Catherine Thorbecke - Writer, CNN Business
Catherine Thorbecke
Writer, CNN Business
Catherine Thorbecke is a writer for CNN Business covering the wide-ranging impacts of technology and innovation on our society and culture.
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This ALS patient has a brain implant that translates his thoughts to computer commands
May 9, 2024
Staring at a computer screen, Mark focuses deeply, his arms resting by his side. His right index finger trembles ever so slightly on top of a pillow, and then an alert rings out from the screen in front of him, a message to a caregiver that he needs assistance.
Google surges after buying back billions of dollars of its own stock
Apr 26, 2024
Alphabet, the parent company of Google, bounced back from an absolutely dreadful day for tech shares, as its stock surged Thursday after the closing bell. All it had to do was to hand out billions of dollars to investors.
Google has fired 50 employees after protests over Israel cloud deal, organizers say
Apr 23, 2024
Google has fired an additional 20 workers that it says were involved in protests last week over the company’s cloud-computing contract with the Israeli government.
AI is threatening Americans’ jobs. Could guaranteed income provide a safety net?
Apr 13, 2024
Michael Tubbs was born and raised in Stockton, California, roughly a one-hour drive from Silicon Valley, the birthplace of the AI revolution that’s now forecast to forever change the way Americans live and work.
Airbnb wants to help renters, and not just homeowners, share their space for cash
Apr 12, 2024
Airbnb is trying help renters, and not just homeowners, become hosts on the platform and be able to share their spaces for some extra cash.
Meta’s AI image generator really struggles with the concept of interracial couples
Apr 4, 2024
Meta’s AI image generator is coming under fire for its apparent struggles to create images of couples or friends from different racial backgrounds.
Google to delete billions of browser records to settle ‘Incognito’ lawsuit
Apr 1, 2024
Google will delete billions of data records as part of a settlement for a lawsuit that accused the tech giant of improperly tracking the web-browsing habits of users who thought they were browsing the internet privately.
Paying for the Baltimore bridge collapse will be a complicated, yearslong mess
Mar 28, 2024
The massive cargo ship crash into Baltimore’s Francis Scott Key Bridge in Baltimore will likely lead to billions of dollars in liability claims. Marine insurance companies will be on the hook.
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US sues Apple in antitrust lawsuit
Mar 21, 2024
The Justice Department has filed a blockbuster antitrust lawsuit against Apple on Thursday. Follow here for the latest.
Lawmakers are trying to ban TikTok. But the app is hardly the only offender
Mar 16, 2024
When lawmakers grilled TikTok CEO Shou Chew during a lengthy hearing last March, Rep. Darren Soto argued what has now become the crux of a bill that overwhelmingly passed in the House this week.
Airbnb bans the use of indoor security cameras
Mar 11, 2024
Airbnb is banning the use of indoor security cameras in listings globally, the short-term rental platform announced Monday.
Takeaways from the Supreme Court’s arguments on Texas and Florida’s social media laws and the First Amendment
Feb 26, 2024
The Supreme Court expressed skepticism Monday about state laws in Texas and Florida designed to stop social media giants from throttling conservative views but also suggested that whatever decision emerges may not be the court’s final word on the significant First Amendment questions raised by the case.
AT&T says service has been restored after massive, nationwide outage. Authorities are investigating
Feb 23, 2024
AT&T’s network went down for many of its customers across the United States Thursday morning, leaving customers unable to place calls, text or access the internet. By late morning, the company said most of its network had been restored.
5 things to know about the massive AT&T network outage
Feb 23, 2024
Tens of thousands of Americans had trouble making phone calls, sending texts, reaching emergency services or even accessing the internet on Thursday because of a nearly 12-hour AT&T network outage.
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AT&T outage resolved, authorities investigating
Feb 22, 2024
AT&T’s network went down for many of its customers across the United States Thursday morning, leaving customers unable to place calls, text or access the internet. Follow for live updates.
Google halts AI tool’s ability to produce images of people after backlash
Feb 22, 2024
Google is pausing the ability for its artificial intelligence tool Gemini to generate images of people, after it was blasted on social media for producing historically inaccurate images that largely showed people of color in place of White people.
About
Catherine Thorbecke is a writer for CNN Business covering the wide-ranging impacts of technology and innovation on our society and culture.
Thorbecke joined CNN after more than six years at ABC News, where she held various roles and most-recently helmed the network’s digital coverage of business and technology news. She also worked at ABC’s flagship morning show “Good Morning America” and was part of the team that was awarded back-to-back Daytime Emmy Awards for Outstanding Morning Program in 2016 and 2017. Outside of business and technology, she has also covered issues impacting the Asian American community and is a member of the Asian American Journalists Association.
Thorbecke is a graduate of New York University and currently based in New York City. She grew up between Tokyo, Japan, and Hawaii.
