Information Technology
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Cable firms offer alternatives to the bloated bundle
Sep 26, 2015 7:33 am - The best alternatives to the cable bundle may be coming out of the cable companies themselves. Since Verizon Communications in April introduced cheaper, slimmed-down bun...
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No, selfies have not killed more people than sharksSep 26, 2015 7:32 am - A preposterously popular story out Tuesday on Mashable makes a claim uniquely suited to the anxieties of our always-connected age: In the past year, reporter Cailey Rizz...
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The successful Internet shaming of 'pharma bro' Martin Shkreli
Sep 26, 2015 7:31 am - Online shaming is frequently in the news these days, typically for the very worst reasons: ruined lives, lost jobs, frothing mobs in a frenzy to steamroll the subject of...
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Review: These are the most millennial iPhones yet
Sep 26, 2015 7:31 am - Amid all the benchmark-testing and feature-dissecting surrounding Apple's new iPhones going on sale Friday, I've come to a conclusion: The iPhone 6S and 6S Plus are the ...
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Why you might have Wi-Fi on your Metra train soonSep 25, 2015 1:00 am - Rejoice cautiously, smartphone users - Metra is inching toward a Wi-Fi solution with a pilot program on 10 rail cars debuting later this year. The railroad has talked ab...
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Young robot builders get insipired at kickoff event in ElginSep 24, 2015 11:00 pm - Now that the rules of the game, and the nature of the game itself, have been revealed, the tinkering begins in earnest. Teams of teenage and preteen robot-builders world...
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In the race for driverless vehicles, auto and tech worlds collideSep 20, 2015 7:41 am - Google had all of Silicon Valley to choose from when deciding on a leader for its ambitious self-driving-car division. Instead, the tech behemoth hired an auto industry ...
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Move over, Budweiser: Football has a new advertising kingSep 20, 2015 7:36 am - The biggest TV ad blitz during the National Football League's season-opening week wasn't selling Budweiser or a big Ford truck. It came from DraftKings, a billion-dollar...
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Google's 'self-driving toaster' rattles the auto industry
Sep 20, 2015 7:34 am - Before Google introduced the prototype of its autonomous car - a k a the "self-driving toaster" - to the public last year, the search-engine giant made the rounds of the...
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Facebook is the new travel guide for Iraqis headed to Europe
Sep 19, 2015 7:44 am - BAGHDAD - Yousif Aljanabi didn't know he could flee Iraq for Europe until the Facebook posts appeared in his feed. There were photos, maps and then entire groups devoted...