Bitcoin’s astronomical rise last year could be buoyed by market manipulation, researchers say

UPDATED: Fri., June 15, 2018, 10:16 p.m.

Researchers at the University of Texas at Austin found that at least half of bitcoin’s astronomical returns last year may have been a result of manipulation.

AT&T completes purchase of Time Warner, ushering in new era for Warner Bros., CNN and HBO

Fri., June 15, 2018, 4:34 p.m.

AT&T Inc. announced late Thursday that it completed its $85 billion acquisition of Time Warner Inc., just two days after a federal judge in Washington gave the deal the green light.

Theranos CEO Elizabeth Holmes charged with criminal fraud

Fri., June 15, 2018, 3:45 p.m.

Federal prosecutors indicted Elizabeth Holmes on criminal fraud charges for allegedly defrauding investors, doctors and the public as the head of the once-heralded blood-testing startup Theranos. Federal prosecutors also brought charges against the company’s former second-in-command.

Avista’s Idaho customers will see drop in rates from federal, state tax cuts

UPDATED: Fri., June 15, 2018, 5:46 p.m.

Federal and state tax cuts will give Avista’s Idaho customers a break on their electric and natural gas bills.

E3 expo highlights virtual reality’s never-ending challenge: to get real

Fri., June 15, 2018, 6 a.m.

Beyond the new game announcements and software improvements, if there’s anything that this year’s Electronic Entertainment Expo confirmed, it’s that virtual reality in the $116-billion worldwide gaming industry is here to stay.

Skeptical crowd wants ‘Idaho first,’ questions Avista sale to Canadian utility

Fri., June 15, 2018

North Idaho residents expressed deep suspicions Thursday night about the proposed sale of Avista Corp. to a Canadian utility partly owned by the government of Ontario.

Microsoft follows Amazon in pursuit of cashier-less stores

Thu., June 14, 2018, 5:09 p.m.

Microsoft is working on automated checkout technology that could help retailers compete with Amazon’s new cashierless stores.

Apple closing iPhone security gap used by law enforcement

UPDATED: Thu., June 14, 2018, 4:32 p.m.

Apple is closing a security gap that allowed outsiders to pry personal information from locked iPhones without a password, a change that will thwart law enforcement agencies that have been exploiting the vulnerability to collect evidence in criminal investigations.

Startup launches insurance for Uber, Lyft passengers

UPDATED: Thu., June 14, 2018, 3:54 p.m.

Worried about an accident when you ride with Uber or Lyft? Now you can get an insurance policy from your phone for the ride too.

Accused of racial profiling, Lowe’s ends policy of checking customer receipts as they leave

UPDATED: Thu., June 14, 2018, 11:01 a.m.

After being accused of racial profiling, Lowe’s has ended its receipt-checking policy in all stores.

Samsung joins global pledge to increase renewable energy use

Thu., June 14, 2018, 8:48 a.m.

Samsung Electronics Co., the world’s biggest smartphone maker, joined on Thursday a growing list of companies that are promising to increase their use of solar and other renewable energy to help curb global warming.

Regulator found 20,000 bad accounts at major banks. We still don’t know which ones

Wed., June 13, 2018, 5:51 p.m.

The nation’s top bank regulator told members of Congress on Wednesday that his agency found about 20,000 accounts that may have been opened without customers’ authorization or had other problems during a review of the nation’s largest financial institutions prompted by the Wells Fargo & Co. scandal.

Apple is ending apps’ ability to secretly sell your contacts list

Wed., June 13, 2018, 4:01 p.m.

Apple’s recently updated policy for developers on its App Store now prohibits apps from selling information collected from your address book to other people.

Comcast challenges Disney with $65B bid for Fox

Wed., June 13, 2018, 3:21 p.m.

Comcast made a $65 billion bid Wednesday for Fox’s entertainment businesses, setting up a battle with Disney to become the next mega-media company.

Domino’s on streets, not for pizzas but to fix potholes

Wed., June 13, 2018, 1:15 p.m.

News outlets report national delivery-based pizza chain Domino’s is aiming to make commutes around the country a little less hellish, by helping to repair potholes.

Twitter aims to predict what you want to know, when it happens

UPDATED: Wed., June 13, 2018, 7:46 p.m.

Twitter will personalize news for users and send them notifications of events, trying to attract a bigger, broader audience with one of its most comprehensive product updates in years.

Trump expected to name new CFPB chief next week, Mulvaney says

Wed., June 13, 2018, 10:06 a.m.

President Donald Trump will likely name his pick to run the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau next week, according to Mick Mulvaney, the agency’s interim leader.

Stocks slip after Fed says interest rates will rise faster

UPDATED: Wed., June 13, 2018, 3:55 p.m.

U.S. stocks slipped Wednesday after the Federal Reserve raised interest rates and said it expects to increase rates two more times by the end of the year. Investors bet that several huge deals are more likely to happen after a federal court cleared AT&T’s $85 billion purchase of Time Warner.

Orlison Brewing will cease producing its own beer and shutter downtown taproom

UPDATED: Wed., June 13, 2018, 4:59 p.m.

The Airway Heights brewery will continue to make beers for No-Li Brewhouse on a contract basis, as it has been recently, but will no longer produce its own Orlison lineup.

Seattle company installs bitcoin ATM at the Spokane Valley Mall

Wed., June 13, 2018, 6 a.m.

Local residents can use cash and their driver’s license to buy cryptocurrency at a new bitcoin ATM in the Spokane Valley Mall.

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