Business Stories from August 19, 2017 (Change date)
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How Silicon Valley has escalated its war on white supremacyAug 19, 2017 7:20 am - Silicon Valley significantly escalated its war on white supremacy this week, choking off the ability of hate groups to raise money online, removing them from Internet se...
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Cutting the cord? Freedom from cable TV isn't freeAug 19, 2017 7:19 am - In the old days of video streaming - that is, not so long ago - consumers could cut the cable cord and subscribe to one or two services, enjoying a vast array of movies ...
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How Google Home, Amazon Echo give a new twist to the home phoneAug 19, 2017 7:19 am - The death of the landline has been well-documented for years, as cellphones have become the primary phone for the majority of Americans. But now, thanks to tech companie...
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See thosee hipsters outside that new restaurant? Chicago native's new app pays them to stand thereAug 19, 2017 7:18 am - Pretend for a moment that you're walking through your neighborhood and notice a line of people wrapped around the block outside a newly opened restaurant. Local food blo...
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AI learns from pro gamers - then crushes themAug 19, 2017 7:17 am - For decades, the world's smartest game-playing humans have been racking up losses to increasingly sophisticated forms of artificial intelligence. The defeats began in th...
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Could movie theater chains get left out of deal on digital downloads?Aug 19, 2017 7:16 am - Movie studios are considering whether to ignore the objections of cinema chains and forge ahead with a plan to offer digital rentals of films mere weeks after they appea...
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Change this iPhone setting to stop nude pics from strangersAug 19, 2017 7:16 am - Some iPhone users are getting unpleasant surprises from a sharing feature they may not realize allows anyone to send pictures to their phones. According to the New York ...
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Apple's new iPhone gives suppliers long-awaited paydayAug 19, 2017 7:15 am - It was the late 1990s, and entrepreneurs Steven Abramson and Sidney Rosenblatt were pitching an electronics giant on their new flat-screen technology. It didn't go well....
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Some Apple employees may quit over new 'open' office floor planAug 19, 2017 7:15 am - Construction at Apple Park, the tech giant's new "spaceship" headquarters in Cupertino, Calif., is projected to be completed by the end of this year. The $5 billion camp...
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Report: Facebook shut down anonymous employee group after Trump electionAug 19, 2017 7:13 am - Facebook chief executive Mark Zuckerberg shut down an anonymous employee group following the election of Donald Trump, after it devolved into a forum for divisive politi...
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