Information Technology
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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...
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He's supposed to shape Japan's cybersecurity. He just admitted he doesn't use computers.
Nov 17, 2018 12:00 am - Japan is in the midst of revising its cybersecurity laws ahead of the 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games. However, a Cabinet minister who is supposed to be shaping these laws made...
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Your smartphone photos are totally fake - and you love it
Nov 17, 2018 12:00 am - The little camera on this phone has a superpower: It can see things our eyes cannot. At night for the past few weeks, I've been tromping around dark places taking photos...
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Cabot Microelectronics acquires KMG ChemicalsNov 15, 2018 12:00 am - AURORA - Cabot Microelectronics Corp. has completed its acquisition of KMG Chemicals, Inc. KMG will now become a wholly owned subsidiary of Cabot Microelectronics. Cabo...
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Tenneco to acquire Swedish tech companyNov 15, 2018 12:00 am - LAKE FOREST- Tenneco Inc. has signed an agreement to acquire Öhlins Racing A.B., a Swedish technology company that develops premium suspension systems and components for...
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PCTEL names new chief financial officerNov 12, 2018 12:00 am - BLOOMINGDALE - PCTEL Inc. has appointed Kevin McGowan as vice president and chief financial officer, effective Dec. 1. McGowan will oversee all financial functions for t...
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Review: Apple's new iPad Pro still isn't a laptop
Nov 10, 2018 12:22 am - After Apple introduced its redesigned iPad Pro as the future of computing last week, I locked up my laptop and tried using the new iPad for all my work. It's been like l...
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First look: Samsung's next phone folds up like a book
Nov 10, 2018 12:20 am - Flip phone, we hardly knew ye. Samsung Electronics on Wednesday offered a peek at a future phone that unfolds like a book to reveal a 7.3-inch screen inside. Part pocket...
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The cutting-edge technology that will change farming
Nov 10, 2018 12:06 am - Mike Zelkind stands at one end of what was once a shipping container and opens the door to the future. Thousands of young collard greens are growing vigorously under a g...