Why you can’t have legs in virtual reality (yet)
By Rachel Metz, CNN Business Mark Zuckerberg stares at a cartoon version of himself in a virtual world and tries to pick an outfit for his avatar to…
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Foo Fighters to wrap 2022 N. American tour Oct. 7 at Bend’s Hayden Homes Amphitheater
Rock & Roll Hall of Famers Foo Fighters will be giving the people even more of what they want. The band has added no less than 10 more evenings of…
Continue ReadingTexas sues Meta for collecting facial recognition data
By Brian Fung, CNN Texas is suing Facebook’s parent company, Meta (FB), over allegations the social media giant illegally harvested the facial…
Continue ReadingGroup of attorneys general announce investigation into TikTok’s impact on young Americans
CNN By Brian Fung, CNN Business A nationwide group of state attorneys general announced an investigation into TikTok’s impact on young…
Continue ReadingA billionaire CEO is on track to go further into space than any human in 50 years
KEYT, SPACEX, CNN By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Jared Isaacman — the billionaire CEO of payments processing company Shift 4 — is buying three…
Continue ReadingA billionaire CEO is on track to go further into space than any human in 50 years
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business Jared Isaacman — the billionaire CEO of payments processing company Shift 4 — is buying three more flights with…
Continue ReadingCisco makes $20 billion-plus takeover offer for Splunk
Reuters Network gear maker Cisco Systems has made a takeover offer worth more than $20 billion for software maker Splunk, The Wall Street Journal…
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Pet Pals: Get ready for some fun with Radish
This isn’t your garden variety…
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High Desert Museum, Scalehouse among 55 Oregon recipients of ‘Arts Build Communities’ grants
Using the arts as a means to address community need is the focus of 55 projects awarded a total of $221,535 through the Oregon Arts…
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Sisters Folk Festival plans 21st My Own Two Hands Community Arts Celebration
My Own Two Hands, the annual celebration of the arts and a major fundraiser for the Sisters Folk Festival, will officially kick off on Friday, April…
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Furry Friends: Maybe you’ll be wild about Harry
Harry is a pretty mellow stray who arrived at Redmond’s BrightSide Animal Center with two other dogs – Ron and Hermione, of…
Continue ReadingAmazon rolls back mask mandate for some vaccinated warehouse workers
By Brian Fung, CNN Business Amazon will no longer require its fully vaccinated warehouse employees to wear face masks at work in states that have…
Continue ReadingThe end of a wild pandemic ride: What it was like for Peloton employees who lost their jobs this week
By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Late Monday night, some Peloton staffers noticed they were unable to access work productivity apps like…
Continue ReadingThe end of a wild pandemic ride: What it was like for Peloton employees who lost their jobs this week
CNN, CNN BUSINESS By Sara Ashley O’Brien, CNN Business Late Monday night, some Peloton staffers noticed they were unable to access work…
Continue ReadingA controversial bill to protect kids online just advanced in the Senate. Here’s what you should know
By Brian Fung, CNN A controversial bill targeting how tech platforms and websites handle child sexual abuse material cleared a key hurdle on Thursday…
Continue ReadingElon Musk gives hotly anticipated Starship update, but it’s light on new details
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business SpaceX CEO Elon Musk spoke for over an hour Thursday night in a hotly anticipated discussion about Starship, which…
Continue ReadingApple plans AirTag updates to curb unwanted tracking
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Apple said Thursday it plans to add more safeguards to AirTags to cut down on unwanted tracking following…
Continue ReadingElon Musk to give first Mars rocket update in two years
By Jackie Wattles, CNN Business SpaceX CEO Elon Musk is expected on Thursday to give the most thorough update in two years about SpaceX’s plans…
Continue ReadingFrench watchdog says Google Analytics poses data privacy risks
By Reuters Google Analytics, the world’s most widely used web analytics service developed by Alphabet’s Google (GOOG), risks giving U.S.…
Continue ReadingUber’s business is over the pandemic slump
By Sara O’Brien, CNN Business Uber’s business is showing signs that it’s moving past the pandemic slowdown. The company reported…
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