Information Technology
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Silicon Valley adopts a D.C. model: the chief of staff
Jul 04, 2016 7:00 am - SAN FRANCISCO — One evening in March, a group of tech industry elite sat around a table in the private dining room of a Michelin-star restaurant in San Francisco, listen...
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Buddhist monk uses age-old wisdom to create driverless taxis
Jul 03, 2016 7:23 am - Hisashi Taniguchi took a sabbatical from developing software for driverless taxis and drones to pilgrimage to a Buddhist temple in western Japan. He shaved his head, don...
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This robot follows you around and blasts you with air conditioning
Jul 02, 2016 7:22 am - Reinhard Radermacher has a vision: A person walks into a room hot and sweaty after exercising, and somewhere in the dark, tucked in a corner, a small robot notices and l...
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Twitter wants you to use Snapchat-like stickers as visual hashtags
Jul 02, 2016 7:19 am - Twitter will have stickers soon, just like Snapchat, so that you can add cute little symbolic expressions of your feelings to your photos. The stickers will be searchabl...
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Amazon's deep discounts on smartphones come with a catch
Jul 02, 2016 7:18 am - Amazon's push into making smartphones may have been a failure, but that doesn't mean it has given up on offering its own spin on the market quite yet. The company announ...
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New Windows 10 update makes Cortana more useful
Jul 02, 2016 7:17 am - Microsoft is set to release a new, major update to Windows 10 on Aug. 2 - just a few days after the system's first anniversary. The company made clear when Windows 10 de...
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Dear Google: Please make smartphones interesting again
Jul 02, 2016 7:15 am - Get ready for the Google phone? According to a new report from the Telegraph, Google may be working on its own high-end smartphone and looking to compete head-to-head wi...
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App reviews: My TSA, Lonely Planet
Jul 02, 2016 7:14 am - My TSA The Transportation Security Administration offers a practical, bare-bones app designed to get you as smoothly as possible through that curse of the modern tr...
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I will remain: A dating app to heal your broken Brexit heart
Jul 02, 2016 7:13 am - It started out as a joke: a dating app to connect Britain's brokenhearted Remain voters. But the two founders of Remainder, identifying themselves only as Andy and Tim, ...
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Analysis: Facebook tries again to explain the News Feed
Jul 02, 2016 7:11 am - Facebook on Wednesday published its "News Feed Values," an attempt to offer a clear explanation of how it chooses the stories that appear at the heart of its social netw...