ROKU TO CUT ABOUT 10% OF ITS WORKFORCE AS IT UPS QUARTERLY SALES EXPECTATIONS AND SHARES SOAR, AGAIN

Roku is cutting about 10% of its workforce, or 360 people, and it will limit new hiring as it cuts costs to stem a series of quarterly losses.

THE FILMS COMING TO THEATERS AND STREAMING SOON, FROM 'DUMB MONEY' TO 'THE HUNGER GAMES'

Fall is coming, and so are the movies.

BILLIONAIRES WANT TO BUILD A NEW CITY IN RURAL CALIFORNIA. THEY MUST CONVINCE VOTERS FIRST

Silicon Valley billionaires behind a secretive $800 million land-buying spree in Northern California have finally released some details about their plans for a new green city, but they still must win over skeptical voters and local leaders.

DELTA AIR LINES SAYS IT HAS PROTECTED ITS PLANES AGAINST INTERFERENCE FROM 5G WIRELESS SIGNALS

Delta Air Lines said that it has completed upgrading its fleet to protect key equipment against interference from 5G wireless signals, plugging a hole that could have disrupted flights during low visibility.

GOVERNOR ANNOUNCES RECORD INVESTMENT TO EXPAND ACCESS TO HIGH-SPEED INTERNET IN KENTUCKY

Looking to close its digital divide, Kentucky will use a $386 million investment to expand access to high-speed internet to more than 42,600 homes and businesses, Gov. Andy Beshear said this week.

ELON MUSK SAYS X, FORMERLY TWITTER, WILL HAVE VOICE AND VIDEO CALLS, UPDATES PRIVACY POLICY

Elon Musk said that his social network X, formerly known as Twitter, will give users the ability to make voice and video calls on the platform.

CARMAKERS FAIL PRIVACY TEST, GIVE OWNERS LITTLE OR NO ON PERSONAL CONTROL DATA THEY COLLECT

Cars are getting an \"F\" in data privacy. Most major manufacturers admit they may be selling your personal information, a new study finds, with half also saying they would share it with the government or law enforcement without a court order.

UNITED AIRLINES SAYS THE OUTAGE THAT HELD UP DEPARTING FLIGHTS WAS NOT A CYBERSECURITY ISSUE

United Airlines said that a software update triggered a glitch that forced it to halt departures nationwide, briefly crippling one of the nation's biggest carriers on a busy travel day.

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DISNEY, SPECTRUM DIRECT CUSTOMERS TO OTHER TV SERVICES AS DISPUTE KEEPING ESPN OFF AIR CONTINUES

Both sides of a dispute that has left nearly 15 million cable TV subscribers without ESPN or other networks affiliated with The Walt Disney Co. are directing customers to other services where they can watch television.

APPLE TO RELEASE VISIONOS APP STORE DEVELOPER BETA THIS FALL

Apple announced this week that the new visionOS App Store will be made available in a developer beta release this fall.

JAPAN LAUNCHES ROCKET CARRYING LUNAR LANDER AND X-RAY TELESCOPE TO EXPLORE ORIGINS OF UNIVERSE

Japan launched a rocket Thursday carrying an X-ray telescope that will explore the origins of the universe as well as a small lunar lander.

GOOGLE REACHES TENTATIVE SETTLEMENT WITH ALL 50 STATES OVER ALLEGED APP STORE MONOPOLY

All 50 states, the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico have reached an agreement in principle with Google to settle a lawsuit filed in 2021 over the tech giant's alleged monopolistic control of app distribution for the software that runs most of the world's cellphones.

BATTERY PARTS MAKER ENTEK BREAKS GROUND ON $1.5B MANUFACTURING CAMPUS IN WESTERN INDIANA

Oregon-based battery parts producer Entek broke ground Wednesday on a $1.5 billion manufacturing campus in western Indiana that officials said will create more than 640 jobs and give a boost to Indiana's growing electric vehicle industry.

MICROSOFT TO STOP PACKAGING TEAMS AND OFFICE SOFTWARE IN EUROPE TO HEAD OFF EU ANTITRUST ACTION

Microsoft will stop packaging its Teams videoconferencing app with its Office software in Europe in an effort to head off antitrust penalties by regulators.

THE AVERAGE LONG-TERM US MORTGAGE RATE FELL TO 7.18% THIS WEEK, EASING FROM MORE THAN 20-YEAR HIGH

The average long-term U.S. mortgage rate slipped after climbing for five consecutive weeks to a more than 20-year high, a modest relief for would-be home-buyers challenged by rising home prices and a thin inventory of homes on the market.

JCPENNEY IS SPENDING $1 BILLION ON STORE AND ONLINE UPGRADES IN LATEST BID TO REVIVE ITS BUSINESS

JCPenney said Thursday it plans to spend more than $1 billion by the end of 2025 in a bid to revive the storied but troubled 121-year-old department store chain.

VISUAL ARTISTS FIGHT BACK AGAINST AI COMPANIES FOR REPURPOSING THEIR WORK

Kelly McKernan’s acrylic and watercolor paintings are bold and vibrant, often featuring feminine figures rendered in bright greens, blues, pinks and purples. The style, in the artist’s words, is “surreal, ethereal ... dealing with discomfort in the human journey.”

T-MOBILE WILL LAY OFF 5,000 EMPLOYEES, OR ABOUT 7% OF ITS WORKFORCE, IN THE COMING WEEKS

Wireless carrier T-Mobile said it plans to cut 5,000 jobs, or about 7% of its workforce.

THE MATH PROBLEM: KIDS ARE STILL BEHIND. HOW CAN SCHOOLS CATCH THEM UP?

On a breezy July morning in South Seattle, a dozen elementary-aged students ran math relays behind an elementary school.

DENZEL WASHINGTON'S VIGILANTE BATTLES THE ITALIAN MAFIA IN 'EQUALIZER 3'

There’s an awful lot of talk about the end of movie stars considering Denzel Washington is right over here, walking around.

INDIA'S LUNAR ROVER KEEPS WALKING ON THE MOON, DAYS AFTER SPACECRAFT'S HISTORIC TOUCHDOWN

India’s lunar rover continued its walk on the moon after the historic touch-down of India’s spacecraft near the moon’s south pole last week, the country’s space agency said. The rover’s data collection and experiments could help determine if there is oxygen and hydrogen on the moon.

INDIA'S MOON ROVER CONFIRMS SULFUR AND DETECTS SEVERAL OTHER ELEMENTS NEAR THE LUNAR SOUTH POLE

India’s moon rover confirmed the presence of sulfur and detected several other elements near the lunar south pole as it searches for signs of frozen water nearly a week after its historic moon landing, India’s space agency said.

US ECONOMIC GROWTH FOR LAST QUARTER IS REVISED DOWN TO A 2.1% ANNUAL RATE

The U.S. economy expanded at a 2.1% annual pace from April through June, showing continued resilience in the face of higher borrowing costs for consumers and businesses, the government said this week in a downgrade from its initial estimate.

WHEN IT COMES TO THE HOLLYWOOD STRIKES, IT'S NOT JUST THE ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY THAT'S BEING HURT

The company had struggled for years, tossed around by pandemic-induced production shutdowns that began in March 2020. Last year, though, business for Valentino’s Costume Group had finally picked back up.

TO STOP WILDFIRES, RESIDENTS IN SOME GREEK SUBURBS PUT THEIR OWN MONEY TOWARD EARLY WARNING DRONES

The nightmare repeats itself every year: A towering wall of flames devours forests, farmland and homes, forcing animals and people to flee for their lives.

BEST USED ELECTRIC VEHICLES UNDER $25,000

Pricing for new electric vehicles can be daunting for many shoppers. But more and more EVs are becoming available on the used vehicle market, and that’s creating greater opportunities for buying a lower-priced used EV. There’s also a further incentive to purchase a used EV that costs less than $25,000 thanks to an available federal tax credit of up to $4,000.

FBI AND EUROPEAN PARTNERS SEIZE MAJOR MALWARE NETWORK IN BLOW TO GLOBAL CYBERCRIME

U.S. officials said this week that the FBI and its European partners infiltrated and seized control of a major global malware network used for more than 15 years to commit a gamut of online crimes including crippling ransomware attacks.

NEED TO KNOW ABOUT LIFESAVING CPR? A NEW STUDY SAYS IT'S PROBABLY WISE NOT TO ASK ALEXA, CORTANA, OR SIRI

Ask Alexa or Siri about the weather. But if you want to save someone’s life? Call 911 for that.

STARLINK - THE SPACEX SATELLITE NETWORK THAT WILL CONNECT EVERYTHING

In a world dependent on technology, Elon Musk is a name that often comes to mind. From X to Tesla, the entrepreneur has his fingers in a number of pies.