Welcome to McDonald’s. A machine will take your order now
At a McDonald’s drive-thru in a Chicago suburb, customers may notice something different about the voice that takes their orders for Big Macs…
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BrightSide Animal Center offering training for volunteers, fostering
BrightSide Animal Center has scheduled a number of training sessions for people who are interested in fostering pets, as well as volunteering for the…
Continue ReadingAirbnb and DoorDash went public at the same time but see very different paths post-pandemic
Airbnb and DoorDash went public the same week in early December and were both met with strong demand from investors. But in their first earnings…
Continue ReadingTwitter is considering letting users pay accounts they like
Twitter is exploring a way to allow users to become paid subscribers to Twitter accounts they really like. The company teased the feature, which…
Continue ReadingHyundai’s recall of 82,000 electric cars is one of the most expensive in history
Hyundai will recall 82,000 electric cars globally to replace their batteries after 15 reports of fires involving the vehicles. Despite the relatively…
Continue ReadingZillow will now make cash offers for homes based on its ‘Zestimates’
Zillow is no longer just an online platform for browsing available homes or for creeping on the value of your neighbor’s house. In recent…
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Redmond Proficiency Academy theatre students take home 14 acting honors
Redmond Proficiency Academy theatre students Grace Sorensen and Kendra McGuire are used to performing to an audience, but the pandemic has forced…
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‘Right to Repair’ bill would require manufacturers to ease path to user repairs
With home electronics in heavy use during the ongoing pandemic, the “Right to Repair Act,” (HB 2698) has been introduced in the Oregon…
Continue ReadingGameStop CFO resigns a month after the Reddit trading frenzy
After a wild several weeks for GameStop, the retailer’s chief financial officer is resigning. The company announced Tuesday that Jim Bell, its…
Continue ReadingThe worldwide web as we know it may be ending
Over the last year, the worldwide web has started to look less worldwide. Europe is floating regulation that could impose temporary bans on US tech…
Continue ReadingLyft focuses on seniors with new option to book rides by phone call
Lyft is adding an option to allow people to order a ride in a more retro way — by phone call — a year after Uber tried doing the same…
Continue ReadingCalifornia can enforce its tough net neutrality law, federal judge says
California’s net neutrality law can go into effect after a federal judge on Tuesday handed a defeat to broadband providers who had pushed to…
Continue ReadingThe hot new thing in tech: speaking into your phone
Before last year, 28-year-old Meredith Giuliani thought voice notes were “kind of weird,” and she mostly stuck to texting. But after the…
Continue ReadingHe may hold the winning ticket in tech and Silicon Valley knows it
Mukesh Ambani has spent years trying to turn his inherited oil business into a tech empire. In 2020, that pivot really kicked into overdrive. Between…
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Dog attacked, seriously injured by another dog on Eagle Crest trail
Rob Husband still hasn’t found the owners of a dog responsible for attacking and leaving his dog, Nala, seriously injured and in stitches over the…
Continue ReadingFormer WeWork CEO in talks to get nearly $500 million in SoftBank settlement
Adam Neumann, the disgraced former CEO and cofounder of WeWork, may soon have a massive payday as part of a possible settlement with SoftBank, the…
Continue ReadingNearly 30,000 Macs reportedly infected with mysterious malware
Nearly 30,000 Macs worldwide have been infected with mysterious malware, according to researchers at security firm Red Canary. The issue was somewhat…
Continue ReadingThis 29-year-old cancer survivor is set to be the youngest American ever in space
Hayley Arceneaux, a 29-year-old cancer survivor and physician assistant at St. Jude children’s hospital, got an out-of-the-blue question from…
Continue ReadingPeloton is releasing a cheaper treadmill. It’s still $2,495
Peloton is releasing a lower-priced treadmill to become more than a purveyor of high-end stationary-bikes. The public company, which reported revenue…
Continue ReadingMicrosoft wades into Facebook news fight by siding with European publishers
Microsoft is joining forces with publishers in Europe to call for an Australia-style system that would force tech platforms such as Google and…
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