Information Technology
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Have Apple stores have lost their luster?
Feb 09, 2019 5:21 am - Apple is not just a giant of technology, it has also grown into one of the biggest American retailers, with more than 500 stores across five continents. But the shine of...
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The flops are piling up for video game titans
Feb 09, 2019 5:19 am - In recent years, the video game industry looked like it had found the antidote to the boom-bust cycles that had long plagued the business. Publishers focused on a few we...
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Russia offers a glimpse of the future of car sharing, and carmakers should be terrified
Feb 09, 2019 5:16 am - When Evgeny Barkov owned a car, the 31-year-old software salesman would often look out of his Moscow window at it with disgust. His possession sat unused more than 90 pe...
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Robots have a new way to humiliate humans: Jenga
Feb 09, 2019 5:11 am - For several decades, various types of artificial intelligence have been facing off with people in highly competitive games and then quickly destroying their human compet...
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Cloud-computing giants keep growing despite slowdown fears
Feb 09, 2019 5:09 am - Cloud-computing companies have a message for skittish investors: demand is still booming. Earnings reports from the biggest providers of internet-based computing service...
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New 3-D printing technique creates solid objects using rays of light
Feb 09, 2019 5:00 am - On the Starship Enterprise, replicators were devices that were used "to dematerialize matter and then reconstitute it in another form," according to Startrek.com. For Ca...
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How to change your screen habits from time-wasting to money-savingFeb 09, 2019 5:00 am - Apple's Screen Time feature can tell you more about your iPhone usage than you may care to know. Like how many text notifications you receive, the number of hours you sp...
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Augmented reality — Warby Parker's latest tool to let shoppers try on glasses
Feb 09, 2019 5:00 am - Way back in 2010, Warby Parker's “Home Try-On” program changed the way people buy glasses. Its secret? Creating a casual business transaction that felt more like commitm...
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Meditation app Calm backed by Ashton Kutcher valued at $1B
Feb 09, 2019 5:00 am - Calm.com Inc. - which makes an app that guides people through relaxation exercises and encourages users to breathe - has been valued at $1 billion in a funding round led...
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Boeing steps up supersonic jet investment, sweeping aside Lockheed Martin partnership
Feb 09, 2019 5:00 am - Boeing has made a "significant investment" to help the Nevada-based jet start-up Aerion develop and commercialize a sleek, pointy-nosed supersonic business jet it is cal...