Information Technology
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Forget flying cars - Google's Brin secretly builds an airship
Apr 29, 2017 6:22 am - Larry Page has his flying cars. Sergey Brin shall have an airship. Brin, Google co-founder, has secretly been building a massive airship inside of Hangar 2 at the NASA A...
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Cyberattacks involving extortion are rising, Verizon says
Apr 29, 2017 6:09 am - Cyberattacks involving ransomware - in which criminals use malicious software to encrypt a users' data and then extort money to unencrypt it - increased 50 percent in 20...
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Pinterest to start first U.S. advertising campaign
Apr 29, 2017 6:00 am - Why join yet another social network? That's the question keeping people from signing up for Pinterest, according to Chief Executive Officer Ben Silbermann. Except they h...
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International Trade Commission takes Motorola's caseApr 28, 2017 1:00 am - The U.S. International Trade Commission in Washington D.C., said Friday it will investigate China-based Hytera, which was accused of stealing patented technology for two...
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Tesla plans 'Supercharger' station at Meijer in Rolling MeadowsApr 28, 2017 1:00 am - Tesla has proposed installation of 10 charging stations for its electric cars in the Meijer parking lot in Rolling Meadows. The charging location would be one of only fo...
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Google is asking you for some help to fix its 'fake news' problem
Apr 27, 2017 6:02 am - Thanks to the phenomenon of "fake news," Google is going to start asking you for help with its search results rather than relying solely on its algorithms. The search gi...
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Motorola Solution offers new 911 serviceApr 26, 2017 1:00 am - SCHAUMBURG - Motorola Solutions and RapidSOS, an emergency technology startup, will soon begin delivering precise location information for 911 calls made from smartphone...
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Will autonomous driving kill the sports car? Mazda and Porsche say No
Apr 23, 2017 7:18 am - The robot drivers are coming. Virtually every brand in the auto industry is bragging about its autonomous driving capabilities. In four years, some Fords will even skip ...
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Why one man is spending millions to get Elon Musk to dump Trump
Apr 23, 2017 7:17 am - The day Donald Trump was elected president, Doug Derwin came into a lot of money. Derwin is a lawyer turned venture capitalist, and he'd cashed in on a successful invest...
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The biggest time suck at the office? Your slow, outdated computer
Apr 23, 2017 7:00 am - It was the third hour of doing nothing that broke James Scott. The 25-year-old researcher was sitting at his desk at an insurance firm in northern England when the inter...