Information Technology
-
Google and Amazon prohibit firearm parts listings, but it's easy to find them
Aug 10, 2019 6:00 am - Google and Amazon, two of the biggest platforms for online shopping, have been offering for sale and profiting from listings of firearm and gun accessories, an apparent ...
-
Here's how the Justice Department wants to befriend ethical hackers
Aug 10, 2019 6:00 am - LAS VEGAS - The Justice Department's relationship with the cybersecurity research community has historically been tempestuous, but Leonard Bailey is on a mission to impr...
-
Trump tech tariffs would add $1B monthly to import costs
Aug 10, 2019 6:00 am - U.S. technology companies would pay an additional $1 billion a month or more in tariffs if President Donald Trump follows through on his threat to impose duties on addit...
-
Merrimac Solutions earns provider's 'Gold Status'Aug 09, 2019 1:00 am - AURORA - Merrimac Solutions, a provider of innovative technology, has achieved Gold status in the Veeam Cloud & Service Provider Program. Veeam is a provider in backup s...
-
How Lake County is using software to lower fuel costs and emissionsAug 09, 2019 1:00 am - Lake County is using software in vehicles to reduce fuel costs and carbon emissions. To date, "idle technology" has been installed on 72 vehicles and the county plans to...
-
Republican groups vow to stop buying Twitter ads until McConnell campaign account is unfrozen
Aug 08, 2019 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - A move by Twitter to freeze the account of Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell's campaign has prompted a backlash by President Donald Trump's campaign an...
-
Tesla scrutinized by U.S. agency over Model 3 safety claims
Aug 07, 2019 1:00 am - The National Highway Traffic Administration sent Tesla's Elon Musk a cease-and-desist letter last year regarding Model 3 safety claims and subpoenaed the carmaker for in...
-
IDEX Corp. joins S&P 500Aug 05, 2019 1:00 am - LAKE FOREST - S&P Dow Jones Indices has announced that IDEX Corp. is now a part of the S&P 500 index. IDEX will also be added to the S & P 500 GICS Industrial Machinery ...
-
An Equifax hack settlement offers a $125 payout. The truth is more complicated.
Aug 04, 2019 6:14 am - The bad news: Nearly half of all Americans were affected by the 2017 Equifax data breach, in which hackers stole personal data for more than 147 million people: credit c...
-
Young Instagram users give up privacy in search of metrics
Aug 03, 2019 6:20 am - Millions of young people are turning their personal Instagram accounts into "business" profiles to learn more about how their posts are performing. The trend has an unin...