Information Technology
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What Pokemon Go says about the life span of fads
Sep 03, 2016 7:16 am - Pokemon Go - the augmented reality game that took the classic Japanese franchise into a new age - took the world by storm last month. But just last week, there was alrea...
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Analysis: Hyperloop's legal battles just got even stranger
Sep 03, 2016 7:16 am - Silicon Valley has had its share of squabbles among start-up founders - just look at Facebook and Twitter. But few are stranger than the legal battle taking place at Hyp...
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Who would win the coding Olympics? Probably not the U.S.
Sep 03, 2016 7:15 am - The United States took home the most number of medals at this year's Summer Olympics in Rio. But what if coding was one of the competitive events? A new HackerRank study...
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Tech forces amass to stop robocalls
Sep 03, 2016 7:14 am - You know the drill - those annoying recorded calls saying you've won a free cruise or a reduction in your mortgage payment. You curse the automated voice, hang up and ad...
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Inside Silicon Valley's most grueling ritual: raising cash
Sep 03, 2016 7:13 am - MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif. - The second floor of the Computer History Museum here was a sea of young entrepreneurs and top Silicon Valley investors going on speed-dates, and ...
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Would-be drone pilots racing to get licensed
Sep 03, 2016 7:13 am - Thousands of would-be drone pilots are racing to get licensed under new U.S. regulations that have opened an aerial stampede. More than 3,300 signed up to take the test ...
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Analysis: How big tech companies could escape privacy regulations
Sep 03, 2016 7:11 am - Companies such as Google and Facebook thrive on your personal data - the bits of information that tell advertisers how old you are, what brands you like and how long you...
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Tech companies offering internships for 40-something moms
Sep 03, 2016 7:11 am - Tech companies have tried everything to boost the low numbers of women in their ranks. Massive grants aimed at high-tech scholarships for girls and students of color. Lo...
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Analysis: Twitter just became even more like a cable company
Sep 03, 2016 7:11 am - If Twitter's biggest challenge is attracting new users to its service and showing investors it's capable of competing with the likes of Facebook, the company's latest mo...
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Hackers profit by betting against insecure companies on Wall Street
Sep 03, 2016 7:11 am - For decades, there's been an unofficial truce between cybersecurity researchers and companies: When good guy hackers find a problem, they give companies a chance to fix ...