Information Technology
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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...
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Review: Samsung's new S10 and Galaxy Fold do some awesomely strange things with screens
Feb 23, 2019 5:25 am - There's a hole new look about Samsung's Galaxy S10. The camera on Samsung's new flagship smartphone literally punches right through the screen, doing away with the need ...
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Analysis: Password managers have a security flaw. But here's why you should still use one.
Feb 23, 2019 5:23 am - A new study has identified security flaws in five of the most-popular password managers. Now for some counterintuitive advice: I still think you should use a password ma...
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Analysis: How Samsung's new Galaxy S10 compares to the iPhone XS Max
Feb 23, 2019 5:22 am - The Samsung Galaxy S10 is actually four separate phones: the S10e (the "e" stands for "essential,") the S10, the S10+, and the S10 5G. The first three go on sale in Marc...
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Doug Bowser to take over Nintendo's U.S. division
Feb 23, 2019 5:10 am - Billionaire entrepreneur Elon Musk famously suggested that there is a high likelihood that humanity is living within a computer simulation. On Thursday, Nintendo offered...
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Lawmakers want answers from Facebook on privacy of 'closed' health groups
Feb 23, 2019 5:00 am - House Democrats are pressing Facebook on the privacy protections it has in place for people who share sensitive health information in forums for group discussion on the ...