FAA is years away from upgrading the system that grounded all US flights
CNN By Pete Muntean, CNN The Federal Aviation Administration software that failed Wednesday causing thousands of flight delays and cancellations is…
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Why Apple may finally be embracing touchscreen laptops
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Over the years, Apple has added touchscreens to almost every computing device imaginable, from phones and…
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Pet Pics Sweepstakes: A pig, a cockatoo and much more
We certainly love our pets, don’t we? Submit your photos and see plenty more at…
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No-kill shelter in Prineville to hold fundraiser for new building, expanded space for animals
PRINEVILLE, Ore. (KTVZ) — The Humane Society of the Ochocos is reaching out and asking folks to attend their upcoming fundraiser, in hopes of being…
Continue ReadingInside Facebook’s high-stakes debate to reinstate Trump after a two-year ban
Story by Donie O’Sullivan, Clare Duffy, Kristen Holmes, Gabby Orr and Brian Fung Video by Zach Wasser and John General Facebook-parent Meta is…
Continue ReadingTrump campaign has asked Meta to unblock the former president’s Facebook account
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Kristen Holmes, CNN Former President Trump’s campaign sent a letter to Facebook’s parent company, Meta, Tuesday…
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Downtown Bend Business Association seeks submissions for ‘Downtown Dog of the Week’
The Downtown Bend Business Association has started an online platform, “Downtown Dog of the…
Continue ReadingElon Musk’s Twitter accused of unlawful staff firings in the UK
By Clare Duffy, CNN A law firm representing dozens of former UK Twitter employees is accusing the company of “unlawful, unfair and completely…
Continue ReadingBiden urges Congress to pass bipartisan tech legislation in WSJ op-ed
By Brian Fung, CNN President Joe Biden called on members of Congress Wednesday to set aside partisan differences and pass groundbreaking legislation…
Continue ReadingApple’s first US labor union reaches new milestone for tech industry
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN Workers at Apple’s first unionized retail store began collectively bargaining with management on Wednesday, in a…
Continue ReadingWhy experts worry TikTok could add to mental health crisis among US teens
By Vanessa Yurkevich, CNN Jerome Yankey said he used to pull all-nighters when he was in college — not studying or partying, but scrolling on…
Continue ReadingTikTok access from government devices now restricted in more than half of US states
CNN By Brian Fung and Christopher Hickey, CNN More than half of all US states have partially or fully banned TikTok from government devices,…
Continue ReadingWhat is NOTAM, the FAA computer system that halted all US flights?
CNN, WXIA, KSNV By Chris Isidore, CNN Business A critical Federal Aviation Administration computer system that experienced an outage Wednesday and…
Continue ReadingWhat is NOTAM, the FAA computer system that halted all US flights?
By Chris Isidore, CNN Business A critical Federal Aviation Administration computer system that experienced an outage Wednesday and briefly halted all…
Continue ReadingThe US government is still trying to find ways to regulate Big Tech. He has some ideas
By Brian Fung, CNN After years of hearings, reports and stalled proposals, Congress ended 2022 without taking major steps to regulate Big Tech. But a…
Continue ReadingMusk’s Twitter restores accounts of prominent election deniers two years after Jan. 6 attack
By Donie O’Sullivan, CNN Elon Musk’s Twitter has restored the accounts of two prominent election deniers who were banned from the…
Continue ReadingChinese rocket startup Galactic Energy sends five satellites into space
By Laura He, CNN Galactic Energy, a rocket startup in China, launched five satellites into orbit on Monday, boosting the private company’s…
Continue ReadingFormer Twitter employees get severance offer after months of waiting. Many are unhappy with it
By Clare Duffy, CNN After months of uncertainty and feeling left in the dark, many former Twitter employees impacted by a mass layoff in early…
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Furry Friends: Rogan is playful and friendly
Rogan is a super-playful young pup, waiting at Redmond’s BrightSide Animal Center for his forever…
Continue ReadingSeattle public schools sue social media companies for allegedly harming students’ mental health
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Seattle’s public school system on Friday filed a lawsuit against several Big Tech companies alleging…
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