Information Technology
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How 'Grinch bots' are inflating holiday toy prices - and what lawmakers want to do about it
Nov 27, 2018 12:00 am - Were your Cyber Monday deals not as attractive as you had hoped? Lawmakers say "cyber-grinch" bots might be to blame - and they are introducing new legislation to try to...
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It's not just you: Tech spending may grow to more than $96 billion during holiday seasonNov 22, 2018 12:00 am - Televisions once again are leading the way as the most-requested technology gift this holiday season, according to a trade association's annual study. Gizmo spending is ...
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Report: Facebook, Instagram are down for some usersNov 20, 2018 12:00 am - Having trouble with Facebook and Instagram? You're not alone. The company is having technical issues with both sites, ABC News is reporting. Many people have taken to Tw...
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Bankers can only dream of deals with reluctant tech billionaire
Nov 18, 2018 12:00 am - Jack Dangermond spent his entire career ignoring the capital markets. The advantage of this approach was on full display last month, on a day when tech titans like Jeff ...
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Inside Nike's store of the future, where a smartphone helps you shop
Nov 18, 2018 12:00 am - Nike has seen the future of brick-and-mortar shopping, and it revolves around your phone. The company on Thursday opened a new flagship store in New York City, the culmi...
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Lime wants to spread 1,500 shared cars around Seattle
Nov 17, 2018 12:00 am - San Francisco-based startup Lime has spent the last year scattering an assortment of brightly colored scooters and bikes around American cities, arguing such services wi...
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Competition to AmazonGo is coming from an unlikely source: Israel
Nov 17, 2018 12:00 am - Amazon.com set off a global race to automate grocery shopping. The latest entrant comes from a nation not known for state-of-the-art retail experiences: Israel. Shufersa...
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She's one of millions disillusioned with social media. She also helped create it.
Nov 17, 2018 12:00 am - On the evening of Sept. 26, Bailey Richardson logged in to Instagram for the last time. "The time has come for me to delete my Instagram," she wrote to her 20,000 follow...
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Police think Alexa may have witnessed a double slaying. They want Amazon to turn her over.
Nov 17, 2018 12:00 am - Alexa might have been listening, as she almost always is, when Christine Sullivan was stabbed to death in the kitchen of the Farmington, New Hampshire, home where Sulliv...
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Some fear Amazon's arrival could deepen inequality in Washington, D.C., region
Nov 17, 2018 12:00 am - A Crystal City, Virginia, condo that had sat on the market suddenly shot up in price by $20,000. Realtors are fielding cold calls from out-of-state investors eager to sn...