Information Technology
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Does Apple Music finally have the muscle to knock off Spotify?
Feb 17, 2018 12:00 am - Apple is turning up the volume on Apple Music, the streaming subscription that comes loaded on its devices, including the new HomePod smart speaker. But that could mute ...
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Analysis: Microsoft's plot to kill passwords can't happen soon enough
Feb 17, 2018 12:00 am - Microsoft is trying to kill the password, and it's about time. This week, the company said the next test version of its stripped-down Windows 10 S operating system will ...
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Meet the teen who created an app to feel safer while walking alone
Feb 17, 2018 12:00 am - Medha Gupta sometimes felt uneasy making the 20-minute walk from the corner where the school bus dropped her off to her home in Herndon, Virginia, - especially during th...
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Prison for 'e-waste' recycling innovator trying to extend life of PCs?
Feb 17, 2018 12:00 am - Eric Lundgren is obsessed with recycling electronics. He built an electric car out of recycled parts that far outdistanced a Tesla in a test. He launched what he thinks ...
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How Apple plans to root out bugs, revamp iPhone software
Feb 17, 2018 12:00 am - Apple's annual software upgrade this fall will offer users plenty of new features: enabling a single set of apps to work across iPhones, iPads and Macs, a Digital Health...
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What Google's Chrome ad blocker means for users, advertisers
Feb 17, 2018 12:00 am - Google, already one of the dominant players in the online advertising world, may soon have even more power in that space. It is now taking on the challenge of determinin...
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Analysis: We've reached peak smartphone. What are Apple, Samsung going to do?
Feb 10, 2018 12:08 am - You don't really need a new smartphone. Sure, some of them squeeze more screen into a smaller form. The cameras keep getting better, if you look very close. And you had ...
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Will robot delivery vans hit your street before self-driving cars?Feb 10, 2018 12:07 am - The future of driverless driving looks like a giant toaster with a funny hat. That's an approximation of a new autonomous vehicle recently unveiled by Nuro, a Silicon Va...
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5 do's and don'ts when using shopping appsFeb 10, 2018 12:06 am - Retailers such as Target and Amazon are embracing mobile applications to help consumers save money and time with features like digital wallets and augmented reality. Whe...
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Twitter exec on fake news: 'We are not the arbiters of truth'
Feb 10, 2018 12:00 am - There are lots of things you can't do on Twitter. You can't threaten violence, post pornography or wear a swastika in your profile pic. But you can lie. Twitter made cle...