Information Technology
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T-Mobile antennas approved for Arlington Heights water towerSep 06, 2019 1:00 am - Arlington Heights will allow T-Mobile to install antennas on a village water tower, some three years after officials initially floated the idea as a way to gain extra re...
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New Google policy bars ads for unproven stem cell therapies
Sep 06, 2019 1:00 am - Responding to ubiquitous online marketing by stem cell clinics selling unapproved treatments for everything from achy joints to Alzheimer's, Google announced Friday it w...
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Google memo to workers: Only talk about work at work - and definitely no politics
Sep 01, 2019 6:00 am - Google has a message to its workers: heads down and do your job. Google issued new guidelines in a memo for how its roughly 100,000 employees ought to conduct themselves...
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'Hey, Google! Let me talk to my departed father.'
Aug 31, 2019 6:25 am - When Andrew Kaplan reminisces, his engrossing tales leave the impression that he's managed to pack multiple lives into a single existence: globe-trotting war corresponde...
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Aggressive Amazon tactic pushes you to consider its own brand before you click 'buy'
Aug 31, 2019 6:15 am - Amazon has introduced a feature that pitches its own private-label brands right before customers add rival products to their shopping carts, illustrating the e-commerce ...
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Google wants to help you catch your grammar mistakes
Aug 31, 2019 6:12 am - There, their, they're. If you stumble over your grammar, take comfort in this: tech companies are supercharging their digital grammar editors with artificial intelligenc...
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Video game 'loot boxes' are going away and it could crush Rocket League's black market
Aug 31, 2019 6:00 am - The developers behind Rocket League are preparing to rid the game of its loot boxes, a system for randomized in-game purchases critics say amounts to gambling. While mos...
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Before you install security cameras in your home, check the law
Aug 31, 2019 6:00 am - Enterprising homeowners are no longer using security cameras and video doorbells simply to spot criminal activity track deliveries. They're keeping tabs on their pets, t...
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Tesla owner wanted to control her Model 3, so she implanted a valet key in her arm
Aug 31, 2019 6:00 am - Last year, after placing an order for Tesla's recently unveiled Model 3, Amie Dansby began to ponder an ambitious idea. Because of its many high tech features, she knew ...
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Why so many of your favorite YouTube videos are secretly infomercials
Aug 31, 2019 6:00 am - The Try Guys are playing Jenga Truth or Dare, dressed in animal onesies and having a great time for their 6 million YouTube fans. On the surface, it's a typical video fr...