Information Technology
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Poll: The myth of the lonely gamer is a lie
Mar 10, 2018 12:15 am - Jeff Kaplan met his wife in his 20s, as many do. He was an aspiring writer living in Los Angeles while moonlighting as a Halfling rogue in the multiplayer fantasy video ...
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Study: Fake news spreads 'farther, faster, deeper' than truth
Mar 10, 2018 12:05 am - A tweet can wreak havoc in a few hundred characters, as demonstrated in April 2013 when someone hacked The Associated Press Twitter account and claimed that explosions a...
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#MeToo forces South by Southwest festival to confront sexism
Mar 10, 2018 12:00 am - South by Southwest is taking a hard look at #MeToo. Amid the raucous parties and speed networking at the annual festival that draws people from technology, film, and mus...
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Microsoft changing Windows 10 S operating system into 'S mode'
Mar 10, 2018 12:00 am - Less than a year after introducing Microsoft Windows 10 S, a lightweight version of Microsoft's operating system marketed to students and businesses, the company is now ...
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How Google almost destroyed the Zagat Restaurant Guide
Mar 10, 2018 12:00 am - It's hard to imagine anyone could make the name Zagat obsolete in the world of restaurant news. Yet Google almost pulled it off in just under seven years. On March 5, ni...
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Why Microsoft wants to put internet hot spots on school buses
Mar 10, 2018 12:00 am - Microsoft is looking to turn ordinary school buses into Internet-enabled hot spots, in an experiment that's aimed at helping students in rural Michigan do their homework...
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Here's why Amazon bought the doorbell company Ring
Mar 10, 2018 12:00 am - Amazon.com Inc. just bought the Santa Monica, California-based smart home equipment maker Ring for an estimated $1 billion in cash. Though filled with less import than t...
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Flippy, the fast food robot, temporarily decommissioned for being too slow
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Teenagers are fueling an e-gaming tidal wave
Mar 10, 2018 12:00 am - Video games have come a long way since the days of Atari and Sega. Instead of pulling up a beanbag chair up to the tube TV in your parents' basement, now there are world...
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Hate your selfie? There may be a good reason (and it's not your nose)
Mar 08, 2018 12:00 am - How many times have you taken a selfie, only to hate how you looked? You aren't the only one. It's common problem, but not everyone is picking a new Instagram filter as ...