Pet Pals: It won’t take long to get Echo a home
He’s part border collie, and oozing with cute! Waiting at the Humane Society of Central Oregon.
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Furry Friends: Mushka is one relaxed kitty-cat
Mushka is a loving mixed shorthair who loves the relaxed lifestyle, complete with belly scratches and ear rubs, waiting at Redmond’s BrightSide Animal Center.
Continue ReadingTim Cook agrees to a massive pay cut
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Anna Cooban, CNN Apple CEO Tim Cook recommended the company cut his pay this year after shareholders rebelled. The world’s largest tech company said it would reduce Cook’s target pay package to $49 million, 40% lower than his target pay for 2022 and about half Cook’s $99.4 million total compensation that
Continue ReadingTim Cook agrees to a massive pay cut
By Anna Cooban, CNN Apple CEO Tim Cook recommended the company cut his pay this year after shareholders rebelled. The world’s largest tech company said it would reduce Cook’s target pay package to $49 million, 40% lower than his target pay for 2022 and about half Cook’s $99.4 million total compensation that he was granted
Continue ReadingSweden finds the largest rare earth deposit in Europe. It could help cut dependence on China
By Laura He, CNN Swedish mining company LKAB says it has found Europe’s largest deposit of rare earth oxides in the country’s north, a discovery that could reduce the continent’s reliance on China for the critical resource. Rare earth minerals play a key role in generating clean energy and producing electric vehicles and consumer electronics.
Continue ReadingWorld’s top chip maker mulls global expansion with plants in Europe, Japan
By Diksha Madhok, CNN Semiconductor giant Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC) may expand its global manufacturing footprint even further. The company is considering opening its first plant in Europe and a second one in Japan, its CEO CC Wei said in an earnings call on Thursday. TSMC, which produces an estimated 90% of the world’s
Continue ReadingGoogle claims a Supreme Court defeat would transform the internet — for the worse
By Brian Fung, CNN An unfavorable ruling against Google in a closely watched Supreme Court case this term about YouTube’s recommendation engine could have sweeping unintended consequences for much of the wider internet, the search giant argued in a legal filing Thursday. Google, which owns YouTube, is fighting a high-stakes court battle over whether algorithmically
Continue ReadingFAA is years away from upgrading the system that grounded all US flights
By Pete Muntean, CNN The Federal Aviation Administration software that failed Wednesday causing thousands of flight delays and cancellations is 30 years old and at least six years away from being updated, a government source familiar with the situation tells CNN. The FAA also now says “personnel who failed to follow procedures” caused the computer
Continue ReadingFAA 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 30 years old and at least six years away from being updated, a government source familiar with the situation tells CNN. The FAA also now says “personnel who failed to follow procedures” caused the
Continue ReadingWhy 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 tablets to smartwatches, but it has refrained from bringing the feature to its Mac product line — even as a long list of rivals did so with their laptops and desktops. In 2010,
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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 https://ktvz.com/play/2023/01/03/pet-pics-2023-presented-by-thomason-auto-group/#/rounds/1/gallery
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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 able to open a brand new facility by spring of next year. “So March 25th is our Casino Night. One of our biggest fundraisers of the year is at Carey
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 preparing to announce one of the most consequential decisions in the company’s history, a landmark move that will set a precedent for online speech and could affect the course of the 2024
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 petitioning them to unblock his Facebook account, a source familiar with the letter tells CNN. NBC first reported the news. Trump’s Facebook and Twitter accounts were blocked following the January 6, 2021, attack on the
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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 Week.”
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 unacceptable treatment” of workers following recent mass layoffs, which the firm referred to as a “sham redundancy process.” In a letter sent to the company on Monday, law firm Winckworth Sherwood alleged
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 to rein in Big Tech, focusing on digital privacy, antitrust and the industry’s liability shield, Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act. In a Wall Street Journal op-ed, Biden said that despite making
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 milestone moment not only for the iPhone company but for all of Big Tech. Apple store workers in Towson, Maryland, who made history in June by voting to form the first union at one of
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 TikTok until the sun came up. “I saw me not putting the effort into my own life, rather just trying to live vicariously through what I’m seeing,” said 23-year old
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, according to a CNN analysis, reflecting a wave of recent clampdowns by governors and state agencies targeting the short-form video app. The accelerating backlash by states against TikTok, which has at
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