Furry Friends: Panda is a love bug
Meet Panda, an agreeable 2-year-old bulldog mix and fairly recent arrival at Redmond’s BrightSide Animal Center, looking for a new…
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UK Supreme Court rules that Uber drivers are ‘workers,’ not independent contractors
Uber is reviewing how it treats thousands of drivers in the United Kingdom after the Supreme Court upheld a ruling that they should be classified as…
Continue ReadingFacebook faces a global backlash over its bid to ‘bully’ Australia
Facebook’s decision to block people from sharing news in Australia has been rebuked by lawmakers around the world, raising the specter of a…
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Bend artist receives community support to complete collage artwork
Bend resident Hannah Meadows has been keeping busy during the COVID-19 quarantine by tuning into her artistic…
Continue ReadingBig Tech lobbying groups sue Maryland to stop country’s first digital advertising tax
Just days after Maryland became the first state in the country to impose a tax on digital advertising targeting Big Tech, lobbying groups…
Continue ReadingFacebook knew a key ad metric was ‘inflated and misleading’ for years, lawsuit alleges
Facebook allegedly gave its advertisers “inflated and misleading” metrics on how many people their ads could reach for years, according…
Continue ReadingGoogle reshuffles AI team leadership after researcher’s controversial departure
Google is making changes to the leadership of its responsible artificial intelligence efforts months after the contentious departure of prominent…
Continue ReadingTech promises to make your life better. Does it?
Over a month after this year’s virtual CES tech trade show, touting new and conceptual products of the future, I was left wondering whether…
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‘Sort this out’: Facebook’s chaotic news ban in Australia blocks pages for fire services, charities and politicians
Fire and emergency services. Domestic violence charities. State health agencies. Facebook’s sudden and dramatic decision to block people from…
Continue ReadingGoogle Maps will now let you pay for parking and transit without leaving the app
Google Maps can already tell you which train to take or map out an optimal driving route. Now, it’s simplifying travel even more by letting…
Continue ReadingAmazon just teased 3 new products. They may never hit the market
Amazon announced three new Alexa-enabled products on Wednesday: a smart sticky note printer, nutrition scale and cuckoo clock. But there’s a…
Continue ReadingNew York Attorney General sues Amazon, alleging ‘deficient’ Covid-19 response
New York is taking Amazon to court over claims that the company has failed to provide sufficient protections for its workers during the Covid-19…
Continue ReadingWhy families stuck inside together just text each other all day
Early in the pandemic, Jane Cox Childress brought her teenage son warm cookies at his desk during a remote learning session. She received a text…
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Bend cat just loves to float in family’s hot tub
A northwest Bend cat, Trixie, has figured out a way to enjoy the warmth of the family’s hot tub without getting all…
Continue ReadingSony faces class action lawsuit over alleged PS5 controller defect
Sony’s PlayStation 5 has been hugely popular — and hard for consumers to get their hands on — since it was released last fall. But not…
Continue ReadingParler comes back online one month after going dark
Parler, the social network favored by conservatives, came back online Monday with a redesigned website one month after it was suspended by Amazon Web…
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9-year-old requests, gets Humane Society donations for her birthday
Timber, a local 9-year-old, said instead of birthday presents, she wanted donations for the Humane Society of Central Oregon – and boy, did she get…
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Horse reported stolen east of Bend: DCSO seeks tips from public
The Deschutes County Sheriff’s Office turned to the public for tips or information Monday after a horse was reported stolen east of Bend over the…
Continue ReadingVolkswagen CEO: I’m not scared of Apple
Volkswagen’s CEO Herbert Diess isn’t intimidated by Apple, even though the tech company potentially has an electric car on the way.…
Continue ReadingSorry, millennials. The 😂 emoji isn’t cool anymore
Bad news for people who frequently use the 😂 emoji: It is no longer cool. In recent weeks, two internet-savvy generations have been clashing in…
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