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When Is It Ok to Check a Smartphone at the Dinner Table?
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When Is It Ok to Check a Smartphone at the Dinner Table?

Not long ago, I went to a nice restaurant with five friends. Good food. Better cocktails.

How to ­se Tech Like a Teenager
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How to ­se Tech Like a Teenager

Enough with complaining that young people these days are addicted to their phones. The question you should be asking is: What do they know that you don't?

Paper Planes Transform Into Tiny Drones
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Paper Planes Transform Into Tiny Drones

It took Chuck Pell less than a minute to build his drone.

New Chip to Bring Holograms to Smartphones
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New Chip to Bring Holograms to Smartphones

In the future, virtual reality won't require strapping a bulky contraption to your head.

Ray Kurzweil
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Ray Kurzweil

Ray Kurzweil is teaching computers how to read better—one more step in the march of technological progress.

The Wrong Way to Treat Child Geniuses
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The Wrong Way to Treat Child Geniuses

When I was a child, I was a "genius"—the kind you sometimes see profiled on the local news.

Canada Offers Mondo Incentives to Lure Tech Startups
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Canada Offers Mondo Incentives to Lure Tech Startups

Imagine you are launching or running a startup and there's a place where all of your developers—the biggest expense for most tech companies—cost one quarter what...

Belgium Desperately Seeking Cybersecurity Czar
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Belgium Desperately Seeking Cybersecurity Czar

At the tail end of a bruising 2013, Belgium's government decided it had had enough.

Man Behind the First Computer Password: It's Become a Nightmare
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Man Behind the First Computer Password: It's Become a Nightmare

In the early 1960s, Fernando Corbató helped deploy the first known computer password.

Coding Schools Tone Down Rosy Job Script
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Coding Schools Tone Down Rosy Job Script

Learn to code. Get a job. Then what?

It's Judgment Day For Killer Robots at the ­nited Nations
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It's Judgment Day For Killer Robots at the ­nited Nations

Has the age of the Robocop and Terminator arrived?

As Tech Firms Crank Out Apps For Children, Demand For Junior Consultants Rises
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As Tech Firms Crank Out Apps For Children, Demand For Junior Consultants Rises

Owen Radtke, like many of his peers in the San Francisco Bay Area, is in hot demand as a product-design consultant for technology startups.

The Plug-and-Play Luxury Home
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The Plug-and-Play Luxury Home

When it is completed in early 2018, Muse, a 49-story luxury-condo development in Sunny Isles Beach, Fla., will have an automated parking system with push-button...

Companies Say No to Having an Hr Department
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Companies Say No to Having an Hr Department

Companies seeking flat management structures and more accountability for employees are frequently taking steps to streamline their HR departments, often with...

Get Familiar With Big Data Now—or Face 'Permanent Pink Slip'
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Get Familiar With Big Data Now—or Face 'Permanent Pink Slip'

Sick of hearing about Big Data?

Can This Online Course Get Me a Job?
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Can This Online Course Get Me a Job?

New efforts are underway to help students make sense of the array of online courses, degrees, and certification options. For example, the Balloon online tool...

The Job After Steve Jobs: Tim Cook and Apple
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The Job After Steve Jobs: Tim Cook and Apple

Shortly after Tim Cook succeeded Steve Jobs as CEO of Apple in August 2011, he told a confidant that he got up every morning reminding himself just to do the right...

Mt. Gox Disappears From Web in New Setback
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Mt. Gox Disappears From Web in New Setback

Bitcoin suffered a major setback Tuesday as the website of Mt.Gox, the once dominant trading platform for the virtual currency, was all but shut down.

Can 'robotic' Pills Replace Injections?
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Can 'robotic' Pills Replace Injections?

The adage "Take two aspirin and call me in the morning" is destined for a futuristic makeover.

As the Mac Turns 30, Apple Ponders 'Post-PC' Era
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As the Mac Turns 30, Apple Ponders 'Post-PC' Era

When Apple introduced the Macintosh in 1984, people wondered whether everyone would need a personal computer one day.
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