International Space Station briefly loses control after new Russian module misfires
By Kristin Fisher, CNN An unusual and potentially dangerous situation unfolded Thursday at the International Space Station, as the newly-docked…
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OSU part of $20M effort to develop artificial intelligence to help elderly live at home
CORVALLIS, Ore. (KTVZ) – A team of researchers, including Oregon State University’s Kagan Tumer, director of the Collaborative Robotics and…
Continue ReadingAmazon sales growth slows as new CEO takes over
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Amazon’s final quarter with Jeff Bezos as CEO proved to be a disappointment for Wall Street. The e-commerce giant…
Continue ReadingFacebook doubles profit but braces for hit from Apple privacy changes
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Facebook’s business is soaring, but the boom times may not last. Facebook on Wednesday reported revenue of nearly…
Continue ReadingGoogle and Facebook will require vaccinations for employees returning to the office
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Google and Facebook on Wednesday became two of the first major Silicon Valley firms to say they will require employees…
Continue ReadingAmazon is everywhere. Here’s how the US could break it up
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business On any given day, you might receive a package you ordered from Amazon, log onto a website hosted by Amazon, ask an…
Continue ReadingFacing an employee walkout, Activision Blizzard CEO says his company’s response to lawsuit was ‘tone deaf’
Nowhere is the gaming industry growing faster than the Middle East, and Dubai-based PLG is producing gaming tournaments, talk shows and livestreams…
Continue ReadingFacing an employee walkout, Activision Blizzard CEO says his company’s response to lawsuit was ‘tone deaf’
By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Activision Blizzard’s CEO Bobby Kotick admitted that the gaming company’s response to a California…
Continue ReadingApple posts a record June quarter thanks to iPhone sales
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business More than 14 years after they were first introduced, iPhones are still very much in demand. Apple on Tuesday announced a…
Continue ReadingGoogle revenue jumps 62%, fueled by demand for online advertising
In an interview with Bill O’Reilly, former President Donald Trump said he would sit for a deposition in his lawsuit against Facebook, Twitter and…
Continue ReadingGoogle revenue jumps 62%, fueled by demand for online advertising
By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business This time last year, Google was starting to feel the early pandemic slump as large parts of the global economy shut…
Continue ReadingFacebook recalling 4 million Oculus Quest 2 headset components
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Facebook on Tuesday announced it is temporarily pausing sales of its Oculus Quest 2 virtual reality headsets and…
Continue ReadingFacebook recalling 4 million Oculus Quest 2 headset components
In his first TV interview since leaving Facebook, former vice president of partnerships strategy Brian Boland reacts to President Biden’s statement…
Continue ReadingFacebook says it’s moving forward with Instagram for kids despite backlash
US Surgeon General Dr. Vivek Murthy says social media companies have taken positive steps against the sharing of health misinformation but that “it’s…
Continue ReadingFacebook says it’s moving forward with Instagram for kids despite backlash
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Facebook on Tuesday reaffirmed its intention to build an Instagram for kids under 13, despite pressure from…
Continue ReadingJeff Bezos offers NASA $2 billion to get Blue Origin back in the moon race
By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business Jeff Bezos wants to spot NASA up to $2 billion in a bid to reignite the battle for space between his rocket company…
Continue ReadingWeChat suspends new user registrations as China cracks down on tech
By Eric Cheung and Hanna Ziady, CNN Business WeChat is suspending all new user registrations until early August, the popular social messaging app…
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Music on the Green, Redmond’s free concert series, returns to Sam Johnson Park
Redmond’s popular Music on the Green concerts have returned to Sam Johnson…
Continue ReadingActivision Blizzard employees sign petition denouncing company’s ‘abhorrent’ response to lawsuit
By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Pressure on Activision Blizzard is mounting as more than 2,000 current and former employees signed a petition slamming…
Continue ReadingGlobal phone hacks expose darker side of Israel’s ‘startup nation’ image
The Washington Post’s Dana Priest talks about the sophisticated technology used to spy on journalists, activists and two women linked to Jamal…
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