ByteDance founder Yiming Zhang steps down as chairman
By Michelle Toh, CNN Business ByteDance co-founder Yiming Zhang has stepped down as the company’s chairman and left the board, according to a…
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Facebook is shutting down its facial recognition software
By Rachel Metz, CNN Business Facebook said Tuesday it plans to stop using facial-recognition software that could automatically recognize people in…
Continue ReadingYahoo pulls out of China for good
By Jordan Valinsky, CNN Business Yahoo has shut down access to its services in China, becoming the latest American tech company to exit the country.…
Continue ReadingElon Musk keeps fans guessing by tweeting mysterious Chinese poem
By Michelle Toh and Yong Xiong, CNN Business Elon Musk is known for setting the internet ablaze with his cryptic tweets. Now he’s doing it in…
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Nominations sought for Oregon’s 11th poet laureate
The Oregon Poet Laureate Program is now accepting nominations for the state’s next poet laureate.…
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Sisters HS class em-barks on project to create prosthetic leg for teacher’s dog
A class at Sisters High School is taking on a unique final project: Building a prosthetic leg for their teacher’s…
Continue ReadingFacebook whistleblower: Mark Zuckerberg should step down as CEO
By Clare Duffy, CNN Business Facebook whistleblower Frances Haugen said Monday she believes the company would be “stronger” if founder…
Continue ReadingLeaky SpaceX toilet problem will force astronauts to use backup ‘undergarments’
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Issues with the toilet on board SpaceX’s Crew Dragon capsule will leave a group of four astronauts without a…
Continue ReadingTikTok rival Kuaishou becomes the latest Chinese tech firm to reshuffle its leadership
By Michelle Toh, CNN Business Kuaishou, the Chinese short video-sharing app that’s known as a popular alternative to TikTok, has replaced its…
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Downtown Bend Halloween parade goes to the dogs
Thirty golden retrievers and their owners had a fun parade through downtown Bend on Saturday, with many of the pups wearing fun…
Continue ReadingHebrew speakers mock Facebook’s corporate rebrand to Meta
By Sana Noor Haq, CNN Social media users in Israel are mocking Facebook’s company name change to Meta, as it sounds similar to the Hebrew word…
Continue ReadingWhat we learned this week in the trial of Elizabeth Holmes
By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business This week in the criminal trial of Elizabeth Holmes, jurors heard how the billionaire family of former…
Continue ReadingKey quotes from the Facebook Papers
By Tara Subramaniam, CNN Business One week ago, a consortium of 17 news outlets, including CNN, began publishing a damning series of stories —…
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Pet Pals: Harriet gets into the Halloween spirit
Well, it might be that Lynne from the Humane Society of Central Oregon made the decision of a witch’s hat for Harriet, but the Halloween spirit(s) is…
Continue ReadingMinnesota man charged in hacking MLB and for trying to extort the league
By Sean Lyngaas, CNN Business A Minnesota man has been charged with hacking into computer systems used by Major League Baseball and trying to extort…
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Furry Friends: Super-sweet Mac just loves to play
If you’re looking for an energetic and fun-loving cat, long-haired Mac, waiting at Redmond’s BrightSide Animal Center, may be the one just for…
Continue ReadingPartisanship, employee dissent and ‘dead bodies’: Inside Facebook’s struggle to combat misinformation and hate speech in India
By Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business In early 2019, a team of Facebook’s researchers spent two weeks interviewing 30 users across two Indian cities,…
Continue ReadingAmazon and Apple warn of supply chain issues
By Clare Duffy and Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Even Amazon and Apple are grappling with the global supply chain crunch. Both companies reported…
Continue ReadingAmazon and Apple warn of supply chain issues
CNN, CNNBUSINESS By Clare Duffy and Rishi Iyengar, CNN Business Even Amazon and Apple are grappling with the global supply chain crunch. Both…
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Humane Society of Central Oregon offers some ‘Happy Howl-oween’ safety tips
Humans love to celebrate Halloween with costumes, candy and parties. These may be fun for us, but can be confusing, harmful and stressful for our…
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