By Donie O’Sullivan and Richa Naik, CNN Clara Sorrenti, a trans activist who was forced to flee her home in Canada after users of a hate-filled website targeted her, has succeeded in her campaign to get the site taken offline, for now. Sorrenti, better known by her online username “Keffals,” became the target of a
Continue ReadingBy Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Elizabeth Holmes, the founder of failed blood testing startup Theranos who was convicted of fraud earlier this year, is asking for a new trial after claiming that a key witness visited her house unannounced and allegedly said he “feels guilty” about his testimony. In a court filing on Tuesday with
Continue ReadingCNN, CNN BUSINESS By Catherine Thorbecke and Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Apple is expected to debut its iPhone 14 lineup at the company’s annual September keynote event on Wednesday. The product event, which has been teased with a “far out” tagline, will take place at Apple’s Cupertino, California, headquarters and will be livestreamed on
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Thorbecke and Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Apple is expected to debut its iPhone 14 lineup at the company’s annual September keynote event on Wednesday. The product event, which has been teased with a “far out” tagline, will take place at Apple’s Cupertino, California, headquarters and will be livestreamed on Apple’s website and
Continue ReadingBy Donie O’Sullivan, CNN Cloudflare, a major American internet services company, pulled its support for Kiwi Farms, a controversial online message board, Saturday evening citing “imminent threats to human life.” The move temporarily forced Kiwi Farms offline. Cloudflare’s decision came as Kiwi Farms was linked to a campaign of harassment and violent threats targeting Clara
Continue ReadingBy Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Flights used to be a chance to sit back (albeit a bit cramped) and watch a recently released movie or catch up on some reading. Now they’re just another place to log on. Delta and United each host more than 1.5 million inflight WiFi sessions a month, the airlines told
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Metz, CNN Business Jason M. Allen was almost too nervous to enter his first art competition. Now, his award-winning image is sparking controversy about whether art can be generated by a computer, and what, exactly, it means to be an artist. In August, Allen, a game designer who lives in Pueblo West, Colorado,
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Two cute 2-month-old kittens, Nemo and Smokey, are waiting for new homes at the Humane Society of Central Oregon
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Street Dog Hero says it has two puppies, Apricot and Peaches, still available for adoption among seven that were rescued in July when a homeless man reportedly threw them in an irrigation canal and another homeless person rescued them.
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Kanani is a 5- to 7-year-old bulldog mix who is known to steal hearts. He’s been waiting for a new home at Redmond’s BrightSide Animal Center.
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN House Republicans want Meta CEO Mark Zuckerberg to hand over a vast array of additional records pertaining to the company’s handling of a 2020 New York Post article containing allegations about Hunter Biden, after Zuckerberg indicated last week that an FBI warning about Russian propaganda contributed to the article’s temporary suppression
Continue ReadingBy Chris Isidore, CNN Business Amazon has lost the first round in its effort to overturn a historic union victory at a Staten Island facility. A National Labor Relations Board officer who heard Amazon’s objections recommended that the vote be upheld. In April’s closely watched election, warehouse workers at the Staten Island facility known as
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business With Apple widely expected to unveil the new iPhone 14 lineup at its upcoming event next Wednesday, a big question mark still surrounds how much, in this economy, the tech giant will charge for its latest-and-greatest smartphones. Apple has some famously loyal customers. Yet as broader economic forecasts get downgraded
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Metz, CNN Business In January 2021, Rachel Tobac came up with a silly take on a serious topic: A sea shanty-like video in which she sang a tale about the importance of password security and multi-factor authentication. It came complete with a hauntingly harmonized chorus that includes the words, “Soon may a criminal
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Business After years of users clamoring for such a feature, Twitter is finally testing edited tweets. Twitter said in — where else? — a tweet Thursday morning that some users may start seeing edited tweets in their feed because it is testing the long-awaited edit button. “This is happening and you’ll
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Google is preparing for a wave of misinformation surrounding the US midterm elections by elevating trustworthy information and displaying it more prominently across services including search and YouTube, the company said Thursday. As part of the effort, Google plans to launch a new tool in the coming weeks that highlights local
Continue ReadingBy Michelle Toh, CNN Business Two of America’s top chipmakers have been ordered to stop selling some of their technology to China that can be used for artificial intelligence. Nvidia and AMD said Wednesday that they had been told by the US government to halt exports of certain high-performance chips to the world’s second largest
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What a wonderful collection of pups and kitties we have to share with you this week! You can see more – and share yours – from the Pet Pics Sweepstakes page, under the Play tab at https://ktvz.com/play/2022/02/28/pet-pics/#/rounds/6/gallery
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN Business SpaceX’s partnership with NASA just got $1.4 billion sweeter, as the space agency announced Wednesday that it’s extending its deal with the company to cover five additional missions. The contract cements a long future for SpaceX and NASA as they work together to launch astronauts to and from the International
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Cruise operator Royal Caribbean is bringing SpaceX’s satellite-based internet service to its cruise ships in what it’s billing as “the biggest public deployment of Starlink’s high-speed internet in the travel industry so far.” The rollout will begin immediately across all three brands the company operates: Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises
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