Information Technology
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Why tech titans are spending $1 billion to save you from terminators
Dec 19, 2015 6:33 am - Elon Musk and other big tech names are worried that humanity will develop artificial intelligence so smart it becomes a threat to humanity itself - think self-aware kill...
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Does playing games make you a 'gamer'?
Dec 19, 2015 5:39 am - Does simply playing video games make you a "gamer"? According to a new study from the Pew Research Center, the answer appears to be no: While 49 percent of American adul...
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Facebook is testing some changes to its 'real name' policy
Dec 19, 2015 5:37 am - Facebook has changed a lot since it first went online, but at least one thing has remained pretty much immovable: The site requires users to use their "real" names, and ...
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Marco Rubio's Internet policy, explained
Dec 19, 2015 5:36 am - Sen. Marco Rubio has been criticized by members of his own party for not doing his day job. The GOP presidential candidate rarely votes these days on legislation, for ex...
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Why you shouldn't 'unfriend' Trump supporters on FacebookDec 19, 2015 5:34 am - Facebook doesn't track data on unfriending rates - but one imagines they spike dramatically after each of the Republican presidential debates. Sites from Mic to Quartz t...
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District 214 introduces coding into math classesDec 19, 2015 5:30 am - Grant helps Dist. 214 introduce coding into math classes
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Twitter can be a mean place. Meet @TheNiceBot
Dec 19, 2015 5:00 am - In the midst of the cold digital landscape, so often flooded with hateful comments and cutting insults, there now exists a little blue-faced robot who wants you to know ...
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Northrop Grumman's Rolling Meadows team part of new stealth bomber contractDec 15, 2015 12:00 am - Editor's note: This article has been updated to correct Daniel Lipinski's title. Northrop Grumman Corp. in Rolling Meadows is expected to be part of the company...
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Motorola inks U.K. dealDec 14, 2015 12:00 am - SCHAUMBURG - The United Kingdom's Home Office has signed a contract with Schaumburg-based Motorola Solutions to provide user services for its new Emergency Services Netw...
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How Google is pushing you to vote for Bernie Sanders
Dec 13, 2015 6:25 am - Roughly three-quarters of Americans get their news online these days, making the Internet America's favorite news source, according to a 2014 Pew Research Center poll. A...