Information Technology
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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...
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Google researchers uncover iPhone hack tied to malicious websites
Aug 30, 2019 1:00 am - Security researchers at Google uncovered a "sustained" - at least two years - and indiscriminate campaign to hack iPhones through certain websites, allowing attackers to...
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Facebook is launching local alerts to keep you safe during emergencies, including severe weather
Aug 27, 2019 1:00 am - Severe weather, traffic incidents and crime disrupt routines and threaten lives. Facebook announced Tuesday that is arming state, city and local government emergency man...
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The spy in your wallet: Credit cards have a privacy problem
Aug 26, 2019 1:00 am - I recently used my credit card to buy a banana. Then I tried to figure out how my credit card let companies buy me. You might think my 29-cent swipe at Target would be j...
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Ransomware attacks are expensive threats to city and state governments
Aug 25, 2019 6:18 am - Upon learning that Riviera Beach's computer systems were being held hostage earlier this summer, KaShamba Miller-Anderson's first instinct was to assume it was a joke. H...
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What's coming from Apple? Pro iPhones, new iPads, larger MacBook Pro
Aug 24, 2019 6:25 am - Apple Inc. is readying a clutch of new hardware for the coming weeks and months, including "Pro" iPhones, upgrades to iPads and its largest laptop in years. The Cupertin...
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The quantum revolution is coming, and Chinese scientists are at the forefront
Aug 24, 2019 6:22 am - SHANGHAI - More than a decade ago, Chinese physicist Pan Jian-Wei returned home from Europe to help oversee research into some of the most important technology of the 21...
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Seven basic questions about quantum technology, answered
Aug 24, 2019 6:20 am - A look at the intense competition between China and the United States to develop quantum technology, which is based on the field of quantum mechanics and holds the promi...
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App makers say Apple's move to protect kids' privacy could devastate their businesses
Aug 24, 2019 6:19 am - Apple plans to change the rules it has for kids apps, raising concerns among some app developers about the way the tech giant wields power unilaterally over an App Store...