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Burnout turned Twitch streamers' dreams of playing games full time into nightmares

Playing video games for a living sounds like a dream job. But toxic fans and demanding schedules can turn that dream into a nightmare.
Keller Gordon
National

A new blueprint offers advice for businesses to protect against ransomware attacks

Small businesses paid millions to cybercriminals last year to unlock their files. That's why experts released a new blueprint with advice on how to defend against and recover from ransomware attacks.
Jenna McLaughlin
Technology

What a new manufacturing act could mean for Washington state

Today, President Biden signed the CHIPS and Science Act. It authorizes $250 billion dollars to subsidize domestic production of semiconductors, and fund research into new semiconductor technology. Supporters of the Act say it will help deal with those supply chain issues, and make the US more competitive against foreign manufacturers. But not everyone's so sure.
Libby Denkmann

Sarah Leibovitz
Technology

Snapchat's new parental controls try to mimic real-life parenting, minus the hovering

Snapchat's Family Center lets parents see whom their teen is contacting, but not their messages. Parents can also confidentially report accounts that concern them, without their child's knowledge.
Raquel Maria Dillon
Technology

Amazon is buying Roomba vacuum maker iRobot for $1.7 billion

iRobot is most famous for the circular-shaped Roomba vacuum, which would join voice assistant Alexa and Ring security cameras among smart home features offered by Amazon.
The Associated Press
Business

The U.S. made a breakthrough battery discovery — then gave the technology to China

Taxpayers spent $15 million on research to build a breakthrough battery. Then the U.S. government gave it to China.
Courtney Flatt

Laura Sullivan
Technology

Robinhood cuts nearly a quarter of its staff as the pandemic darling loses its shine

Robinhood – the company that became a household name during the pandemic – is cutting staff, citing a deteriorating economy and worsening market.
David Gura
Business

The economy is stalling and big tech companies prepare for tougher times

The pandemic fueled a tech boom, but now tech companies are scaling back hiring and hunkering down for a tougher economy than expected.
Shannon Bond
Technology

Facebook's parent company reports a drop in revenue for the first time ever

Meta's quarterly earnings are another sign of a protracted slowdown in the digital ad market. Soaring inflation, interest rate hikes and other economic woes are making advertisers cautious.
Shannon Bond
Technology

4 steps you can take right now to improve your Instagram feed

From celebrities to regular users, many people are complaining that Instagram doesn't know what users want. Here's what you can do to clean up your feed and get rid of suggested posts.
Deanna Schwartz

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