By Elise Gaines OMAHA Neb.—A California jury on March 25 found Meta and YouTube liable for designing their platforms to be addictive for a young woman who began using them as a child, awarding $6 million in damages — the first time a jury has held tech companies accountable for addictive platform design. Both companies plan to
By Ella Alberts OMAHA, Neb. — Omaha police and banking industry professionals are warning financial institutions about ATM “jackpotting” attacks, a method of theft that allows criminals to force machines to dispense large amounts of cash. Jackpotting allows criminals to essentially clear through bank accounts in a matter of seconds, directly impacting the banking facility. While the tactic has been documented
They say no one wins when the family feuds. Maybe not, but the bestseller lists, box office, and streaming would like a word. Anything that makes us yell, “mommy, daddy, don’t!” with our faces only partially covered and a grin on our lips, has a good chance of winning us over. There’s the vitriolic fallout
By Jacob Lesley The NCAA Men’s Final Four is known as the pinnacle of college basketball, but for aspiring journalists, it also serves as a launching pad into the professional sports media world. At this year’s Final Four in Indianapolis, student reporters gained firsthand experience through the ‘Full Court Press’ writing seminar, hosted by the U.S. Basketball
In the wake of shows like “Succession,” “Industry,” and “Billions,” it makes sense for the big cable networks to continue mining data for novel ways to explore the absurdity and nihilism of today’s tech-fueled apocalypse. It’s an environment writer Jonathan Glatzer is certainly familiar with, having cut his teeth on “Succession” and “Better Call Saul,”
There comes a moment about halfway through Sam and David Cutler-Kreutz’s “Trapped” where you kind of wish it would end. This is not meant as a criticism, but a natural response when watching the film. Our protagonist, Joaquin (Javier Molina), is forced into a situation that tests his pride and humility, but he just might
With the “Star Wars” galaxy now under the leadership of Lucasfilm president and former animator Dave Filoni, it’s only fitting that his era’s first output is an animated series that he created about a legacy fan-favorite character. That, of course, being Darth Maul, the thorn-riddled, red-and-black former Sith Lord (voiced by Sam Witwer) whose cutting
Jon Hamm’s impressively varied and prolific career outside of “Mad Men” has leaned heavily into roles where he’s enforcing the law, breaking it, or doing both at once. Whether Hamm is playing FBI agents in “The Town,” “Bad Times at the El Royale” and “Richard Jewell,” a police chief in “Maggie Moore(s),” criminals in “Baby
By Chase Zagurski OMAHA Neb. – Firefighters from eastern Nebraska are back home after helping battle wildfires that scorched parts of the state’s western region. Officials said the Morrill and Cottonwood fires were declared 100% contained on March 25 and March 27, respectively, following weeks of firefighting efforts. More than a dozen firefighters from volunteer departments across
By Mo Al-Ebadi OMAHA, Neb. — Rising oil prices are pushing diesel costs higher across the country, and industry leaders say those increases could soon impact consumers in Nebraska. Diesel prices have surged in recent weeks, creating new challenges for trucking companies that rely on fuel to move goods across the country. Kent Grisham, president and CEO of the Nebraska