Information Technology
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Apple's $1 trillion chase: Unprecedented? Try totally logical.
Jun 09, 2018 1:00 am - Mind-boggling. Unprecedented. And here's another way of describing Apple's ascent toward $1 trillion: totally logical. Not to take anything away from Apple, which at alm...
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Ted Dabney, Atari co-founder whose engineering paved the way for Pong, dies at 81
Jun 09, 2018 1:00 am - Ted Dabney, a largely self-taught electrical engineer who co-founded Atari and - by devising a way to move objects on a television screen - played a crucial role in crea...
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Analysis: Facebook controversies could spark support for privacy bills in Congress
Jun 09, 2018 1:00 am - Facebook may soon face a reckoning in Washington. The social media giant has been in an uncomfortable spotlight for months since the Cambridge Analytica scandal, but Con...
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What's a seven-letter word for money at the New York Times? Puzzles
Jun 09, 2018 1:00 am - The New York Times' online puzzle offering has surpassed 400,000 paying subscribers, roughly double the number from two years ago. In June 2016, the Times had 212,000 on...
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Apple's iOS 11.4 finally delivers on promises for HomePod, iMessage
Jun 02, 2018 1:10 am - Apple is finally delivering on some promises it made last year about its HomePod speaker, including giving the device the ability to link with another for stereo sound. ...
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Why the FBI would like you to reboot your WiFi router
Jun 02, 2018 1:00 am - The Federal Bureau of Investigation is asking everyone with a home router to do one small thing: Turn your router off and then back on again. The agency issued a warning...
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Facebook losing its cool as teens pick YouTube, Snapchat
Jun 02, 2018 1:00 am - Three years ago, Facebook was the dominant social media site among U.S. teens, visited by 71 percent of people in that magic, trendsetting demographic. Not anymore. Now,...
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Nintendo harnesses power of smartphones, Pokemon and Switch
Jun 02, 2018 1:00 am - Nintendo Co. is bringing together the magnetic appeal of Pokemon, smartphones and the Switch console into an interlinked gaming experience. “Pokemon: Let's Go Pikachu” a...
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Survey: 45% of teens are online 'almost constantly.' But is it good for them?
Jun 02, 2018 1:00 am - Forty-five percent of teens say they are online "almost constantly," according to a new Pew Research Center study on teens and social media use. That percentage has near...
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How spies can use your cellphone to find you - and eavesdrop on your calls, texts
Jun 02, 2018 1:00 am - Surveillance systems that track the locations of cellphone users and spy on their calls, texts and data streams are being turned against Americans as they roam the count...