T-Mobile to buy Ryan Reynolds’ Mint Mobile in a $1.35 billion deal
By Jennifer Korn Ryan Reynolds is about to have a nice payday. T-Mobile announced Wednesday that it’s buying budget wireless provider Mint…
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What metaverse? Meta says its single largest investment is now in ‘advancing AI’
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Roughly a year-and-a-half after Facebook renamed itself “Meta” and said it would go all-in on building a…
Continue ReadingSouth Korea to build ‘world’s largest’ chip center with $230 billion investment from Samsung
By Juliana Liu, Yoonjung Seo and Gawon Bae, CNN South Korea says it will build an enormous facility to make computer chips in the greater Seoul area,…
Continue ReadingThe technology behind ChatGPT is about to get even more powerful
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Nearly four months after OpenAI stunned the tech industry with ChatGPT, the company is releasing its…
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Inaugural 36-act, 3-day, 3-stage ‘FairWell Festival’ coming to Redmond Fairgrounds this July
Organizers of the new three-day cross-genre, three-stage FairWell Music festival this July at the Deschutes County Fairgrounds have announced the…
Continue ReadingFacebook-parent Meta plans to lay off another 10,000 employees
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Facebook-parent Meta plans to lay off another 10,000 workers, marking the second round of significant job cuts announced…
Continue ReadingSVB collapse was driven by ‘the first Twitter-fueled bank run’
CNN By Jennifer Korn The massive amount of customer withdrawals that led to the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank had all the hallmarks of an…
Continue ReadingSVB collapse was driven by ‘the first Twitter-fueled bank run’
By Jennifer Korn The massive amount of customer withdrawals that led to the collapse of Silicon Valley Bank had all the hallmarks of an old-fashioned…
Continue ReadingAs Twitter failures go from bad to worse, users wonder how long it can stay online
By Jennifer Korn, CNN Late last year, Dan Sinker found himself in a “Groundhog Day” situation. When he would check his notifications tab…
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Pet Pals: A beautiful young cat is ready for adoption
Jovie is waiting at the Humane Society of Central Oregon and is purrr-fectly ready for her furrr-ever…
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Furry Friends: Buddy and Molly are a playful pair
Buddy and Molly are a great, loving pair of cats with some special needs, and are waiting at Redmond’s BrightSide Animal…
Continue ReadingTwitter could have a new rival — a platform created by Meta
By Clare Duffy, CNN Facebook-parent Meta is exploring building a new, standalone platform for sharing text updates, the company confirmed to CNN on…
Continue ReadingSilicon Valley Bank collapse sends tech startups scrambling
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN The sudden collapse of a top Silicon Valley lender has pushed tech investors and startups to scramble to figure out their…
Continue ReadingWall Street Journal: Elon Musk is planning to build his own town
By Clare Duffy, CNN What do you get for the billionaire who has everything? Perhaps his own town. Entities connected to Elon Musk and his companies…
Continue ReadingLithium-ion battery fires are happening more often. Here’s how to prevent them
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Lithium-ion batteries, found in many popular consumer products, are under scrutiny again following a massive…
Continue ReadingLithium-ion battery fires are happening more often. Here’s how to prevent them
CNN, SPECTRUM NEWS NY1 By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Lithium-ion batteries, found in many popular consumer products, are under scrutiny…
Continue ReadingEurope joins the US in its chip war with China
By Juliana Liu and Wayne Chang, CNN Europe’s biggest producer of advanced chipmaking technology has joined the United States in its escalating…
Continue ReadingEurope joins the US in its chip war with China
CNN By Juliana Liu and Wayne Chang, CNN Europe’s biggest producer of advanced chipmaking technology has joined the United States in its…
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Pet Pics Sweepstakes: One of our viewers’ favorite segments
Central Oregonians love their pets, and we love to see them! See plenty more and submit yours at…
Continue ReadingSenators warn Big Tech on Section 230: ‘Reform is coming’
By Brian Fung, CNN US senators said Wednesday that bipartisan support is growing for revising a federal immunity law for tech platforms and websites…
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