Information Technology
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Netflix shows have more sex, violence - and, it turns out, smoking
Mar 24, 2018 1:06 am - Streaming services aren't beholden to the same content restrictions as broadcast television. The result, to some viewers' chagrin and others' delight, is often more sex,...
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Commentary: Stop freaking out about Cambridge Analytica - targeted ads are great
Mar 24, 2018 1:00 am - Of all the stuff to fear about social media - from outrage mobs targeting your job, to neo-Nazis harassing you, to creeps finding pictures of your family, to deranged ex...
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Could your smart watch alert you to disease lurking in your body?
Mar 24, 2018 1:00 am - Imagine a smart watch that surreptitiously scans your body for telltale signs of disease. Over time, it detects a quiver in your heartbeat — the telltale pattern of a co...
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Amazon sellers seek more clout with new 'merchants guild'
Mar 24, 2018 1:00 am - The millions of merchants who sell products on Amazon.com Inc. have long craved more leverage over their powerful benefactor. Now some are creating a trade association i...
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Why are Tinder and Bumble fighting?
Mar 24, 2018 1:00 am - Are Tinder and Bumble essentially the same dating app? That's the question at the heart of a lawsuit that Tinder has filed this month against its dating-app competitor B...
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The next ferry you board might run on batteries
Mar 24, 2018 1:00 am - Not far from Norway's North Sea oil rigs, shipbuilders are assembling some of the first ferryboats ever to be powered entirely by batteries. For years, the yard, nestled...
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Google pours $300M into effort to aid news publishers
Mar 24, 2018 1:00 am - Google is making its grandest overture to the news business yet. Alphabet Inc.'s search giant is providing a new suite of tools to help media publishers grow subscriptio...
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Commentary: Before you #DeleteFacebook, try taking control
Mar 24, 2018 1:00 am - #DeleteFacebook is trending on social media. But you don't have to do anything as radical as deleting the app that keeps you in touch with friends, family members and so...
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Commentary: Here's how to actually help stop cyberbullying
Mar 24, 2018 1:00 am - Melania Trump set off a nationwide eye roll when she announced she would fight cyberbullying as first lady. Taking a hammer to the Tweeter-in-chief's smartphone would ce...
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In a corner of Reddit, Robert Mueller is Yoda, Gandalf and Batman combined
Mar 24, 2018 1:00 am - When the history books eventually tackle Donald Trump's surprising climb from reality television to the White House, r/The_Donald will no doubt go down as one of the odd...