Information Technology
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Stair-climbing robot is hitting streets in FedEx delivery test
Mar 02, 2019 5:17 am - Call it R2-D2 without the attitude. FedEx Corp. envisions a not-too-distant future in which it relies on Star Wars-style robots for more deliveries, as portrayed in a co...
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Basketball players sue 'Fortnite' game makers over dance
Mar 02, 2019 5:10 am - COLLEGE PARK, Md. (AP) - Two former University of Maryland men's basketball players are suing the makers of "Fortnite," claiming the video game's creators misappropriate...
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Many CEOS are cautious about Twitter, but not Elon Musk
Mar 02, 2019 5:05 am - It's an understatement to say that Tesla CEO Elon Musk's tweeting is different from perhaps any other public company CEO. He responds off-the-cuff to journalists and ran...
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Your phone could soon recognize you based on how you move or walk
Mar 02, 2019 5:00 am - Within 18 months, your phone may be able to identify you based on the gait of your walk, the tension in your hand or the way your thumb moves across the touch screen. Th...
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Policymakers sound alarms as Facebook quietly collects sensitive data from apps
Mar 02, 2019 5:00 am - The privacy controversies that have battered Facebook for almost a year center on data the social network shares with third parties. But news that Facebook is collecting...
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Consumer advocates want Washington to tackle 'Wild West' of DNA test kits
Mar 02, 2019 5:00 am - A consumer advocacy group leader says it's time for Washington lawmakers to set some rules in the "Wild West" of at-home DNA testing kits. Following a report that Family...
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Molex Optical expands collaboration with Elenion TechnologiesMar 01, 2019 12:00 am - LISLE - Molex Ventures said it will expand its investment into the collaboration of Molex Optical Solutions Group and Elenion Technologies. The partnership is working o...
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YouTube to ban comments on most videos featuring minors to combat child exploitation
Feb 28, 2019 12:00 am - YouTube said Thursday that it will block users from commenting on most videos that feature minors, responding to reports that pedophiles had used comments to find, track...
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Insurer to work with DataCubes systemFeb 27, 2019 12:00 am - SCHAUMBURG - DataCubes, a data science platform for commercial underwriting, Has partnered with specialty insurer RLI to optimize certain aspects of RLI's underwriting p...
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Agricultural workers may soon be made of tech and steel
Feb 24, 2019 5:05 am - DUETTE, Fla. - Human and machine have 10 seconds per plant. They must find the ripe strawberries in the leaves, gently twist them off the stems and tuck them into a plas...