Information Technology
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More than 1 in 4 American users have deleted Facebook, Pew survey finds
Sep 08, 2018 1:07 am - Nearly three-quarters of American Facebook users have changed how they use the social media app in the past year, following a barrage of scandals involving the abuse of ...
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EXPLAINED: What is shadow banning?
Sep 08, 2018 1:07 am - NEW YORK (AP) - The sinister-sounding term "shadow banning" has been in play recently, mostly thanks to conservatives - including President Donald Trump - accusing Twitt...
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Analysis: Google's empty chair at Senate an unforced error
Sep 08, 2018 1:06 am - Google, faced with what may be the most intense political scrutiny in the company's 20-year history, decided to pass on a chance to defend itself in Congress. A Senate I...
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Analysis: From encryption to deepfakes, lawmakers geek out during Facebook and Twitter hearing
Sep 08, 2018 1:05 am - Jack Dorsey and Sheryl Sandberg relentlessly practiced before taking hot seats on Capitol Hill, engaging in role play and panels of questioning with colleagues and consu...
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Racism and anti-Semitism surged in corners of the Web after Trump's election, analysis shows
Sep 08, 2018 1:00 am - Racist and anti-Semitic content has surged on shadowy social media platforms - spiking around President Donald Trump's Inauguration Day and the "Unite the Right Rally" i...
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Lockheed Martin partners with ESPN's Drone Racing League on self-piloting drone competition
Sep 08, 2018 1:00 am - When an IBM computer beat grandmaster Garry Kasparov at a game of chess in 1996, it was hailed as an unexpected, perhaps foreboding, victory of machine over man. Two dec...
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The old-fashioned way Portland is trying to regulate new electric scooters
Sep 08, 2018 1:00 am - The stereotypical electric scooter rider is a tech savvy millennial on the go, with access to a smartphone and the tolerance for risk that early adopters tend to flaunt....
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If privacy is dead, should people be able to sell their own data?
Sep 08, 2018 1:00 am - If privacy is truly a thing of the past, then people should at least profit off their own personal information. That's the view of data rights advocate Brittany Kaiser, ...
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Samsung plans to show off phone with foldable screen this year
Sep 08, 2018 1:00 am - Smartphones have become a bit predictable over the past few years, leaving consumers craving something new to send them running to stores for an upgrade. For years, Sams...
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Chicago tech company expanding to Naperville, adding up to 400 workersSep 05, 2018 1:00 am - SMS Assist, one of the area's fastest-growing technology companies, plans to expand to Naperville and add up to 400 employees. The expansion will allow SMS Assist, headq...