Information Technology
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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...
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Humanoid robot easily crosses a balance beam in video
May 11, 2019 6:00 am - At first glance, a humanoid robot walking between two platforms across several cinder blocks may look like a simple feat. How many times, after all, have you crossed a s...
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Former Elk Grove Village farm takes shape as high tech hubMay 11, 2019 1:00 am - On land once envisioned for the gridiron of the Chicago Bears, likenesses of elk roam today instead. Those 29 bronze figures represent the massive $1 billion Elk Grove T...
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Zebra Technologies marks 50 yearsMay 09, 2019 1:00 am - LINCOLNSHIRE - Zebra Technologies Corp. is celebrating its 50th anniversary as an innovator in business technology solutions. Since the inception of its first printing p...
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Foster named to head task force exploring artificial intelligenceMay 09, 2019 1:00 am - U.S. Rep. Bill Foster will serve as chairman of a newly created task force that will probe how artificial intelligence is affecting how consumers interact with and use f...
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AKHAN appoints ex-CIA chief to boardMay 08, 2019 1:00 am - GURNEE - AKHAN Semiconductor has appointed Don Hepburn to its board of directors as the Global Security and Intelligence Advisor. A decorated intelligence veteran and n...
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How Amazon's facial-recognition technology is supercharging local police
May 04, 2019 6:23 am - HILLSBORO, Ore. - When workers at an Ace Hardware here reported that a woman had walked out of the store with an $11.99 tank of welding gas that she hadn't paid for in h...