50 years ago, he made the first cell phone call
By Jennifer Korn On April 3, 1973, Martin Cooper stood on a sidewalk on Sixth Avenue in Manhattan with a device the size of a brick and made the…
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‘I’ve never seen anything like this:’ One of China’s most popular apps has the ability to spy on its users, say experts
CNN By Nectar Gan, Yong Xiong and Juliana Liu, CNN It is one of China’s most popular shopping apps, selling clothing, groceries and just about…
Continue ReadingMicron Technology: China probes US chip maker for cybersecurity risks as tech tension escalates
By Laura He, CNN China has launched a cybersecurity probe into Micron Technology, one of America’s largest memory chip makers, in apparent…
Continue Reading‘I’ve never seen anything like this:’ One of China’s most popular apps has the ability to spy on its users, say experts
By Nectar Gan, Yong Xiong and Juliana Liu, CNN It is one of China’s most popular shopping apps, selling clothing, groceries and just about…
Continue ReadingPuffer coat Pope. Musk on a date with GM CEO. Fake AI ‘news’ images are fooling social media users
By Clare Duffy, CNN Pope Francis wearing a massive, white puffer coat. Elon Musk walking hand-in-hand with rival GM CEO Mary Barra. Former President…
Continue ReadingWelcome to the era of viral AI generated ‘news’ images
CNN By Clare Duffy, CNN Pope Francis wearing a massive, white puffer coat. Elon Musk walking hand-in-hand with rival GM CEO Mary Barra. Former…
Continue ReadingA grassroots group took on Amazon and won. Then came the hard part
By Catherine Thorbecke, CNN When the Amazon Labor Union shocked the world last April by successfully forming the first US union in the e-commerce…
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Pet Pals: Gail is a blue-eyed softie who could steal your heart
Gail is a 4-month-old with a super-soft coat and super blue eyes who would love to find an active family and is waiting for one at the Humane Society…
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‘Overwhelmed’ La Pine woman agrees to relinquish 17 dogs; Humane Society of C.O. caring for them
The Humane Society of Central Oregon is caring for 17 dogs taken from a La Pine woman who authorities say recently adopted them from a rescue…
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Furry Friends: Astro is a curious and friendly fellow
Meet Astro, an adult cat that arrived at Redmond’s BrightSide Animal Center in mid-February and is doing fine after eye…
Continue ReadingWhat Americans think of a TikTok ban
By Brian Fung, CNN Half of Americans support a US government ban on TikTok, while 22% oppose the idea and more than a quarter are unsure, according…
Continue ReadingItaly blocks ChatGPT over privacy concerns
By Livvy Doherty and Sharon Braithwaite, CNN Regulators in Italy issued a temporary ban on ChatGPT Friday, effective immediately, due to privacy…
Continue ReadingNATO bans TikTok on devices
By Natasha Bertrand, CNN NATO has officially banned staffers from downloading the social media app TikTok onto their NATO-provided devices, citing…
Continue ReadingJapan joins the US and Europe in chipmaking curbs on China
By Michelle Toh and Junko Ogura, CNN Japan will restrict the overseas sale of chip manufacturing equipment, joining the United States and the…
Continue ReadingThe FTC should investigate OpenAI and block GPT over ‘deceptive’ behavior, AI policy group claims
By Brian Fung, CNN An AI policy think tank wants the US government to investigate OpenAI and its wildly popular GPT artificial intelligence product,…
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15 cats left abandoned near Redmond’s Dry Canyon recovering at shelter; police seek tips from public
More than a dozen cats were abandoned in a Redmond Park and are now being cared for at Brightside Animal Shelter, as police look for who is…
Continue ReadingFDA requires medical devices be secured against cyberattacks
By Jennifer Korn The Food and Drug Administration will now require medical devices meet specific cybersecurity guidelines after years of concerns…
Continue ReadingElon Musk and other tech leaders call for pause in ‘out of control’ AI race
By Samantha Murphy Kelly, CNN Business Some of the biggest names in tech are calling for artificial intelligence labs to stop the training of the…
Continue ReadingFederal judge rules Google tried to ‘hide the ball’ by deleting chat logs in a big antitrust case
By Brian Fung, CNN Google intentionally sought to “hide the ball” in a high-profile antitrust case by automatically deleting employee…
Continue ReadingArkansas sues TikTok, ByteDance and Meta over mental health claims
By Brian Fung, CNN The state of Arkansas has sued TikTok, its parent ByteDance, and Facebook-parent Meta over claims the companies’ products…
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