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Instagram fights cyber bullying with new features

(CNN) —  Instagram is joining in the fight against cyber bullying. The social media site says it is launching two new features to combat bullying comment warnings and a restrict option. The comment warning can supposedly detect offensive or borderline offensive content at the same time the user is typing, and will prompt them to reconsider the post they are…

Virtual reality is helping Walmart decide employee promotion

(CNN) – Virtual reality could soon determine an employee’s promotion. According to USA Today, Walmart is using VR to help decide which workers deserve a promotion. The company is using the technology to test how employees handle routine and high stress situations. These tests can help hiring managers decide who deserves more responsibility. Walmart first introduced virtual reality two years…

U.S. job market shows steady growth in month of June

COLUMBIA, SC (WOLO) — There’s good news on the job front. According to new numbers released by more people are getting back to work. Employers in the United States added 224 thousand jobs to the economy in the month of June. Much better news than what economist say was a disappointing month of May. Most of the gains were in…

Toyota extends 5 year recall to newer model of Prius

(CNN) – A recall that has been in effect since 2014 has been expanded to newer models. Toyota is now recalling Prius models made in 2018. The car company says the car has a defect in its electronic power system, the same issue that pulled nearly 800,000 Prius cars off the road in 2014. Toyota attempted to fix the problem…