Information Technology
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For EBay CEO, beating Amazon means trying not to be Amazon
Sep 24, 2016 7:18 am - EBay Chief Executive Officer Devin Wenig took the stage in a Las Vegas convention center with arms raised like a prize fighter after winning a stunning upset. This was t...
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A stretch of interstate reserved for driverless cars?
Sep 24, 2016 7:18 am - If you have nightmares about robots taking over the world, here's something that might really scare you: some tech industry veterans in Seattle want to ban human drivers...
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Silicon Valley venture capitalists pay the highest rent in the U.S.
Sep 24, 2016 7:16 am - Aydin Senkut started his venture capital firm Felicis Ventures in San Francisco a decade ago. Five funds and more than $430 million later, Senkut is ready to open an off...
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This drone has arms and could lift a toddler. (Don't try this at home.)
Sep 24, 2016 7:16 am - A Japanese firm has built an aerial drone with two arms and hawklike talons that is capable of lifting objects that weigh as much as 22 pounds. That's roughly the weight...
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Apple wants to patent the bag you carry out of the store
Sep 24, 2016 7:15 am - Apple is known for challenging the conventions of personal technology with its computers, smartphones and tablets. But the company's latest innovation may not be the wat...
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Self-driving cars may force error-prone human motorists off the road
Sep 24, 2016 7:15 am - New rules of the road for robot cars coming out of Washington could lead to the eventual extinction of one of the defining archetypes of the past century: the human driv...
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Twitter to take photos, GIFs, videos out of character-limit count
Sep 24, 2016 7:15 am - Twitter announced recently that media extras such as photos, GIFs, and videos along with quoted tweets and user polls will no longer "use up" the 140-character limit per...
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Google shows up late in crowded digital-assistant field
Sep 24, 2016 7:13 am - Google unleashed its digital assistant for the first time, arriving late to the intensifying race among the largest technology companies to create a more personal and lu...
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Some users report hearing a hissing noise coming from iPhone 7
Sep 24, 2016 7:12 am - Several iPhone 7 users have reported via Twitter that they are hearing a hissing noise coming from the device while it's being used. Stephen Hackett, a writer for the bl...
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AT&T wants to make every telephone pole a wireless hotspot
Sep 24, 2016 7:11 am - AT&T says it plans to start testing a technology next year that could ultimately blanket the country in ultrafast wireless internet - without the need for expensive cell...