All Stories from August 20, 2016 (Change date)
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There's a new, easier way to make strong passwordsAug 21, 2016 7:50 am - People tend to hate computer passwords, that often nonsensical jumble of letters, numbers and special keystrokes said to be essential for digital security. The secret co...
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Analysis: 'Wireless fiber' could give us gigabit Internet speeds with no cables at allAug 21, 2016 7:50 am - So, you're on the hunt for a new home-Internet provider. The one you like seems to offer fast, reliable service, but its footprint ends just short of where you happen to...
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Analysis: Tim Cook's own (slow) brand of innovationAug 21, 2016 7:50 am - All tech companies face a constant demand to innovate while also producing huge profits and sales growth. That means that Apple, the world's largest company, is also one...
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Essay: I drove 8 hours on Tesla Autopilot and lived to tell the taleAug 21, 2016 7:50 am - I knew Tesla had a problem when everyone started telling me to "be safe." I was getting ready to embark on a 550-mile road trip in a $145,000 Tesla Model S. I'd be drivi...
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Putting a computer in your brain is no longer science fictionAug 21, 2016 7:50 am - VENICE BEACH, Calif. - Like many in Silicon Valley, technology entrepreneur Bryan Johnson sees a future in which intelligent machines can do things like drive cars on th...
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From Justin Bieber to Leslie Jones: A month of leaving social mediaAug 22, 2016 6:11 am - Gabby Douglas, a gold medal-winning gymnast, seemed confused when a reporter at the Olympics started asking her questions about the internet just after her final routine...
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Apple's numbers under Cook's guidanceAug 21, 2016 7:50 am - Apple: The numbers $10.3 million The value of Tim Cook's compensation in 2015 - - - $376 million The value of restricted stock grant awarded to Tim Cook in 2011 (to ve...
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The biggest 'gift' Steve Jobs gave Apple CEO Tim Cook before he diedAug 21, 2016 7:50 am - Since he was officially named Apple's CEO in 2011, Tim Cook has often told the story of the advice Steve Jobs gave him just before he died. In the memorial service at Ap...
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Naperville protester's collage depicts tent fireAug 21, 2016 7:45 am - The artist appears in a black T-shirt, dark wash blue jeans and black tennis shoes with a long gray beard and straight gray hair clipped behind his head. He is none othe...
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Weekend picks: Look up for the Air & Water ShowAug 21, 2016 8:05 am - Flying high See the U.S. Air Force Thunderbirds (after a five-year absence), the U.S. Army Parachute Team Golden Knights and more at the 58th Annual Chicago Air and Wate...