Information Technology
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How your at-home DNA test results could solve cold cases
Jan 12, 2019 5:00 am - The results seem almost miraculous: an arrest in the killing of a young girl in 1988 after 30 years of searching. The murder of a young couple in 1987, solved in a matte...
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Self-rolling suitcases and roll-up TVs: CES 2019's craziest and coolest gadgets
Jan 12, 2019 5:00 am - LAS VEGAS - Hello future, you are weird. At least it is here at CES 2019, the tech industry's biggest annual conference. It's where companies big and small come to launc...
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Study: Social-media junkies make riskier decisions
Jan 12, 2019 5:00 am - A new study on social media use out Jan. 10 found that people who spent excessive time on Facebook also made riskier decisions - performing as poorly in a famous psychol...
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Home items are getting smarter and creepier, like it or not
Jan 12, 2019 5:00 am - NEW YORK - One day, finding an oven that just cooks food may be as tough as buying a TV that merely lets you change channels. Internet-connected “smarts” are creeping in...
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Chamberlain, Amazon partner for in-garage deliveryJan 12, 2019 12:00 am - OAK BROOK - Chamberlain Group, the maker of LiftMaster and Chamberlain garage door openers, is partnering with Amazon to develop secure, convenient package delivery with...
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Amazon reportedly developing a subscription video game streaming service
Jan 11, 2019 12:00 am - Amazon is planning to use its massive cloud computing service to jump into the streaming market for video game play, according to a new report from the Information. The ...
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CDW acquires Canadian tech solutions companyJan 11, 2019 12:00 am - LINCOLNSHIRE - CDW announced it will acquire Scalar Decisions Inc., a technology solutions provider in Canada. Terms of the acquisition were not disclosed. Scalar was fo...
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'Fortnite' maker Epic Games gets 'F' rating from Better Business Bureau
Jan 11, 2019 12:00 am - The creator of the wildly popular video game "Fortnite" has been given an "F" rating from the Better Business Bureau after not addressing hundreds of complaints from con...
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Elderly, conservatives shared more Facebook fakery in 2016
Jan 09, 2019 12:00 am - WASHINGTON - Sharing false information on Facebook is old. People over 65 and ultra conservatives shared about seven times more fake information masquerading as news on ...
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Sparton issued two new U.S. patentsJan 09, 2019 12:00 am - SCHAUMBURG - Sparton Corp. has been issued two patents by the United States Patent and Trademark Office. One patent is for an invention that protects electronic circuits...