Information Technology
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Red light, green light: New Audis will predict the time until stoplight turns green
Aug 21, 2016 7:20 am - Waiting for a green light is perhaps the worst of all driving frustrations. You're sitting there idling behind some station wagon, there's nothing but commercials on the...
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T-Mobile wants everyone to have an unlimited data plan
Aug 21, 2016 7:16 am - T-Mobile has gained a reputation for trying to shake up the wireless industry by adopting unconventional business tactics - like paying for your early termination fees a...
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AT&T's new data plans trade one overage penalty for another
Aug 21, 2016 7:11 am - One of the nation's biggest wireless carriers is rolling out a series of new data plans that change what's been a key part of the company's business for years. Starting ...
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Experts compare Trump's, Clinton's cybersecurity policies
Aug 21, 2016 7:00 am - Cybersecurity is now a top national security problem — some officials even call it a bigger threat than terrorism. But both major presidential candidates have hit hurdle...
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Q&A: Tim Cook steps out of Steve Jobs's shadow, champions the promise of Apple
Aug 20, 2016 7:21 am - On a sleek white coffee table in Apple CEO Tim Cook's fourth-floor office in late July, beneath framed posters of Robert F. Kennedy, the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and ...
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Instagram has a secret Facebook group - just to talk to teens
Aug 20, 2016 7:18 am - Olivia logged on to the Facebook group, opened her video chat and waited for other people to sign on. Minutes later, pizza arrived - ordered by Instagram in California b...
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Twitter's anti-harassment tool finally available to everyone
Aug 20, 2016 7:17 am - Since March 2015, Twitter has given verified users on some devices the option of using a "quality filter" to improve the tweets they see: It's essentially an automated m...
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Why is the iPad Pro a 'computer'? Because Apple's courting the business market.
Aug 20, 2016 7:17 am - Apple, it seems, would like to see more tablets in briefcases next year. A new report from MacRumors cites noted Apple analyst Ming Chi-Kuo, who says there will be three...
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How video took over the Web
Aug 20, 2016 7:17 am - SANTA MONICA, California - With the solemnity of a priest, Tastemade programming chief Oren Katzeff paces near his TV-grade studio kitchen and assesses his media giant's...
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There's a new, easier way to make strong passwords
Aug 20, 2016 7:16 am - People tend to hate computer passwords, that often nonsensical jumble of letters, numbers and special keystrokes said to be essential for digital security. The secret co...