BEND, Ore. (KTVZ) — An exhibition of more than 20 works by Sisters-based painter Brad Earl, titled “Just Around the Corner,” is showing at Central Oregon Community College’s Barber Library rotunda gallery from June 23 to July 31. The Barber Library is open during summer term (June 20 to Aug. 28) from 8 a.m. to 3 p.m., Monday to Thursday. An architect
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Business Elon Musk is set to field questions directly from Twitter employees later this week for the first time since he agreed to buy the social media company. Musk will take pre-submitted employee questions at a virtual all-hands meeting on Thursday, a Twitter spokesperson confirmed to CNN Business. News of the
Continue ReadingCNN By Rachel Metz, CNN Business Tech companies are constantly hyping the capabilities of their ever-improving artificial intelligence. But Google was quick to shut down claims that one of its programs had advanced so much that it had become sentient. According to an eye-opening tale in the Washington Post on Saturday, one Google engineer said
Continue ReadingBy Rachel Metz, CNN Business Tech companies are constantly hyping the capabilities of their ever-improving artificial intelligence. But Google was quick to shut down claims that one of its programs had advanced so much that it had become sentient. According to an eye-opening tale in the Washington Post on Saturday, one Google engineer said that
Continue ReadingBy Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Microsoft on Monday announced it has entered into a labor neutrality agreement with Communications Workers of America (CWA), the union that has been supporting Activision Blizzard employees in their organizing efforts. The agreement, unusual in the tech industry, has the potential to ease the path for workers at Activision Blizzard
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Federal regulators made a key decision on SpaceX’s plans to launch its gargantuan Mars rocket, called Starship, into orbit from Texas — saying Monday that, as long as the company complies with 75 “mitigating actions,” the rocket launches should clear federal standards for environmental impact. The list of actions includes
Continue ReadingBy Catherine Thorbecke and Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business In the two months since workers at an Amazon warehouse in Staten Island, New York, voted to form the company’s first US labor union, the organizers have been on a victory lap. Leaders for the newly formed Amazon Labor Union have visited the White House, testified
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN Business William Shatner — the 90-year-old actor, presenter, spoken word poet, author, and, more recently, the oldest person ever to travel to space — is showing no signs of slowing down. This fall, he plans to publish a book, called “Boldly Go,” which is billed as a sort of philosophical reflection
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Smokey and Thunder are playful, social and affectionate, so they are ready for fun at the Humane Society of Central Oregon.
Continue ReadingBy Julia Horowitz, CNN Business In early March, a Telegram user posted a photo of wreckage at a school in a suburb of Kharkiv, Ukraine. The photo showed the side of a classroom with a large blast hole and a pile of debris including desks and chairs. International law prohibits intentional attacks on educational facilities.
Continue ReadingCatherine Thorbecke, CNN Business TikTok plans to roll out new options to encourage users to take a break from endlessly scrolling short-form videos on the platform amid public pressure for tech companies to address excessive social media usage. TikTok said in a blog post Thursday that it will introduce a new option in the coming
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Business The Federal Trade Commission is keeping a close eye on Big Tech as the industry expands into newer technologies such as artificial intelligence and the metaverse. In an interview with CNN on Wednesday, FTC Chair Lina Khan said regulators risk “fighting yesterday’s war” if they fail to comprehend how tech
Continue ReadingCatherine Thorbecke, CNN Business For much of the past two decades, the ethos of Silicon Valley was largely defined by Facebook’s former motto: “move fast and break things.” But in a sudden and dizzying shift, the current mood in the tech sector could perhaps best be described with a far more restrained mantra: “cut costs
Continue ReadingCNN, CNN BUSINESS Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Business Apple workers at a retail outpost in Towson, Maryland, are set to begin voting on Wednesday in a union election, with the potential to form the first labor union in one of the tech giant’s US stores. Voting will take place in person at a vacant store in
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Continue ReadingCNN, CNN BUSINESS By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business A Japanese company has built a four-legged, rolling robot that looks vaguely like a centaur — boasting two arms with claw-like hands, an arachnid-esque abdomen and two bulging cameras for eyes — and is designed to transverse the surface of the moon. The robot, called the R1,
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN Business A Japanese company has built a four-legged, rolling robot that looks vaguely like a centaur — boasting two arms with claw-like hands, an arachnid-esque abdomen and two bulging cameras for eyes — and is designed to transverse the surface of the moon. The robot, called the R1, was designed and
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Business Services like Facebook and Twitter could change radically for millions of Americans in the coming years depending on how the courts decide one hotly debated question: Should social media platforms be regulated like railroads? It’s a question that’s gotten increased attention lately as a number of states, including Texas and
Continue ReadingBy Laura He, CNN Business BYD, the Warren Buffett-backed Chinese electric carmaker, plans to supply batteries to Tesla “very soon,” a senior executive from the company told a Chinese state-owned broadcaster. “BYD respects Tesla, and we also admire Tesla,” said Lian Yubo, BYD’s executive vice president, in a video interview with an anchor from CGTN.
Continue ReadingBy Matt McFarland, CNN Business Uber and Alphabet’s Waymo, which were once embroiled in a lawsuit over self-driving technology, are now working together on fully autonomous trucks. The companies announced Tuesday a “long-term strategic partnership” to deploy Waymo’s self-driving trucks on Uber Freight, a logistics platform that matches trucks with businesses shipping goods. Carriers purchasing
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