Information Technology
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Suburbs eye new Apple campus announced WednesdayJan 17, 2018 12:00 am - Several suburban leaders indicated Wednesday they will attempt to lure Apple to build its newly announced campus in the area. "Schaumburg will definitely try to get on A...
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Google app that matches your face to artwork is popular. It's also raising privacy concerns.
Jan 16, 2018 12:00 am - A Google app that matches people's selfies to famous works of art and encourages users to share the side by sides on social media lept to the top spot on the iTunes App ...
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Four ways to make gadgets great again
Jan 13, 2018 12:16 am - LAS VEGAS - A sad cycle has overtaken the gadget business. It starts this week at CES, tech's biggest annual convention, where inventors compete to connect the most rand...
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How robocall moguls wrecked the Do Not Call list
Jan 13, 2018 12:13 am - On the morning of Oct. 1, 2015, a middle-aged telemarketer arrived at the Washington, D.C., headquarters of the Federal Trade Commission. His name was Aaron Michael Jone...
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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...