Information Technology
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Google is always listening. Now it's watching, too, with the Nest Hub Max.
Sep 09, 2019 1:00 am - With the new Nest Hub Max, a smart speaker with a screen, Google is adding an eye to its talking artificial intelligence. When I flash my palm at the device, a camera sp...
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Why Apple is borrowing $7B While sitting on a $200B cash pile
Sep 08, 2019 6:00 am - Apple Inc., one of the most cash-rich companies in the world, is still looking to get a piece of the ultra-cheap money that's up for grabs in the bond market. With inves...
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How Apple uses its App Store to copy the best ideas
Sep 07, 2019 6:25 am - Clue, a popular app women use to track their periods, has risen to near the top of Apple's Health and Fitness category. It could be downhill from here. Apple plans this ...
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How YouTube is changing what it shows kids
Sep 07, 2019 6:22 am - YouTube is changing what it shows kids. The new business practices, along with $170 million in fines, settle allegations by the Federal Trade Commission and New York sta...
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Analysis: Era of iPhone 'super cycles' is gone, even for 5g
Sep 07, 2019 6:18 am - "Super cycle" predictions are back. Kind of. In 2016 and 2017, some technologists and stock analysts said Apple Inc.'s 10th anniversary iPhone line would produce somethi...
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An AI first: Voice-mimicking software reportedly used in a major theft
Sep 07, 2019 6:15 am - Thieves used voice-mimicking software to imitate a company executive's speech and dupe his subordinate into sending hundreds of thousands of dollars to a secret account,...
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TomTom maps out revamp with bet on self-driving cars
Sep 07, 2019 6:10 am - Once a household name for its satellite navigation for cars, TomTom NV has taken a back seat in recent years as smartphones, loaded with apps like Google maps, surged in...
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Young adults use their phones 6 hours a day but barely touch their news apps, study shows
Sep 07, 2019 6:09 am - If the little square boxes on our phone screens are candy, then news apps, to young users, are the equivalent of chewy, high-fiber granola bars. They're on the screen, s...
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Viral Chinese app replaces your face with Leonardo DiCaprio's in 'deepfake' videos
Sep 07, 2019 6:00 am - An app that allows users to virtually graft their faces onto actors in scenes from movies and television shows became the most popular iPhone download in China last week...
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Samsung's redesigned Galaxy Fold should hit U.S. this month
Sep 06, 2019 6:00 am - Samsung Electronics Co.'s Galaxy Fold goes on sale Sept. 6 in its home market of South Korea, following a monthslong delay caused by the discovery of a severe defect in ...