The chipmaking factory of the world is battling Covid and the climate crisis
Taiwanese officials are fretting about whether a severe outbreak of Covid-19 could jeopardize the island’s critical role in the global…
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Deschutes County Fair Free Summer Concert Series announced: Nelly, Reckless Kelly, Chris Janson, Skillet
In 2020, the music stopped — but what better way to launch the 2021 Deschutes County Fair & Rodeo FREE Concert Series than with some of the biggest…
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Hackers breach Electronic Arts, stealing game source code and tools
Hackers have broken into the systems of Electronic Arts, one of the world’s biggest video game publishers, and stolen source code used in…
Continue ReadingJeff Bezos is going to space for 11 minutes. Here’s how risky that is
Jeff Bezos can have anything. He could circle the globe in a private jet or sail it forever in a fleet of megayachts. He could afford to buy a the…
Continue ReadingJeff Bezos will be one of the first humans his company sends to space. Here’s how risky that really is
Jeff Bezos can have anything. He could circle the globe in a private jet or sail it forever in a fleet of megayachts. He could afford to buy a the…
Continue ReadingHouse Democrats are prepping 5 antitrust bills to take on Big Tech
House Democrats are preparing five bills to weaken Big Tech’s grip on the economy, in what could amount to Congress’s biggest challenge…
Continue ReadingSerious cyberattacks in Europe doubled in the past year, new figures reveal, as criminals exploited the pandemic
Significant cyberattacks against critical targets in Europe have doubled in the past year, according to new EU figures obtained by CNN, as the…
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Bend median home sales price drops from record in May, while Redmond rises to new record
Bend’s median home sales price dropped $23,000 in May from the record $651,000 set in April, while Redmond’s went the other way, jumping $30,000…
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An obscure service provider briefly broke the internet Tuesday. It could happen again
A giant chunk of the internet briefly broke on Tuesday because of an outage at a company most people have probably never heard of before. Reddit,…
Continue ReadingMark Zuckerberg plans to work remotely for at least half of the next year
Facebook is giving its employees more flexibility to work outside the office — and Mark Zuckerberg is leading by example. The Facebook CEO told…
Continue ReadingGameStop names a new CEO and CFO, both from Amazon
GameStop is getting a new chief executive and chief financial officer, the company announced as part of its earnings release Wednesday. Matt Furlong,…
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How a massive part of the internet went down for an hour
The company behind Tuesday’s massive internet outage has apologized for making a costly mistake that knocked out websites, apps and online…
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‘The sizzle that sells the steak’: Les Schwab Amphitheater expects to bring in some $20 million this summer
The Les Schwab Amphitheater is preparing for its busiest season of the year — and quite possibly its most profitable one — after the severe pause…
Continue ReadingFaceTime is coming to Android. Here’s why iMessage won’t
One of the most surprising announcements from Apple’s Worldwide Developers Conference keynote on Monday wasn’t a new feature for its own…
Continue ReadingMitt Romney: It’s unacceptable Microsoft censored Tiananmen Square images in America
Senator Mitt Romney wants answers from Microsoft after the company blocked images and videos around the world of “Tank Man,” the…
Continue ReadingNASA’s new chief on SpaceX’s Mars rocket, UFOs and going back to the moon
Former Florida Senator and veteran of spaceflight, Bill Nelson, has taken the helm at NASA. The space agency has the ball rolling on plans to return…
Continue ReadingMassive internet outage: Websites and apps around the world go dark
Countless websites and apps around the world went down for about an hour Tuesday after Fastly, a major content delivery network, reported a…
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US recovers millions in cryptocurrency paid to Colonial Pipeline ransomware hackers
US investigators have recovered millions in cryptocurrency they say was paid in ransom to hackers whose attack prompted the shutdown of the key East…
Continue ReadingApple unveils iOS 15 with new features for post-pandemic life
Apple kicked off its annual developers conference on Monday by unveiling new features on iOS 15 that cater to our lives as the world begins to emerge…
Continue ReadingApple is giving Zoom a run for its money
Apple kicked off its annual developers conference on Monday by unveiling updates to a service many have relied on more heavily throughout the…
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