Information Technology
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The much-mocked minivan: driverless car of the future?
Sep 29, 2018 1:15 am - But can someone please come up with a cooler name? For the past 15 years, the Knoche family minivan has been frozen in traffic half a mile from the White House. The Dodg...
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Essay: Strong encryption saved me when my phone was stolen. Don't let the government weaken it
Sep 29, 2018 1:07 am - I had just left a meeting at the Justice Department, and stopped at a nearby coffee shop with colleagues for a debrief and to gab. As I was gathering my things to leave,...
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Instagram has a drug problem. Its algorithms make it worse.
Sep 29, 2018 1:06 am - Instagram is known for its celebrity posts and photos of enviable vacations. But it has also become a sizable open marketplace for advertising illegal drugs. The company...
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The latest tools for sexual assault victims: Smartphone apps
Sep 29, 2018 1:00 am - In her testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Thursday, Christine Blasey Ford detailed the agony involved in deciding to step forward with allegations of sex...
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Blockchain hype may finally turn into reality in pharmaceuticals
Sep 29, 2018 1:00 am - Blockchain believers have delivered little more than hype, mostly failing to get it deployed outside the cryptocurrency space where the technology was developed. But a l...
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What's coming to Microsoft Office, Teams, Windows
Sep 29, 2018 1:00 am - Microsoft Corp. is unveiling a raft of product updates and new services in security, artificial intelligence and other areas as the company tries to sustain the growth o...
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Facebook says 50 million user accounts affected by security breach
Sep 28, 2018 1:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Facebook reported a major security breach in which 50 million user accounts were accessed by unknown attackers. The attackers gained the ability to "seiz...
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Tesla without Musk at the wheel? That's what the SEC wants
Sep 28, 2018 1:00 am - DETROIT - Tesla without Elon Musk at the wheel? To many of the electric car maker's customers and investors that would be unthinkable. But that's what government securit...
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Congress could negate stronger state efforts on privacy
Sep 26, 2018 1:00 am - WASHINGTON - Congress wants to pass national rules governing how companies can use consumers' data - though a major goal might simply be to block states from enacting st...
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Google overhauls search to show more pictures, videos and context
Sep 25, 2018 1:00 am - Google has unveiled a host of updates to its search product, designed to make visual information more useful to Web users as pictures and video become more central to th...