Information Technology
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Flying cars, hyperloops and the other 2020 tech predictions that didn't pan out
Dec 27, 2019 12:00 am - Predicting the future is hard, even for the people with the most power to influence it. In 2013, Jeff Bezos said he expected Amazon.com Inc. would be delivering packages...
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Spotify to follow Twitter in eliminating political advertising
Dec 27, 2019 12:00 am - Spotify Technology SA will stop selling U.S. political advertising in early 2020, following Twitter Inc.'s lead in steering clear of a contentious election cycle. The mo...
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Tesla's turnaround looks increasingly credible to Wedbush
Dec 26, 2019 12:00 am - Recent data from China and Europe suggest to Wedbush that the turnaround in Tesla Inc. may be real. Wedbush analyst Daniel Ives raised his price target on the stock to $...
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Amazon gains after reporting "record-breaking" holiday season
Dec 26, 2019 12:00 am - Amazon.com Inc.'s stock had the biggest advance on the SP 500 Index after the e-commerce giant said its holiday season this year was "record breaking," with billions of ...
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First-run movies at home for the ultra-rich - at just $2,500 a pop
Dec 21, 2019 5:18 am - Meet Red Carpet Entertainment LLC, the opposite of Netflix in the fast-changing home-video world. Unlike the famous streaming service, which serves up thousands of films...
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Apple has secret team working on satellites to beam data to devices
Dec 21, 2019 5:17 am - Apple has a secret team working on satellites and related wireless technology, striving to find new ways to beam data such as internet connectivity directly to its devic...
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Federal study finds racial bias of many facial-recognition systems
Dec 21, 2019 5:09 am - Facial-recognition systems misidentified people of color more often than white people, a landmark federal study released Thursday shows, casting new doubts on a rapidly ...
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What does your car know about you? They hacked a Chevy to find out.
Dec 21, 2019 5:00 am - Behind the wheel, it's nothing but you, the open road - and your car quietly recording your every move. On a recent drive, a 2017 Chevrolet collected my precise location...
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Apple, Google, Amazon want one language for smart home devices
Dec 21, 2019 5:00 am - Apple, Alphabet's Google and Amazon.com — three of the biggest smart-home and voice-assistant providers — are joining forces to make internet-connected homes easier to s...
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Dickson acquires French monitor firmDec 20, 2019 12:00 am - ADDISON - Dickson, a developer of environmental monitoring systems, announced Thursday it has acquired French manufacturer Oceasoft SA in a multimillion dollar, cash-for...