Information Technology
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Charlotte and Austin outrank San Francisco in study of best places to work in tech
Oct 27, 2018 1:00 am - The best places to live and work for tech professionals aren't in San Francisco or even the West Coast, according to a new study which offers a snapshot of the country's...
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Facebook removes Iran-linked accounts spreading false info
Oct 26, 2018 1:00 am - NEW YORK - Facebook says it has removed 82 pages, accounts and groups linked to Iran from its service and from Instagram for spreading misinformation. The company says t...
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ISACA offers virtual security conferenceOct 26, 2018 1:00 am - SCHAUMBURG - Security practitioners can get a head start on strengthening their defenses against next year's most difficult security challenges by attending an upcoming ...
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Startup Humu wants to help people act more human at work
Oct 21, 2018 1:00 am - Google's former head of its "people operations" has a new startup, and one of its goals is a lofty one: To make software that helps managers and co-workers act more huma...
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Essay: I fell for Facebook fake news. Here's why millions of you did, too.
Oct 20, 2018 1:15 am - The Facebook video is nuts, but I can't tear my eyes away. A plane, struggling in a huge storm, does a 360-degree flip before safely landing and letting out terrified pa...
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New strategy for makers of self-driving cars: Slow down, shut up
Oct 20, 2018 1:15 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. - Three former executives at Google, Tesla and Uber who once raced to be the first to develop self-driving cars have adopted a new strategy: Slow down....
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A day in the life of Pepper the robot
Oct 20, 2018 1:07 am - WASHINGTON - On a gloomy October morning, Smithsonian staff members at the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden woke up one of their employees from an office and headed...
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Roboticist trains AI to write fortunes - and things get weird
Oct 20, 2018 1:00 am - When Alexander Reben began feeding thousands of inspirational expressions he scraped off the Internet into an algorithm he designed, he wasn't sure what might happen nex...
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Small privacy change for Google leads to big disruptions for startups
Oct 20, 2018 1:00 am - Google's move to cut developers off from scanning people's Gmail for ad targeting might go unnoticed by most users - but it could upend a whole segment of apps, highligh...
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Palm plans comeback with tiny phone, Stephen Curry endorsement
Oct 20, 2018 1:00 am - Now that phones are half a foot long and sell for more than $1,000, a San Francisco-based upstart says it's time for a smaller companion phone with a throwback name: Pal...