Information Technology
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Survey: Unequal pay, gender bias obstacles for women in technologyMar 06, 2017 12:00 am - ROLLING MEADOWS - Wage inequality compared to male colleagues, workplace gender bias and a shortage of female role models are among the main barriers faced by women work...
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Survey: Gap is growing in applied and hard technology skillsMar 06, 2017 12:00 am - DOWNERS GROVE - Deficits in applied and hard technology skills among current employees and new applicants, and a general lack of preparedness for individuals entering th...
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Review: Nintendo Switch isn't quite the mobile console we'd hoped for - but it's close
Mar 04, 2017 6:19 am - Nintendo is taking a big risk with the launch of the $300 Switch, which follows the company's unsuccessful Wii U - a two-screened console concept that failed to capture ...
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Are our kids being shaped by know-it-all voice assistants?
Mar 04, 2017 6:18 am - Kids adore their new robot siblings. As millions of American families buy robotic voice assistants to turn off lights, order pizzas and fetch movie times, children are e...
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App reviews: Curiosity, TravelEnvy
Mar 04, 2017 6:15 am - Curiosity This app, which is made by a company that spun out of Discovery Communications, takes the joy of learning and distills it into a form that can suit even t...
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Twitter users can now filter 'egg' accounts from notifications
Mar 04, 2017 6:15 am - Twitter announced a bunch of mostly iterative changes Wednesday in its fight against abuse. But one was particularly welcome to users who have ever experienced an onslau...
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OK, technology holdouts: Enough is enough
Mar 04, 2017 6:15 am - Even as fanatic customers can be counted on to line up outside the Apple store for the latest iPhone, there are still millions of Americans who don't use a smartphone at...
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Analysis: Twitter tries age-old punishment - the timeout
Mar 04, 2017 6:15 am - Twitter quietly introduced a new punishment for rule breakers a couple of weeks ago: the timeout. "We've detected some potentially abusive behavior from your account," T...
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Soldier-turned-robotics-CEO brings Silicon Valley approach to defense market
Mar 04, 2017 6:13 am - Shahar Abuhazira knows about dark places. He had the dicey assignment of crawling into tunnels to find terrorists as an infantry officer with the Israeli Defense Forces....
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What can World Wide Web of 1990s teach us about today's FCC internet policy?
Mar 04, 2017 6:12 am - FCC Chairman Ajit Pai is looking to the early days of the internet for inspiration as he seeks to reduce the role of regulation in the networks that help millions of Ame...