Information Technology
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Airbnb trying to get along with regulators ahead of IPO
Dec 11, 2016 6:12 am - Airbnb has always operated under a cloud of legal uncertainty as it battled city governments over how to regulate its network of short-term rental properties. The compan...
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Want to find a dead website? Try Internet Archive's Wayback Machine
Dec 10, 2016 6:18 am - It can be hard to find sites that have disappeared from the internet. But the Internet Archive's Wayback Machine is on the verge of rolling out a feature that will make ...
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Johammer's motorcycle of the future could also power your home
Dec 10, 2016 6:17 am - There is no thrum of a Ducati or familiar rumble that made Harley Davidson famous. Only a whine from the electric motor that increases linearly as you rush for the horiz...
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Qualcomm tests solution to "line of sight" drone limit
Dec 10, 2016 6:17 am - One of the main hurdles to drones' ability to zip around the country delivering packages is a requirement that they stay within their operator's line of sight during day...
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Zynga turnaround hinges on Dawn of Titans
Dec 10, 2016 6:16 am - Arvan is a Thor-like giant with flowing blond hair, a breast plate and flaming axes in each hand. Zynga investors are counting on him and other ferocious characters in D...
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Why Instagram is letting users like comments - or turn them off completely
Dec 10, 2016 6:16 am - In the next few weeks, Instagram is going to look even more like its parent company, Facebook. The social network announced Tuesday that it will let users like individua...
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New sensor can track energy use of your home's appliances
Dec 10, 2016 6:15 am - The plethora of electronic devices in your home may plug into the same walls and draw electricity from the same source, but each has a unique signature or fingerprint th...
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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...