Information Technology
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Smart tech policy warrants Illinois' economic triumpAug 20, 2018 1:00 am - Within the last year, the Illinois General Assembly has seen a large amount of proposals aimed at engineering liability in the areas of privacy and data security. Tech p...
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Analysis: Could artificial intelligence fix corporate hiring biases?
Aug 19, 2018 1:00 am - Artificial intelligence promises to make hiring an unbiased utopia. There's certainly plenty of room for improvement. Employee referrals, a process that tends to leave u...
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How to track where Google's tracking you
Aug 18, 2018 1:15 am - Turning off the location tracking on your phone isn't enough to stop Google from receiving any information about where you are, an Associated Press investigation reveale...
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How Walmart has built a ragtag alliance to battle Amazon
Aug 18, 2018 1:13 am - Battling Amazon isn't easy-even for the world's largest retail chain. Fear of Jeff Bezos helps explain why Walmart has in recent years forged alliances with Google, Micr...
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The Chinese smartphone upstarts taking on Apple and Samsung
Aug 18, 2018 1:12 am - Apple and Samsung's domination of the smartphone world is being challenged like never before, with Chinese companies muscling in with cheaper and just as innovative devi...
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How close are we to the end of the gaming console?
Aug 18, 2018 1:10 am - The measuring stick for success between the big three gaming companies of Sony, Microsoft and Nintendo has long been a question of how many consoles they've sold. But al...
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Analysis: Is Tesla a cash cow, or simply a handful of beans?
Aug 18, 2018 1:07 am - It is an axiom of market capitalism that things are worth, in terms of money, what people will pay for them. But this seemingly straightforward matter, known as price di...
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Fax machines may be vulnerable to hackers, new report finds
Aug 18, 2018 1:05 am - The fax machine is widely considered to be a dinosaur of interoffice communications, but it may also present a vulnerable point where hackers can infiltrate an organizat...
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What will it take to get us excited about smartphones again?
Aug 18, 2018 1:05 am - Another autumn is fast approaching, and with it a new crop of smartphones. But if excitement over them seems a little muted this year, it's not just you. A PCMag survey ...
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CEO says he's rethinking the core of how Twitter works
Aug 18, 2018 1:00 am - Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey said he is rethinking core parts of the social media platform so that it doesn't enable the spread of hate speech, harassment and fal...