Meta threatens to remove news content over US journalism bargaining bill
By Brian Fung, CNN Facebook owner Meta threatened to remove news content from its platforms on Monday following reports that US lawmakers have added…
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Meta avoids showdown over news content in US after journalism bargaining bill shelved
CNN By Brian Fung, CNN A threat by Facebook owner Meta to remove news content from its platforms appears to have been averted — for now — after…
Continue ReadingDOJ antitrust regulators should look at Apple, Google’s handling of TikTok, says FCC commissioner
By Brian Fung, CNN Apple and Google’s continued hosting of TikTok on their app stores, despite US national security concerns about the…
Continue ReadingDOJ antitrust regulators should look at Apple, Google’s handling of TikTok, says FCC commissioner
CNN By Brian Fung, CNN Apple and Google’s continued hosting of TikTok on their app stores, despite US national security concerns about the…
Continue ReadingThis AI chatbot is dominating social media with its frighteningly good essays
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Imagine if Siri could write you a college essay, or Alexa could spit out a movie review in the style of…
Continue ReadingThe clean energy company turning city blocks greener
CNN By Jennifer Korn, CNN BlocPower, a Brooklyn-based clean energy company, is bringing eco-friendly, all-electric heating and cooling systems to…
Continue ReadingThe clean energy company turning city blocks greener
By Jennifer Korn, CNN BlocPower, a Brooklyn-based clean energy company, is bringing eco-friendly, all-electric heating and cooling systems to older…
Continue ReadingFoxconn says it’s restoring production at the world’s largest iPhone factory
By Juliana Liu, CNN Business Apple supplier Foxconn says it is “gradually” restoring production capacity at its sprawling campus in…
Continue ReadingTwitter disbands its ‘Trust and Safety Council’ that tackled harassment and child exploitation
CNN By Donie O’Sullivan, CNN Twitter announced late Monday that it was disbanding its “Trust and Safety Council,” according to an…
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Crowds line downtown streets for Bend Christmas Parade
Marching bands, floats and many other entries took part in Saturday’s Bend Christmas Parade, as crowds lined the downtown streets — and of course,…
Continue ReadingForget smartwatches, consumers are snapping up these quirky alternatives
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business In 2015, the same year Apple introduced its smartwatch, a Kickstarter campaign launched for a very different…
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Pet Pals: Meet Sleepy, one of two hamsters who need a home
This week on Pet Pals, Lynne Ouchida of the Humane Society of Central Oregon brings us a hamster named Sleepy for a visit. The Bend shelter currently…
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Santa counts down lighting of Bend Community Christmas Tree
A crowd gathered on a cold Friday night as NewsChannel 21 meteorologists Katie Zuniga and Bob Shaw helped Santa count down lighting of the Bend…
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‘Buy a Tree, Change a Life’ returns to Bend, in new location
The organization ‘Buy a Tree, Change a Life’ is back in Bend this holiday season, at a new location at 21420 Stevens Road, part of a 10-year-old…
Continue ReadingReleased Twitter emails show how employees debated how to handle 2020 New York Post Hunter Biden story
By Brian Fung, CNN For days, Twitter owner Elon Musk had teased a massive bombshell disclosure based on internal company documents that he claimed…
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Bob Shaw welcomes our yearly pre-Bend Christmas Parade visit from the one and only Santa!
It was a “ho-ho-ho!” special occasion Friday morning as Bob Shaw of NewsChannel 21 at Sunrise welcomed a VERY special visitor — Santa! — to invite…
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Furry Friends: Meet Arizona, a sweet, curious climber
Arizona, a year-old curious, climbing cat, is waiting for a new home at Redmond’s BrightSide Animal Center, along with two siblings, Hannah and…
Continue ReadingHate speech dramatically surges on Twitter following Elon Musk takeover, new research shows
By Oliver Darcy, CNN New Twitter owner Elon Musk declared last month that “hate speech impressions” had dramatically fallen on the…
Continue ReadingKanye West’s Twitter account has been suspended after Elon Musk says it violated rule against incitement to violence
By Rob McLean, CNN Business Kanye West’s Twitter account was suspended early Friday morning after Elon Musk said it violated the…
Continue ReadingKanye West’s Twitter account has been suspended after Elon Musk says it violated rule against incitement to violence
CNN By Rob McLean, CNN Business Kanye West’s Twitter account was suspended early Friday morning after Elon Musk said it violated the…
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