Apple is the only US tech giant to have avoided significant layoffs. Will it last?
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN In less than three months, four of the big five US tech companies have cut tens of thousands of employees combined,…
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Tech CEO apologizes for quoting Martin Luther King Jr. in layoff announcement
By Rob McLean, CNN A tech CEO is apologizing after quoting Martin Luther King Jr. in a layoffs announcement. On January 24, PagerDuty CEO Jennifer…
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Sisters music teacher becomes first Oregonian to use high-tech ‘Exoskeleton’ to walk again
“It’s been 13-plus years, and for me to remember how to walk again — it’s kind of been a journey,” Sisters resident Erik Himbert said…
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Bend teen and her high-flying guinea pig, Abby, leap into Guinness Book of World Records
The bond between a pet and its owner led to a Guinness World Record for a Bend teen and her pet guinea pig.…
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New Bend doggy day care picks up your furry friend on school bus for off-leash hikes, overnight boarding
A new dog day care service will pick your pooch up and take them to a 20-acre ranch for off-leash hikes, using a bright yellow school bus as their…
Continue ReadingSnap stock plunges 15% as revenue growth stalls
By Clare Duffy, CNN Snapchat’s parent company reported stalled revenue growth and a large net loss for the final three months of 2022, as it…
Continue ReadingInstagram’s founders are back with a new app
By Jennifer Korn More than four years after Instagram’s founders left the company, they’re back with a new app. Kevin Systrom and Mike…
Continue ReadingChatGPT creator rolls out ‘imperfect’ tool to help teachers spot potential cheating
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Two months after OpenAI unnerved some educators with the public release of ChatGPT, an AI chatbot that can…
Continue ReadingApple has infringed on worker rights, NLRB investigators say
By Brian Fung, CNN Apple has illegally imposed rules on its employees that prohibit them from discussing their wages and engaging in other protected…
Continue ReadingAs mass layoffs spread, tech workers are flocking to this app
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN In the week before Microsoft publicly announced plans to cut 10,000 jobs, thousands of workers at the tech giant who were…
Continue ReadingChina says it is ‘deeply concerned’ about reports of the latest US clampdown on Huawei
By Michelle Toh and CNN’s Beijing bureau China has hit back after reports that Washington is moving to further restrict sales of American…
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Central Oregon Realtors using new AI-based program ChatGPT to advance their workflow
A new technology called chat generative pre-rained transformer or ChatGPT is transforming the way people do business. It’s free, and just requires…
Continue ReadingSamsung profits sink to 8-year low as smartphone and PC demand drops
By Michelle Toh, CNN Samsung’s quarterly profits have plunged to their lowest level in eight years as customers snapped up fewer cell phones…
Continue ReadingTikTok CEO to testify before Congress in March
By Brian Fung, CNN TikTok CEO Shou Zi Chew will testify at an upcoming hearing before the House Energy and Commerce Committee, a committee…
Continue ReadingASML says ‘rules are being finalized’ on chip export controls to China
By Michelle Toh, CNN ASML, a Dutch maker of semiconductor equipment, says “rules are being finalized” on export controls, amid reports…
Continue ReadingGoogle unveils its ChatGPT rival
CNN By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Google on Monday unveiled a new chatbot tool dubbed “Bard” in an apparent bid to compete with the viral…
Continue ReadingReal estate agents say they can’t imagine working without ChatGPT now
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business If you came across a four bedroom, 3.5 bathroom home listed for sale recently on a quiet cul-de-sac in Cedar…
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Pet Pals: Blaze is one frisky, loving puppy
Sweet, active and a bit feisty, Blaze is the sister of last week’s Pet Pals guest, Socks, and is just as rarin’ to go to a new, loving home, waiting…
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Furry Friends: 16 – count ’em! – puppies await loving homes at BrightSide
The plural in the name of our ‘Furry Friends’ segment was never more fitting than this Friday, as Redmond’s BrightSide Animal Center has 16 puppies…
Continue ReadingJan. 6 Committee failed to hold social media companies to account for their role in the Capitol attack, staffers and witnesses say
CNN By Donie O’Sullivan, Audrey Ash and Zachary Cohen, CNN “There might be someone getting shot tomorrow.” That was the warning…
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