Information Technology
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As Facebook confronts tough questions, Europe might force real change
Apr 07, 2018 1:00 am - BERLIN - These days, you might get more applause for not being on social media than for reaching a follower milestone in Europe's liberal hubs like Berlin or Paris. Conc...
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'Fortnite': Everything you need to know, and why it's so popular
Apr 07, 2018 1:00 am - When the University of Maryland-Baltimore County basketball team pulled off the greatest upset in NCAA history, player Nolan Gerrity had the perfect metaphor for what he...
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Analysis: 18 years of Google Doodles and the people who hate them
Apr 07, 2018 1:00 am - Last Sunday was Easter, when, according to a long-standing tradition, people all over the world become incensed by cartoons on a search bar. “Google snubbed Easter with ...
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Panera data breach puts attention on risks of loyalty programs
Apr 05, 2018 1:00 am - Panera Bread this week became the latest company hit by a data breach, acknowledging that customer information was vulnerable on its company website for at least eight m...
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Facebook hackers likely hit most users
Apr 05, 2018 1:00 am - Facebook said Wednesday that "malicious actors" took advantage of search tools on its platform, making it possible for them to discover the identities and collect inform...
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Better Business Bureau: How to keep your smartphone, data safeApr 04, 2018 1:00 am - In the past week alone, four major brands have reported data breaches jeopardizing private information for millions of consumers. Only days ago, Under Armour Inc. annou...
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Facebook, longtime friend of data brokers, becomes their stiffest competition
Mar 31, 2018 1:11 am - Facebook said late Wednesday it would stop data brokers from helping advertisers target people with ads, severing one of the key methods marketers used to link users' Fa...
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This retailer built a $33M business on Amazon and pickleball
Mar 31, 2018 1:10 am - Little Alexandria, Virginia-based Amify is the 21st-century version of the thousands of enterprises that thrived around the railroads 150 years ago. Meatpackers, farmers...
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Commentary: Why Apple and Microsoft are healthier than Facebook
Mar 31, 2018 1:09 am - It's easy to understand Apple CEO Tim Cook's somewhat self-righteous comments on the Facebook-Cambridge Analytica scandal: His company has never emphasized customer data...
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Analysis: How Zuckerberg's Facebook is like Gutenberg's printing press
Mar 31, 2018 1:08 am - PALO ALTO, Calif. - When historian Niall Ferguson moved from Harvard to Stanford two years ago, he was struck by Silicon Valley's indifference to history. The hubris he ...