Information Technology
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Analysis: Did Mark Zuckerberg blow up Facebook from the inside?
Jan 13, 2018 12:10 am - For much of the past few months, Mark Zuckerberg has been thinking aloud about Facebook's mission. He kept saying he wanted Facebook to become a place for meaningful soc...
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The new home for your phone's fingerprint scanner: inside the screen
Jan 13, 2018 12:10 am - LAS VEGAS - As smartphones go all-screen, one design problem has bedeviled everyone from Samsung to Apple: Where to put the fingerprint scanner? At CES, a big tech compo...
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Inside the semiconductor industry's meltdown
Jan 13, 2018 12:00 am - It was late November and former Intel engineer Thomas Prescher was enjoying beers and burgers with friends in Dresden, Germany, when the conversation turned, ominously, ...
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Some bitcoin investors are in for a rocky tax season
Jan 13, 2018 12:00 am - Sean McAuliffe doesn't have much background in investing, aside from a couple of retirement accounts. But over Thanksgiving, as the price of bitcoin blew past $8,000 as ...
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Test driving the Nissan that can 'read your mind'
Jan 13, 2018 12:00 am - LAS VEGAS - Might the car of the future be able to read your mind? At CES, the big tech trade show, cars dominated much of the conversation. But one experience stood...
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New robotic maid takes us one step closer to 'The Jetsons'
Jan 13, 2018 12:00 am - Imagine this: You're rushing to get ready for work — juggling emails, kids and lunches — and your home is a disaster, with toys on the floor, a carpet that needs of vacu...
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Zebra showcases new retail technologyJan 12, 2018 12:00 am - Zebra Technologies Corp., said it is showcasing new technology designed to help retailers outperform their competition and elevate customer satisfaction. The Lincoln...
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The sky's the limit: Wheeling High School students work on NASA projectJan 10, 2018 10:00 pm - Students across the U.S. dream of working for NASA one day, but for students in Wheeling High School's advanced engineering program, that dream is now a reality. Since ...
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Ready to ask Alexa to flush? CES 2018's wildest gadgets
Jan 10, 2018 12:00 am - LAS VEGAS - Are you ready to talk to your toilet? Or cuddle with a robot? Those are just a few of the ideas we've seen at CES 2018, the annual consumer technology co...
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The best time of day - and year - to work most effectively
Jan 07, 2018 12:00 am - They say timing is everything. Yet when it comes to how we work, it's often not given much thought at all. We work 9 to 5 (or 7 a.m. to 7 p.m.) not because that's when o...