Central Oregon Tree Experts was happy to pitch in, go high and help a distraught Bend woman whose cat, Enzo, scampered up a tall tree three days earlier, but was afraid to come down.
Continue ReadingCNN, CNNBUSINESS By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Two of the world’s biggest video game companies are feeling the pressure as the console wars heat up. Shares of Sony and Nintendo, the makers of the PlayStation and Switch respectively, stumbled Thursday as the two Japanese giants cut their forecasts for sales of the consoles. The fall
Continue ReadingCNN, CNNBUSINESS By Jackie Wattles and Pete Muntean, CNN Potentially abysmal air travel interruptions were narrowly avoided this week when wireless carriers made a last-minute change to their planned 5G rollout in response to fears that new cell service towers could interfere with a key component on passenger jets that allows them to safely land
Continue ReadingBy Pete Muntean, CNN Business AT&T and Verizon announced Tuesday that they would delay activating 5G on some towers around certain airports. The wireless technology’s rollout near major airports had been scheduled for Wednesday, but airlines warned of dire consequences for transportation and the economy. AT&T made the announcement as it works with the aviation
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Korn and Clare Duffy, CNN Business Microsoft on Tuesday announced plans to acquire Activision Blizzard in a blockbuster deal worth nearly $70 billion. It’s one of the biggest acquisitions in the tech industry in recent years, one that will boost Microsoft’s standing in the growing gaming industry but could be complicated by recent
Continue ReadingBy Pete Muntean and Gregory Wallace, CNN Business Executives from the largest US airlines asked the Biden administration for “immediate intervention” in the planned rollout of 5G technology near major airports on Wednesday, warning of dire consequences for transportation and the economy. The representatives of 10 carriers asked the administration in a letter obtained by
Continue ReadingBy Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business The parents of Austin McEwen, one of the six victims killed after a tornado pummeled an Amazon warehouse in Edwardsville, Illinois, last month, said Monday during a press conference that they are suing Amazon over the alleged wrongful death of their son. McEwen’s parents allege that the e-commerce giant,
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Business “Change is going to come. No question.” “We are serious about taking action.” “Here’s my message for Mark Zuckerberg: Your time of invading our privacy, promoting toxic content, and preying on children and teens is over. Congress will be taking action.” Facebook, now known as Meta, has faced scrutiny on
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One of them has hair; the other, not so much. Both are waiting at the Humane Society of Central Oregon
Continue ReadingBy Jennifer Korn, CNN Business North Korean hackers stole nearly $400 million worth of cryptocurrency in 2021, making it one of the most lucrative years to date for cybercriminals in the severely isolated country, according to a new report. Hackers launched at least seven different attacks last year, primarily targeting investment firms and centralized exchanges
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Snickers and Fozzy are a pair of sweet, young chihuahuas who came to Redmond’s BrightSide Animal Center as strays and would love to stay together.
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Patti Mayfield was hiking with her partner on Sunday in the southwest end of Horse Ridge Trail, when her dog “Pilot” got caught in a trap.Â
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As adults age, it’s common to start thinking about how getting older affects their energy, physical health and cognitive well-being.
Continue ReadingBy Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Elizabeth Holmes, the former CEO of Theranos who was convicted earlier this month on four out of 11 federal fraud and conspiracy charges, will not be sentenced until September 26, according to a new filing. The prosecution and defense had proposed September 12 for a sentencing hearing in a
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Business A group of more than 80 fact-checking organizations from around the world has called YouTube “one of the major conduits of online disinformation and misinformation worldwide” and wants the platform to do more to address the problem. In an open letter to YouTube CEO Susan Wojcicki published Wednesday, the group
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Business US antitrust officials can continue their case to break up Meta, Facebook’s parent company, a federal judge ruled on Tuesday, dealing a blow to the social media giant, which had argued the complaint should be dismissed. The decision allows federal prosecutors to try to prove their allegations that Meta has
Continue ReadingCNN by Reuters Facebook’s parent company Meta Platforms Inc has paused new users from joining its social media tracking tool CrowdTangle due to staffing constraints. Meta, which disbanded the CrowdTangle team last year, has been under pressure to provide greater transparency into its platforms. CrowdTangle founder and CEO Brandon Silverman left Facebook last year. The
Continue ReadingBy Brian Fung, CNN Business Meta, the parent company of Facebook, is delaying its return to US offices until March 28 and will require proof of Covid-19 booster shots for workers in those offices. The company already requires that in-office workers be vaccinated. Janelle Gale, VP of Meta’s human resources department, told CNN Business in
Continue ReadingBy Clare Duffy, CNN Business A judge has ordered Google to turn over hundreds of internal documents — many related to its efforts to quash an employee union — as part of a National Labor Relations Board case over the tech giant’s firing of former employees. In 2019, a group of workers who had recently
Continue ReadingBy Jackie Wattles, CNN Business If 2021 was the year of ostentatious displays of wealthy space tourists chartering one-off missions, 2022 promises to be yet another year solidifying the private sector’s grip on modern space travel. Big businesses are beginning to permeate every area of spaceflight, from the most spectacular private launches to the smallest
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