Information Technology
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WhatsApp urges users to update after spyware hacking report
May 14, 2019 1:00 am - WhatsApp pressed users to update its messaging service, following a report that a vulnerability in the software allowed attackers to hack into people's phones using comm...
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Vendor claims District 15 wasted money on Motorola two-way radio dealMay 13, 2019 1:00 am - Palatine Township Elementary District 15 officials cited input from police and fire departments in specifically seeking Motorola Solutions Inc.'s products to update a tw...
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Don't call them back: FCC warns of late-night phone scams
May 12, 2019 6:00 am - In the middle of the night, the calls come in waves, going silent after a ring or two. It's no one you know, just someone who really wants you to call back. That's the s...
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Analysis: Alexa has been eavesdropping on you this whole time
May 11, 2019 6:24 am - Would you let a stranger eavesdrop in your home and keep the recordings? For most people, the answer is, "Are you crazy?" Yet that's essentially what Amazon has been doi...
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How the Apple store lost its luster
May 11, 2019 6:23 am - Web Smith's recent experience at his local Apple store in the suburbs of Columbus, Ohio, has been an exercise in frustration. There was the time he visited the Easton To...
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Why does Facebook fail to fix itself? It's partly humans
May 11, 2019 6:22 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - The question comes up over and over, with extremist material, hate speech, election meddling and privacy invasions. Why can't Facebook just fix it? ...
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Inside Facebook, the second-class workers who do the hardest job are waging a quiet battle
May 11, 2019 6:20 am - AUSTIN, Texas - The thousands of people who do the bulk of Facebook's work keeping the site free of suicides, massacres, and other graphic posts are not Facebook employe...
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Analysis: How Spotify is turning the anti-Apple volume up to 11
May 11, 2019 6:19 am - Brussels looks like the next battlefield for music streaming. Spotify Technology wants the European Union to probe Apple over the 30 percent cut of paid subscriptions th...
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Google vows greater user privacy, after decades of data collection
May 11, 2019 6:09 am - MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - Google is jumping on the latest tech trend: privacy. At its annual conference for software developers, the search and advertising giant showed of...
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Video game 'loot boxes' could be outlawed in many games
May 11, 2019 6:00 am - Video games popular among kids would be prohibited from offering “loot boxes” or randomized assortments of digital weapons, clothing and other items that can be purchase...