Information Technology
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Hooked has millions of teens reading books by text
Dec 10, 2016 6:15 am - OK, it's not exactly Dickens. But how about a great story delivered to you by text message? That's the idea hatched by Prerna Gupta and Parag Chordia. The two entreprene...
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Review: Oculus Rift Touch controllers make huge difference
Dec 10, 2016 6:15 am - The Oculus Rift virtual-reality headset debuted earlier this year to much fanfare, but it was missing something that would have made playing around in the digital world ...
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Apple to start publishing AI research to hasten deep learning
Dec 10, 2016 6:14 am - Apple will allow its artificial intelligence teams to publish research papers for the first time, marking a significant change in strategy that could help accelerate the...
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Want a job in Silicon Valley? Be wary of for-profit coding schools
Dec 10, 2016 6:13 am - It was a calamitous job interview two years ago that prompted Jose Contreras to demand his money back from the coding school he attended. His interviewer, the chief tech...
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Want your kids to get off their phones? Put yours down first
Dec 10, 2016 6:12 am - Want to get your kids off their phones and back into the real world? A new study suggests that before you launch into the lecture about how you only see the tops of thei...
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Google DeepMind makes AI platform available to public
Dec 10, 2016 6:12 am - Alphabet Inc.'s artificial intelligence division Google DeepMind is making the mazelike game platform it uses for many of its experiments available to other researchers ...
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App reviews: Really Bad Chess, C25K 5K Trainer Free
Dec 10, 2016 6:11 am - Really Bad Chess Really Bad Chess is an engaging and wacky version of the classic game, which assigns players a random set of chess pieces. The pieces move in the s...
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New chatbot takes the 'human' out of human resources
Dec 10, 2016 6:10 am - Some of the questions you ask your human resources department could soon be answered by, well, non-humans. That's the concept behind Talla, a Boston-area start-up that h...
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Apple said to be in talks with studios for early movie rental
Dec 10, 2016 6:00 am - Apple is pressing Hollywood studios for earlier access to movies, according to people with knowledge of the matter, a move that would bolster the company's iTunes busine...
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Elan Industries wins BBB Torch AwardDec 09, 2016 12:00 am - BOLINGBROOK - Elan Industries, an electronic appliance controls design, engineering and manufacturing firm, has been selected as a recipient of the 2017 Better Business ...