Information Technology
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Apple's HomePod is finally ready, but is it too late?
Jan 27, 2018 12:10 am - Apple on Tuesday announced a Feb 9. release date for its smart speaker called the HomePod - allowing the company that first popularized virtual assistants through its sm...
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Analysis: The trouble with Facebook's plan to rate media credibility
Jan 27, 2018 12:10 am - When Facebook announced a plan to rely on surveys of users to rank news organizations' credibility and give greater prominence to "broadly trusted" outlets, it shared fe...
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8 retro gadgets that are making a comeback
Jan 27, 2018 12:00 am - Even as we flirt with “Jetsons”-style bathrooms hooked up to digital assistants, breakneck races of flying “cars” and ever-improving technology, one thing remains clear:...
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How would it work if Facebook were run like your cable company?
Jan 27, 2018 12:00 am - As Facebook seeks to weather a storm of criticism over its handling of news and politics, one of the world's biggest media titans argued Monday that the social network c...
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A look at who owns bitcoin (young men), and why (lack of trust)
Jan 27, 2018 12:00 am - Chances are, you've heard of bitcoin. But the odds are much smaller that you actually have a stake in it. Nearly 60 percent of Americans have heard or read about the wor...
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OK, now imagine net neutrality is a flame grilled Whopper
Jan 25, 2018 12:00 am - NEW YORK (AP) - Burger King is delivering its own hot take on a regulatory showdown that has inflamed the U.S., using a flame-grilled Whopper. Burger King's new ad has b...
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Netflix raised its prices; we kept binge-watching anyway
Jan 23, 2018 12:00 am - Our growing appetite for binge-watching cannot be stopped - even by price hikes from Netflix. The streaming media giant reported far more new subscribers than analysts e...
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Snapchat to let users share stories outside its mobile app
Jan 23, 2018 12:00 am - Snap Inc. is opening up its application's walled garden in a bid to spur growth. Some of the content on Snapchat will be shareable via a link, so it can be viewed by peo...
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Apple CEO Tim Cook says he wouldn't let a child use social media
Jan 22, 2018 12:00 am - Anyone remember Ping — Apple's “music-oriented social network,” the hot new thing back in 2010? No, we're not surprised if you don't. It flopped — hard — and shut down a...
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How Google created pop culture magic with the art selfie craze
Jan 20, 2018 12:15 am - When Google's art selfie craze went mega-viral on the weekend, a moment of pure pop-culture magic unfurled before our eyes. As most people know by now, Google's Arts and...