Democratic senator urges Apple and Google to ban TikTok from their app stores
CNN By Brian Fung, CNN A member of the Senate Intelligence Committee is calling on Apple and Google to remove TikTok from their app stores over…
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Meta shares surge nearly 20% as Zuckerberg pledges to make 2023 a ‘year of efficiency’
By Clare Duffy, CNN For years, Facebook and its CEO Mark Zuckerberg invested heavily in growth, including in areas like virtual reality with unproven…
Continue ReadingChatGPT creator launches subscription service for viral AI chatbot
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business OpenAI, the company behind ChatGPT, announced on Wednesday it is piloting a $20 monthly subscription plan that…
Continue ReadingJudge reportedly allows Meta to move forward with VR startup acquisition, in blow to FTC
By Brian Fung, CNN A federal judge will not block Meta from buying a virtual reality tech startup, according to multiple reports, in a setback for…
Continue ReadingSamsung unveils Galaxy S23 lineup with powerhouse camera
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business At its annual Unpacked event on Wednesday, Samsung unveiled its latest Galaxy S smartphones — and the…
Continue ReadingRecord $3.8 billion stolen in crypto hacks last year, report says
CNN By Jennifer Korn A record $3.8 billion worth of cryptocurrency was stolen from various services last year, with much of those thefts driven by…
Continue ReadingRecord $3.8 billion stolen in crypto hacks last year, report says
By Jennifer Korn A record $3.8 billion worth of cryptocurrency was stolen from various services last year, with much of those thefts driven by North…
Continue ReadingApple and Google’s app stores wield ‘gatekeeper’ power and should be reined in, Commerce Department says
By Brian Fung, CNN The Biden administration on Wednesday took its biggest swipe yet at app stores run by Apple and Google, with a new report accusing…
Continue ReadingApple 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,…
Continue ReadingTech 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…
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…
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