Information Technology
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Help Desk: Why is my WiFi so bad? More tips and answers
May 09, 2020 6:25 am - The WiFi doctor is in. Last week, I shared five steps to fix bad home Internet connections without (necessarily) spending a dime. The advice hit a nerve during the coron...
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The big keep getting bigger in the pandemic-rearranged economy
May 09, 2020 6:20 am - Welcome to the post-pandemic U.S. economy. The biggest companies are getting even bigger. Mid-size players are running on fumes. Brick-and-mortar stores are struggling t...
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The billionaire who cried pandemic
May 09, 2020 6:19 am - SEATTLE - As the coronavirus pandemic rapidly spread across the United States in March, Bill Gates peppered his longtime friend Jeff Raikes with the science behind testi...
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The Silicon Valley workplace will never be the same
May 09, 2020 6:18 am - When the headquarters of Mission Bio reopens next week, employees will find many of the familiar perks they enjoyed before Silicon Valley went into lockdown have changed...
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Analysis: The next frontier of shopping will be livestreamed
May 09, 2020 6:11 am - Years before COVID-19 reared its hideous head and gave the world an urgent reason to shop from home, retail influencers were livestreaming inside of boutiques, offering ...
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Here come COVID-19 tracing apps - and privacy trade-offs
May 05, 2020 1:00 am - As governments around the world consider how to monitor new coronavirus outbreaks while reopening their societies, many are starting to bet on smartphone apps to help st...
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European virus tracing apps highlight battle for privacy
May 04, 2020 1:00 am - LONDON - Goodbye lockdown, hello smartphone. As governments race to develop mobile tracing apps to help contain infections, attention is turning to how officials will en...
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Analysis: We really weren't ready to work from home
May 03, 2020 6:10 am - Call it teething problems, disorganization or plain Luddism: the first few weeks of working from home were, for many, far from smooth. Set aside for a second the impact ...
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Bad WiFi is slowing you down. Fix yours without spending a dime.
May 02, 2020 6:25 am - Can everybody hear me? Your Zoom is hiccuping. The WiFi is being weird. You're breaking up, America. Bad Internet connections are our No. 1 tech problem - as frustrating...
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Managers turn to surveillance software, always-on webcams to ensure employees are (really) working from home
May 02, 2020 6:21 am - When the coronavirus shuttered the Kansas headquarters of the High Plains Journal, an agricultural trade paper for farmers and ranchers across the Midwest, digital marke...