Information Technology
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4 tech tasks to keep your parents safer onlineDec 15, 2018 12:07 am - All of us are vulnerable to fraud. But the ways some older people use technology can put them at higher risk. That's where you come in. When you're home for the holidays...
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How does a tech billionaire say sorry for his unauthorized wedding? With an app, of course.
Dec 15, 2018 12:00 am - Sean Parker was in a bind. It was late May 2013, and a scandal was beginning to brew over his wedding, an opulent affair that was to be held on California's coast. State...
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How to plan your smart home - and weigh privacy risks
Dec 15, 2018 12:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - You might have heard of lights that turn off with an app or voice command. Or window shades that magically rise every morning. Technology companies are p...
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Problems with facial recognition easy to see, hard to manage
Dec 15, 2018 12:00 am - An unusual consensus emerged recently between artificial intelligence researchers, activists, lawmakers and many of the largest technology companies: Facial recognition ...
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Amazon may be working on 'database of suspicious persons' using facial recognition
Dec 15, 2018 12:00 am - A patent application filed by Amazon offers a vision of how doorbell cameras could be equipped with new technology that would allow the devices to gather data and identi...
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'What is bitcoin?' According to Google, people still don't know
Dec 15, 2018 12:00 am - Bitcoin's mesmerizing rise and fall in the past year has left investors and regulators asking what just happened? Many are also asking an even more fundamental question:...
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Esports players say 'dream job' is more than fun and games
Dec 15, 2018 12:00 am - Lucas Tao Kilmer Larsen, 21, remembers fantasizing about how awesome his life would be if he could become a professional video game player. “That's going to be a dream j...
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How tech workers are fueling a new employee activism movement
Dec 15, 2018 12:00 am - It was a busy fall for Google workers speaking out against their employer. On Nov. 27, a group of full-time employees and contractors were campaigning to extend new poli...
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Supreme Court to rule if someone can sue if biometrics are captured without permissionDec 14, 2018 12:00 am - SPRINGFIELD - Whether there's a class-action lawsuit against a theme park for collecting fingerprints of minors without parental consent may depend on how the Illinois S...
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Facebook: New bug allowed apps to access private photos of millions of users
Dec 14, 2018 12:00 am - Facebook on Friday revealed that a major software bug may have allowed third-party apps to wrongly access the photos of up to 6.8 million users, including images that pe...