The San Diego Union-Tribune)

Outcry over granny flat construction in San Diego prompts rule change proposals

The nearly 11,000-square-foot home includes a movie theater under a mural of clouds and a game room with NFL-themed carpet.

Emmitt Smith offers up Dallas mansion and private dinner for $2.2 million

The split-level home takes in views of the Bay and Golden Gate Bridge through walls of windows.

Carlos Santana sells Tiburon home of 14 years for $5.53 million

EL MONTE, CA - MARCH 29: Ian Jameson (center) of El Monte organized a group of tenant rights activists and assembled at the El Monte City Hall to demand that the El Monte City Council pass an eviction moratorium barring all evictions during the coronavirus pandemic on Sunday, March 29, 2020 in El Monte, CA. (Jason Armond / Los Angeles Times)

Many renters to get help when California eviction protections end this week

Built in the 1950s, the traditional-style spot holds four bedrooms, six bathrooms and a media room with cheetah-print carpet.

Rams receiver DeSean Jackson gets more than he asked for Tarzana home

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LOS ANGELES, CA - OCTOBER 16, 2019 Photo of the Broadcast Center Building on the CBS Studios Center in Studio City on October 16, 2019 for a package of stories about CBS' television stations. The stations, KCBS Channel 2 and KCAL Channel 9, are housed on the lot. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

CBS hires general manager for KCBS, KCAL in Los Angeles

CBS has shaken up its TV stations leadership since an L.A. Times investigation uncovered allegations of racism, misogyny and misconduct.

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Soon-Shiong, MD. met with the staff of the Los Angeles Time Monday, June 18, 2018 to announce his role of Executive Chairman for The Times and the California News Group. It was the first major move by Dr. Patrick Soon-Shiong, who completed his $500-million purchase of The Times, San Diego Union-Tribune, Spanish-language Hoy and several community papers from Chicago newspaper company Tronc. At his side were Norman Pearlstine named as Executive Editor and Chris Argentieri, who will become chief operating officer of the California Times, the new corporate moniker for the group of publications. (Al Seib / Los Angeles Times)

L.A. Times owner plans South Africa vaccine plant

NantWorks LLC, a company run by biotech entrepreneur and Times owner Patrick Soon-Shiong, has agreed to invest in a manufacturing complex in South Africa focused on vaccines.

Citing religious beliefs to avoid the COVID-19 vaccine could cost you your job

Biden bets on rapid COVID tests, but they can be hard to find

California’s job growth tripled the nation’s, even as the Delta variant spread

‘Our patience is wearing thin’: Biden extends vaccine mandates as COVID toll rises

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FILE - This Aug. 11, 2019 file photo shows Visa credit cards in New Orleans. U.S. consumers increased their borrowing in September 2020, helped by the first gain in the category that covers credit cards in seven months. The Federal Reserve Reserve reported that total borrowing rose by $16.2 billion in September, rebounding after a drop of $6.9 billion in August. (AP Photo/Jenny Kane, File)

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Why you need a credit score even if you don’t like debt

Dear Liz: As I counsel my teenage kids about their personal finances, I am wondering if they can live without a credit score.

File-This Thursday, June 6, 2019, photo shows the U.S. Treasury Department building at dusk, in Washington. The Treasury Department is projecting government borrowing of $947 billion in the current July-September period, which would be a record for the quarter but down from the all-time high of $2.75 trillion in this year's second quarter. Treasury officials announced Monday, Aug. 3, 2020, that the government also plans to borrow $1.22 trillion in the October-December period. (AP Photo/Patrick Semansky, File)

What will happen if Congress doesn’t raise the federal debt limit?

LOS ANGELES, CA, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 3, 2015 - Aerial views of the greater Los Angeles area, above Valencia. A vertical city may tempt people from the suburbs who no longer have the dream of a single family home. (Robert Gauthier/Los Angeles Times)

What just happened with single-family zoning in California?

Illustration by Juliette Toma for the Times. For a story about being a sound designer/technician. Part of a series of stories about how to make it in Hollywood.

Explaining Hollywood: How to get a job in sound design

FILE- In this May 17, 2018, file photo, new graduates line up before the start of the Bergen Community College commencement at MetLife Stadium in East Rutherford, N.J. In high school, students hear that they should earn a college degree to have a well-paying, successful career. But student debt isn’t good when your degree doesn’t lead to a job that earns enough to repay it. (AP Photo/Seth Wenig, File)

How a 529 plan can help with education loans after graduation

House-hunting? How to learn the wildfire risk of every L.A. neighborhood

Explaining Hollywood: How to get a job as a publicist

Expanded unemployment benefits are ending. Here’s where else to find help

What are those annoying website popups about cookies? And what should you do about them?

FILE - In this Feb. 20, 2019, file photo photo shows credit cards in Zelienople, Pa. Exploring what different institutions have to offer in terms of credit card products can unveil a broad list of benefits. Those can include better rewards, additional side perks, more generous introductory offers, lower interest rates and higher credit limits. (AP Photo/Keith Srakocic, File)

How a card switch affects your credit score

Illustration shows an influencer in a fuzzy white top live streaming using her phone

Want to be a social media influencer? Here are some tips for getting started

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Retiring early doesn’t mean losing affordable health insurance

FILE - This Wednesday, Oct. 14, 2015, file photo shows a T-Mobile store in New York. A federal indictment accuses Huawei of stealing trade secrets from T-Mobile, in the form of a robot designed to automatically test phones for problems. (AP Photo/Richard Drew, File)

Hackers steal even more Social Security numbers. How should you protect yourself?

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How COVID-19 changed Pico Boulevard: Take a ride with us

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