Information Technology
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Netflix raising prices for 58M US subscribers as costs rise
Jan 15, 2019 12:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO - Netflix is raising its U.S. prices by 13 percent to 18 percent, its biggest increase since the company launched its video streaming service 12 years ago....
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Experimac to open new St. Charles storeJan 15, 2019 12:00 am - ST. CHARLES - Experimac will celebrate the grand opening of its newest Illinois location at 4:30 p.m. Feb. 5 at 2700 E. Main St., St. Charles. Experimac specializes in s...
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Students caught in middle of popular app's billing dispute with VerizonJan 14, 2019 12:00 am - Every day, students in South Elgin High School math teacher Allison Ozog's classes get a text message alerting them to what's in store for the next day or coming weeks. ...
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Air taxis could fly people across major cities by 'mid-2020s,' company says
Jan 12, 2019 5:13 am - In traffic-clogged cities, it can take hours to drive a few miles during rush hour. For years, inventors have been working toward a potential solution: vertical takeoff ...
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Hyundai's vision for the future: A car that walks on four legs
Jan 12, 2019 5:09 am - When experts ponder the future of automobiles, they tend to focus on two novel modes of transportation: driverless cars and flying cars. At this year's CES technology sh...
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Looking beyond the conventional car
Jan 12, 2019 5:06 am - WASHINGTON - When Sheryl Connelly was growing up in Metro Detroit, she worried that the ease of newfangled power steering was going to lull Americans into oblivion. "I h...
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More companies are bypassing big app stores, costing Apple, Google millions
Jan 12, 2019 5:05 am - A growing number of software companies are looking to bypass the dominant app store gatekeepers at Apple and Google - selling their services directly to consumers and un...
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Artificial intelligence vs. the hackers
Jan 12, 2019 5:05 am - Last year, Microsoft Corp.'s Azure security team detected suspicious activity in the cloud computing usage of a large retailer: One of the company's administrators, who ...
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Self-driving car companies preach safety first
Jan 12, 2019 5:02 am - Autonomous vehicles are driving the buzz at CES this week - but this year, companies are touting their commitment to safety and public education after fatal crashes incr...
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Deepak Chopra has a prescription for what ails technology
Jan 12, 2019 5:00 am - LAS VEGAS — Deepak Chopra pulls back his sleeve to show me his Fitbit. His heart rate is 69 beats per minute. “I can consciously bring it down,” he says. “This technolog...