Information Technology
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Uber appears ready to sell its subprime car-loan business
Dec 30, 2017 12:00 am - Ending a turbulent year marked by heavy losses, Uber is said to be selling its subprime car-loan business, which may have cost the company hundreds of millions of dollar...
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Netflix's cash bonuses become salary thanks to new tax plan
Dec 30, 2017 12:00 am - Netflix's top executives will now get paid in full no matter how the company does, thanks to the Republican tax plan. The streaming-video provider is scrapping its cash ...
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Library of Congress is about to stop archiving every public tweet
Dec 30, 2017 12:00 am - For the past six years, the Library of Congress has been collecting every single tweet that's been published on Twitter. Celebrity feuds, political campaigns and mundane...
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How virtual reality is giving people a feel for what dementia is like
Dec 30, 2017 12:00 am - The worst part was the spikes inside my shoes. Or maybe the worst part was the dimness, my world reduced to shadows. Or the prickly static and loud banging that crowded ...
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10 ways tech will shape your life in 2018, for better and worse
Dec 28, 2017 12:00 am - Is the outlook for technology in 2018 exciting - or slightly terrifying? Flip a coin, you'd be right either way. As I look into my crystal ball at what new technologies ...
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Apple picks Barrington High School for research projectDec 27, 2017 4:30 am - Barrington High School is among a select few schools in the country that will be part of an Apple Inc. technology research project next year. Under the project announced...
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Why suburban parents are pledging to 'Wait Until 8th' on smartphonesDec 26, 2017 4:00 am - Steve Douglass' 8- and 10-year-old boys wanted smartphones for Christmas, but they didn't get them. It's not because Douglass can't afford them. It's because the Lake B...
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Echo Dot, Fire TV Stick with Alexa voice remote among top Amazon productsDec 26, 2017 12:00 am - Amazon announced its biggest holiday season with customers all around the world shopping at record levels. Prime membership continued to grow this holiday — in fact, in...
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Apple's iPhone, iPad, Mac could soon run same apps
Dec 23, 2017 6:21 am - Apple's iPhone and iPad introduced a novel way of interacting with computers: via easy-to-use applications, accessible in the highly curated App Store. The same approach...
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'Pokemon Go' unleashes its critters in Apple's AR playground
Dec 23, 2017 12:22 am - SAN FRANCISCO (AP) - "Pokemon Go" is moving into a different dimension on the iPhone, thanks to software that allows the game to play new tricks with its menagerie of di...