Information Technology
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Wearable tech can spot coronavirus symptoms before you even realize you're sick. Here's how.
May 30, 2020 6:25 am - Data from a wearable device can reveal coronavirus symptoms days before you even realize you're sick, researchers have found in preliminary studies. That means fitness t...
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Fortnite, rappers and the billion-dollar pandemic gaming boom
May 30, 2020 6:21 am - Rapper Travis Scott zoomed onto stage riding an asteroid during a concert witnessed last month by British YouTube videographer Jon Hutchinson. The special effects were v...
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Desperate workers rush to delivery app jobs to find low pay and punishing rules
May 30, 2020 6:19 am - SAN FRANCISCO - Ivan Salgado, a 32-year-old bartender and server at his family's Mexican restaurant in Chicago, volunteered to stop working in late March so his aunt wou...
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Facebook ran multi-year charm offensive to woo state prosecutors
May 30, 2020 6:16 am - Sheryl Sandberg's schedule was packed as the Facebook chief operating officer arrived in Portland, Oregon, for a summer forum of state prosecutors who were meeting to ta...
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Commentary: The robots-are-taking-our-jobs threat gets real
May 30, 2020 6:00 am - If there was ever a good time for the robots-taking-over-jobs argument, this may be it. Not just because factory owners don't want to pay for rising labor costs, but bec...
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Parts Town, Davisware partnership focuses on foodservice technologyMay 29, 2020 1:00 am - WEST DUNDEE - Davisware and Parts Town have partnered to strengthen support of field service organizations in the food service industry. The partnership will include se...
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Trump signs executive order against social media companies, escalating war on Twitter
May 28, 2020 1:00 am - WASHINGTON (AP) - President Donald Trump escalated his war on social media companies Thursday, signing an executive order challenging the liability protections that have...
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Historic SpaceX launch postponed because of stormy weather
May 27, 2020 1:00 am - CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. - The launch of a SpaceX rocket ship with two NASA astronauts on a history-making flight into orbit has been called off with 16 minutes to go in the...
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The great video chat faceoff: Six apps. Dozens of heads. One came out on top.
May 23, 2020 6:25 am - To Zoom, or not to Zoom? That is the question. Zoom videoconferencing's Brady Bunch grid of faces has become synonymous with working, learning and even partying from hom...
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The hunt for a work-from-home webcam: A story of broken supply chains, 'sold-out' messages and refreshing online carts
May 23, 2020 6:22 am - SAN FRANCISCO - All those hours of pandemic-induced video conference calls, chats with family and hangouts with friends are straining our eyes - and, apparently, straini...