Information Technology
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How should we measure safety in driverless vehicles?
Oct 13, 2018 1:00 am - A typical driving test considers basic skills: Can you parallel park? Do you merge safely? Do you know to yield to pedestrians? No such government exam is required for c...
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How to delete your Google+ account
Oct 09, 2018 1:00 am - Hundreds of thousands of accounts on Google's long-suffering social media service, Google+, may have been affected by a security flaw, the company said Monday, exposing ...
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Facebook wants people to invite its cameras into their homes
Oct 08, 2018 1:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO — Facebook is launching the first electronic device to bear its brand, a screen and camera-equipped gadget intended to make video calls easier and more int...
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Beware the viral Facebook hoax that's tricking people into thinking their account was hacked
Oct 08, 2018 1:00 am - Over the weekend, you might have seen a wave of panicked friends in your Facebook news feeds posting warnings: Their accounts were hacked, don't accept friend requests f...
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Review: The Apple Watch faces its toughest challenge yet: Grandma
Oct 06, 2018 1:17 am - Is the new Apple Watch ready for Grandma? The Series 4 Apple Watch now in stores pitches itself as a Food and Drug Administration-cleared "proactive health monitor" and ...
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Introducing Sans Forgetica, the font designed to boost your memory
Oct 06, 2018 1:09 am - A new font can help lodge information deeper in your brain, researchers say, but it's not magic - just the science of effort. Psychology and design researchers at RMIT U...
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How legalized sports gambling could create a new kind of fan experience
Oct 06, 2018 1:09 am - Ted Leonsis was never a gambler. An entrepreneur, a businessman, a philanthropist, an investor - but never much of a gambler. So he's perhaps an unlikely torchbearer for...
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What's in new proposed Internet Bill of Rights?
Oct 06, 2018 1:08 am - WASHINGTON - By July of 2019, Rep. Ro Khanna, D-Calif., aims to see the House of Representatives pass landmark legislation shielding consumers from the onslaught of data...
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What does it take to be Wikipedia's MVP? 2.5M edits
Oct 06, 2018 1:05 am - Steven Pruitt has more than 2.5 million edits to Wikipedia articles to his credit. Yes, 2.5 million. That's a lot of editing to a lot of articles, so you'd understand if...
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Mainstream advertising still showing up on polarizing, misleading sites despite efforts to stop it
Oct 06, 2018 1:00 am - Jihadi rapists. Muslim invaders. Faked mass shootings. Pizzagate. Somebody browsing highly partisan websites in recent weeks could have seen articles about all of these ...