Information Technology
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Analysis: How to sell a skeptical America on funding the new space race
Jul 20, 2019 6:20 am - On May 25, 1961, U.S. President John F. Kennedy said Americans would land a man on the moon and return him safely to Earth by the end of the decade. Fifty years ago this...
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How quickly can AI solve a Rubik's Cube?
Jul 20, 2019 6:19 am - Few things reveal the limits of someone's problem-solving skills faster than a Rubik's cube, the multicolored, three-dimensional puzzle that has befuddled so many since ...
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Tesla's plan to deliver fully self-driving cars this year worries regulators, experts
Jul 20, 2019 6:18 am - SAN FRANCISCO - Tesla is racing to be first to the market with a self-driving car made for the masses, promising to send as soon as this year an over-the-air software up...
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Emoji are — finally — becoming more diverse
Jul 20, 2019 6:15 am - Silicon Valley is notoriously lacking in diversity. But tech giants are making major progress in at least one area of inclusivity: emoji. On Wednesday, Apple and Google ...
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Alphabet unveils app to provide air-traffic control for drones
Jul 20, 2019 6:09 am - The company that brought you free digital maps and email wants to do the same thing for your drone. Wing LLC, an offshoot of Alphabet Inc.'s Google, on Tuesday unveiled ...
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Your data is for sale online, and software you installed yourself is to blame
Jul 20, 2019 6:00 am - I've watched you check in for a flight and seen your doctor refilling a prescription. I've peeked inside corporate networks at reports on faulty rockets. If I wanted, I ...
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Your baby's diaper could be connected to the Internet soon
Jul 19, 2019 1:00 am - Pampers is the latest company to jump into trendy, wearable devices with a new "connected care system" called Lumi that tracks babies' activity through a sensor that att...
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You downloaded FaceApp. Here's what you've just done to your privacy.
Jul 18, 2019 1:00 am - When an app goes viral, how can you know if it's all good fun - or covertly violating your privacy by, say, sending your face to the Russian government? That's the burni...
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Schumer calls for investigation into FaceApp over security concerns, Russia ties
Jul 18, 2019 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Warning of national security and privacy risks for millions of Americans, Senate Democrat leader Chuck Schumer, New York, urged the FBI and the Federal Trad...
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St. Charles family business among those helping NASA reach the starsJul 18, 2019 1:00 am - As schoolchildren growing up in the 1960s, Mike Cain and his brothers, Bob and John, had the coolest stories to tell their classmates. Their grandfather and father, Clyd...