Information Technology
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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...
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Open-source 'Great Satan' no more, Microsoft wins over skeptics
Jun 08, 2019 6:10 am - In 2014, Microsoft cloud chief Scott Guthrie wrote up a proposal to acquire GitHub. Then he filed the plan away in a drawer. Every once in a while he'd take the plan out...
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Analysis: Apple, Facebook and Google have lost the monopoly argument
Jun 08, 2019 6:00 am - The future of the tech industry was once decided by messianic entrepreneurs (assisted by venture capitalists and assorted Silicon Valley boosters) pumping out their serm...
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How Peru used balloons to restore internet after massive earthquake
Jun 08, 2019 6:00 am - One of the biggest challenges in the wake of any disaster is restoring communication networks. When Hurricane Harvey flooded Houston in 2017, the Cajun Navy relied on ap...