Information Technology
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Wildlife traffickers use Facebook, Instagram to find black-market buyers
Jul 13, 2019 6:10 am - Ali Ahamed's black satchel was overflowing with turtles, their tiny heads poking out. Just a few feet away, on the hotel room floor, roughly 20 larger turtles with dark ...
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Ruthless, 'superhuman' poker-playing computer program makes elite players fold
Jul 13, 2019 6:08 am - Jason Les, one of the world's premier poker players, was representing his species when he faced off in May against a computer program named Pluribus. The game was multip...
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Top Tesla investor tries again to get Elon Musk to fine-tune strategy
Jul 13, 2019 6:05 am - For the third time in the past year, Tesla's largest outside shareholder is openly advocating for Elon Musk to fine-tune his approach to communicating with the market. T...
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AirDrop requests have become Gen Z's version of passing notes
Jul 13, 2019 6:00 am - On the second day of sociology class, Emily Choi was interrupted from her mid-class social media scroll by an unexpected buzz. It was an AirDrop request that froze her p...
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Commentary: Internet 101 should be a required class
Jul 13, 2019 6:00 am - If Americans agree on anything these days, it's that our schools could be much better, and that internet culture is harming our children. I have a simple proposal to add...
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Google employs humans to listen to some voice-assistant recordings
Jul 13, 2019 6:00 am - Contractors employed by Google listen to recordings of conversations customers have with their Google voice-activated devices, the search giant said Thursday, adding to ...
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Paylocity CEO receives Glassdoor honorJul 12, 2019 1:00 am - SCHAUMBURG - Paylocity Chief Executive Officer Steve Beauchamp has received a Glassdoor Employees' Choice Award recognizing the highest-rated CEOs for 2019. With a 92 pe...
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Analysis: Trump revels in his love-hate relationship with Twitter
Jul 12, 2019 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Several minutes into President Donald Trump's social media summit at the White House Thursday, the president grew nostalgic, reminiscing on some of his grea...
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Comcast plans Xfinity store in AlgonquinJul 11, 2019 1:00 am - ALGONQUIN - Comcast announced plans to open an Xfinity Store at 2104 S. Randall Road in the Algonquin Commons Shopping Center. The nearly 4,200-square-foot store, which ...
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Equity firm gives GovQA financial boostJul 09, 2019 1:00 am - WOODRIDGE - GovQA, a provider of government enterprise workflow software, recently received a significant investment from Charlotte, N.C.-based growth equity firm Fronti...