Information Technology
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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...
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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...