Information Technology
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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...
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Watch my kids, please: Parents hire Zoom babysitters so they can shelter in peace
May 02, 2020 6:19 am - SAN FRANCISCO - Babysitting used to go something like this: A local teenager comes over to the house after school to play with the kids, then tucks them into bed and spe...
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Should you let your kid get that app? Here's how to set boundaries during social distancing.
May 02, 2020 6:19 am - When our kids are cooped up at home, they're going to turn to tech. For many households, this is where the battle lines are drawn. New tech is tempting, and our kids wil...
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America's garage hobbyists fight the pandemic with 3D printers
May 02, 2020 6:16 am - Before covid-19, most Americans likely hadn't heard of 3D printing. If they had, it probably conjured visions of tinkerers and techies in their garages obsessing over Du...
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Tech giants are profiting - and getting more powerful - even as the global economy tanks
May 02, 2020 6:12 am - SAN FRANCISCO -Tech titans spent much of the last year playing defense, fending off dozens of federal and state antitrust investigations and a public wary of their power...