Information Technology
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Sex, drugs, and self-harm: Where 20 years of child online protection law went wrong
Jun 15, 2019 6:00 am - Two decades after Congress tried to wall off the worst of the internet in hopes of protecting the privacy and innocence of children, the ramparts lie in ruins. Sex, drug...
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Cambium Networks to launch IPOJun 13, 2019 1:00 am - ROLLING MEADOWS - Cambium Networks Corp. announced it plans to go public with an initial public offering of 5.8 million shares of common stock. The developer of wireles...
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Apple iPhones can be made outside of China if needed, Foxconn says
Jun 12, 2019 1:00 am - Apple Inc. has a backup plan if the U.S.-China trade war gets out of hand. The Cupertino, California-based company's primary manufacturing partner has enough capacity to...
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How to avoid facial recognition at the airport
Jun 11, 2019 1:00 am - Airlines and U.S. authorities are increasingly making use of facial-recognition technology, including at check-in, baggage drop, security and boarding. So far, airports ...
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Photos of travelers taken in data breach, Customs and Border Protection says
Jun 11, 2019 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - U.S. Customs and Border Protection officials said Monday that photos of travelers had been compromised as part of a "malicious cyberattack," raising concern...
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To board a plane without a ticket, just give up your face - and your privacy
Jun 11, 2019 1:00 am - NEW YORK - You won't need to pull out your ticket to board the flight to Cancun at JetBlue's Gate 18 at John F. Kennedy Airport. Put away your passport, too. All this co...
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Seven updates from Apple that matter to most of us
Jun 08, 2019 6:23 am - Apple is ready to embrace the dark side - and kill off the app that started it all. "Dark mode" for iPhones and the end of iTunes are among the cornucopia of updates App...
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Why storm tracking could be a casualty of 5G
Jun 08, 2019 6:20 am - Satellites tracking water vapor in 2012 helped scientists accurately predict Superstorm Sandy's frightening turn toward New York and New Jersey where it killed dozens of...
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As Walmart turns to robots, it's the human workers who feel like machines
Jun 08, 2019 6:19 am - To Walmart executives, the Auto-C self-driving floor scrubber is the future of retail automation - a multimillion-dollar bet that advanced robots will optimize operation...
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Analysis: Big Tech is having a terrible week. Things will only get worse.
Jun 08, 2019 6:18 am - After years of operating largely free of federal regulation, our tech overlords are now firmly in the regulatory spotlight. And for them, the worst is almost certainly y...