Information Technology
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Des Plaines launches app to let residents submit requests, pose questionsNov 21, 2016 12:00 am - The city of Des Plaines has unveiled a new mobile app that allows residents to submit service requests, report potholes, and pose questions to city departments. "DP 311"...
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More people are Googling the Ku Klux Klan
Nov 20, 2016 6:18 am - Americans have never been more interested in looking up the Ku Klux Klan online than they are right now, according to search data from Google Trends. Google doesn't publ...
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Satellite dishes that power Time-Warner imperil AT&T merger
Nov 20, 2016 6:18 am - Behind the Time Warner Inc. campus in Atlanta, more than a dozen massive dishes silently stream CNN newscasts, Cartoon Network shows and Turner Sports games to satellite...
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Will Trump follow through on vow to block AT&T-Time Warner merger?
Nov 20, 2016 6:13 am - Despite his campaign vows to block the deal, President-elect Donald Trump could be forced to take a friendlier stance on AT&T's $85 billion acquisition of Time Warner th...
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Doctors using virtual reality to treat patients with dementia
Nov 19, 2016 6:21 am - For most people, virtual reality's promise of transporting us to a different world in a heartbeat is a great novelty. But for those who cannot travel freely, it's a life...
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What could an iPhone cost in Donald Trump's America?
Nov 19, 2016 6:20 am - Businesses and policymakers are bracing for what could happen under President-elect Donald Trump's trade agenda. Trump has promised to slap a tax on Chinese goods, possi...
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Analysis: How social media helps dictators
Nov 19, 2016 6:19 am - Many people think that social media has been a boon for grass-roots social and political movements, and it's easy to understand why. The rise of Facebook, Twitter, and o...
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Q&A: Facebook fake-news writer thinks he helped Donald Trump get elected
Nov 19, 2016 6:19 am - What do the Amish lobby, gay wedding vans and the ban of the national anthem have in common? For starters, they're all make-believe - and invented by the same man. Paul ...
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A look at Twitter's suspension of alt-right accounts
Nov 19, 2016 6:16 am - Ever since alt-right provocateur Milo Yiannopoulous sent actress Leslie Jones a string of deeply offensive tweets, insulting the comedian's race and intelligence, Twitte...
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Prosecutors aim to stop sex trafficking without breaking the web
Nov 19, 2016 6:15 am - In 2010, the seedy business of online prostitution lost a major platform when Craigslist, the eponymous web bazaar for everything from jobs to apartments, bowed to criti...