Furry Friends: Liberty is a fun pup to bring home
Liberty is a sweet 6-year-old pit bull mix at Redmond’s BrightSide Animal Center who’ll do just fine in lots of homes – maybe…
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Instagram is realizing it’s not so easy to knock off TikTok
It took less than six months for Instagram’s Snapchat clone to catch up to its rival’s audience size and be credited with stunting…
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7 Redmond Proficiency Academy students receive prestigious art honors
Seven Redmond Proficiency Academy students have won 14 Scholastic Art & Writing Awards for…
Continue ReadingTwo Google employees quit over AI researcher Timnit Gebru’s exit
Two Google engineers have resigned from the tech giant, citing the departure late last year of prominent Black artificial intelligence researcher…
Continue ReadingCovid-19 vaccine rollout puts a spotlight on unequal internet access
In January 2020, members of Congress held a hearing to discuss the importance of digital literacy and closing the digital divide, or who has access…
Continue ReadingAs Jeff Bezos steps down, Amazon stakes its future on the cloud
In his 2014 annual letter to shareholders, Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos wrote that a “dreamy business offering” comprises at least four…
Continue ReadingThis new tool can tell you if your online photos are helping train facial recognition systems
When you post photos of yourself or friends and family online, you may not imagine they could be used to develop facial-recognition systems that can…
Continue ReadingParler’s CEO has been terminated by its board
Parler CEO John Matze has been terminated by the board of the embattled social media company, according to Parler investor and right-wing commentator…
Continue ReadingChina’s big tech companies are now fighting with each other
As China sharpens its antitrust crackdown on the country’s massive tech companies, two of the industry’s biggest players are taking the…
Continue ReadingKia stock soars on talk of Apple car deal
Kia Motors’ stock just had its best day in more than two decades after news media in South Korea reported that it was closing in on a major…
Continue ReadingAmazon gets court to block $3.3 billion retail deal involving India’s richest man
Amazon has been handed a major legal victory in its fight to block a multibillion-dollar deal between two of India’s biggest retailers. A court…
Continue ReadingFAA to oversee investigation of SpaceX Mars rocket prototype’s explosive landing
The Federal Aviation Administration said it will oversee an investigation into a crash landing of a SpaceX prototype rocket on Tuesday. The…
Continue ReadingGoogle’s cloud business is losing money
Google is providing a deeper look into the financials of its cloud business, and it doesn’t look great. Google Cloud posted an operating loss…
Continue ReadingJeff Bezos is stepping down as Amazon CEO
Amazon founder Jeff Bezos will step down from his role as chief executive later this year and transition to the role of executive chair, the company…
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Apple tests new way to unlock an iPhone without removing a face mask
Some iPhone users will soon be able to unlock their smartphones without needing to remove their face masks in public. There’s just one catch:…
Continue Reading Astra, rocket startup that has yet to conduct a successful launch, is going public
Astra, a US-based rocket startup aiming to build cheap rockets to haul satellites to space, announced Tuesday that it’s going public via a…
Continue ReadingGoogle will stop making video games for its Stadia platform
Google will stop making video games, less than two years after launching its highly publicized Stadia gaming platform. The company is shutting down…
Continue ReadingUber is betting $1.1 billion on alcohol deliveries
Uber’s future used to be self-driving cars. Now it’s delivering alcohol. On Tuesday, the company announced that it is acquiring alcohol…
Continue ReadingNintendo keeps blowing past its own sales goals. But it needs more hit games
Nintendo keeps having one blowout quarter after another. But analysts say it’s going to need new games and hardware to keep that momentum…
Continue Reading Alibaba sales surge, even as crackdown in China intensifies
Alibaba reported a big quarter for its e-commerce business. But China’s most famous tech firm faced nervous investors on Tuesday as a…
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