Alice, the first all-electric passenger airplane, prepares to fly
By Jennifer Korn, CNN Business The world’s first all-electric passenger aircraft is preparing to take flight. The Alice, a plane developed by…
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Shanghai metro sparks Covid panic with festive red QR codes
By Jessie Yeung and CNN’s Beijing Bureau, CNN Business A Chinese subway system’s attempt to spread some Lunar New Year cheer backfired…
Continue ReadingA new crop of shopping tools aims to help consumers beat the supply chain crunch and the bots
By Brian Fung, CNN Business A few days after Christmas, Aaron Worley and his wife began feeling ill. Fearing they may have contracted Covid-19 over…
Continue ReadingA new crop of shopping tools aims to help consumers beat the supply chain crunch and the bots
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Brian Fung, CNN Business A few days after Christmas, Aaron Worley and his wife began feeling ill. Fearing they may have…
Continue ReadingMeta pauses new users from joining analytics tool CrowdTangle
by Reuters Facebook’s parent company Meta Platforms Inc has paused new users from joining its social media tracking tool CrowdTangle due to…
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Pet Pals: Thelma is quite a special cat
Thelma is about a year old and loves people, and any form of attention. She’s waiting at the Humane Society of Central Oregon, along with plenty more…
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Bend arts advocate Jenny Green named chair of Oregon Arts Commission
Jenny Green, a Bend arts advocate, art historian and former gallerist, has been elected by the Oregon Arts Commission to succeed Anne Taylor as…
Continue ReadingApple Music trolls Spotify by calling itself ‘the home of Neil Young’
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Just a day after Spotify agreed to remove Neil Young’s music from its service, Apple Music trolled its…
Continue ReadingApple Music trolls Spotify by calling itself ‘the home of Neil Young’
CNN By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Just a day after Spotify agreed to remove Neil Young’s music from its service, Apple Music trolled…
Continue ReadingElon Musk is placing a bet on robots. It could be a long time coming
By Matt McFarland, CNN Business Tesla CEO Elon Musk said Wednesday that he believes the company’s goal of a humanoid robot is the most…
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Furry Friends: Nacho could be your new best friend
Nacho is a young chihuahua mix who arrived at Redmond’s BrightSide Animal Center as a…
Continue ReadingHow last week’s 5G deployment went so wrong
By Brian Fung, CNN Business From canceled flights to dire warnings of a stalled shipping economy, this was not how the rollout of 5G networks was…
Continue ReadingHow last week’s 5G deployment went so wrong
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Brian Fung, CNN Business From canceled flights to dire warnings of a stalled shipping economy, this was not how the rollout of 5G…
Continue ReadingUK companies told to bolster defenses against Russian cyberattacks
By Charles Riley, CNN Business UK companies and organizations have been urged to bolster their defenses against potential Russian cyberattacks as…
Continue ReadingGoogle is investing another $1 billion in India’s smartphone market
By Diksha Madhok, CNN Business Google is investing up to $1 billion in a major Indian telecom company, a move it hopes will drive down the cost of…
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25 years ago, 2 Bend dogs on doggie death row drew worldwide attention — and were spared
A quarter-century ago, back when Michael Jordan was dominating the NBA and Bill Clinton was sworn in for a second term as president, a story about…
Continue ReadingTelecom regulator blocks China Unicom from US market
By Brian Fung and Laura He, CNN Business The Federal Communications Commission on Thursday voted to ban China Unicom, a state-owned Chinese…
Continue ReadingThe IRS website will soon require facial recognition to log in to your account
By Rachel Metz, CNN Business The next time you try to log in to the Internal Revenue Service’s website you’ll be urged to use…
Continue ReadingApple posted record holiday quarter sales despite supply constraints
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Apple posted record revenue during the all-important holiday quarter even as it continued to grapple with…
Continue ReadingMicrosoft makes a big bet that it can fix Activision Blizzard’s troubled culture
By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Microsoft’s nearly $70 billion deal to buy Activision Blizzard could make it a leader in gaming. But…
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