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7 Technology Trends that Will Make or Break Many Careers
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7 Technology Trends that Will Make or Break Many Careers

No matter what field you work in, if you're hoping to get ahead in your career, you need to be mindful of technology trends.

On the Farm: Startups Put Data in Farmers' Hands
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On the Farm: Startups Put Data in Farmers' Hands

Farmers and entrepreneurs are starting to compete with agribusiness giants over the newest commodity being harvested on U.S. farms—one measured in bytes, not bushels...

European Publishers Play Lobbying Role Against Google
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European Publishers Play Lobbying Role Against Google

In private sessions this summer, giant publishers and media companies from Germany, France and elsewhere have met with European officials about proposals to regulate...

Tech Companies Are Hiring More Liberal-Arts Majors Than You Think
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Tech Companies Are Hiring More Liberal-Arts Majors Than You Think

Silicon Valley has a reputation for being filled with egghead coders who popped out of college as brilliant engineers (or who never finished college in the first...

Social Is Dead: What 146 Startup Pitches Showed Me about the Next Wave of Tech Companies
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Social Is Dead: What 146 Startup Pitches Showed Me about the Next Wave of Tech Companies

Investing in startups is like bird-watching, or at least that's the quote from legendary venture capitalist Mike Moritz.

The ­pside of a Downturn in Silicon Valley
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The ­pside of a Downturn in Silicon Valley

In October 2008, in the early days of the last economic collapse, Sequoia Capital invited founders of technology companies to a frank meeting outlining the new...

Why Gogo's Infuriatingly Expensive, Slow Internet Still Owns the Skies
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Why Gogo's Infuriatingly Expensive, Slow Internet Still Owns the Skies

In the fall of 2008, Louis C.K. was a guest on Late Night with Conan O'Brien and delivered a soon-to-be-viral rant called "Everything's Amazing and Nobody's Happy...

It's Operating Systems Vs. Messaging Apps In The Battle For Tech's Next Frontier
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It's Operating Systems Vs. Messaging Apps In The Battle For Tech's Next Frontier

As mobile devices continue to explore and colonize the technology landscape, their conquests are leading us to a new era, beyond search and apps.

Google Reveals How It Scales Its Network
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Google Reveals How It Scales Its Network

Google Inc., Tuesday, outlined its decade-long journey with software-defined networking in a new paper that it presented at the ACM SIGCOMM 2015 conference in London...

Study's Lesson For Business Leaders: Innovation Is Overrated
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Study's Lesson For Business Leaders: Innovation Is Overrated

A new study of Formula One racing shows that big innovations don't always deliver as much value as smaller, incremental changes.

­pstarts Raid Giants For Talent in Silicon Valley
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­pstarts Raid Giants For Talent in Silicon Valley

For the last year, Google's work force has increasingly been under attack from a herd of unicorns.

To Inspire Software and Hardware Developers, Intel Gets Bold and Very Weird
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To Inspire Software and Hardware Developers, Intel Gets Bold and Very Weird

It was about 10 seconds into the robotic spider dance that you had to remind yourself you were watching a presentation by the world's largest chipmaker, Intel.

Data-Crunching Is Coming to Help Your Boss Manage Your Time
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Data-Crunching Is Coming to Help Your Boss Manage Your Time

You might be at work, but that hardly means you are working.

'next Gen Stats' Offer New Insights For Nfl Fans and Coaches
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'next Gen Stats' Offer New Insights For Nfl Fans and Coaches

As Richard Sherman sprints side-by-side with Calvin Johnson, who is running faster?

The Coming Wave of Bionic Hearing Gadgets
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The Coming Wave of Bionic Hearing Gadgets

In a windowless office on a tiny San Francisco side street, Noah Kraft is making me hear things in a way I’ve never heard them before.

Palmer Luckey: Making Virtual Reality a Reality
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Palmer Luckey: Making Virtual Reality a Reality

"Why shouldn't people be able to teleport wherever they want?" asks Palmer Luckey, the 22-year-old founder of Oculus VR, the virtual-reality company that Facebook...

Kaspersky Lab: Based In Russia, Doing Cybersecurity In The West
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Kaspersky Lab: Based In Russia, Doing Cybersecurity In The West

Given Russia's cyber skills, it's not surprising that a Russian entrepreneur, Eugene Kaspersky, runs one of the world's leading companies offering protection from...

Nasa's Europa Mission Team Joins Forces For the First Time
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Nasa's Europa Mission Team Joins Forces For the First Time

They're united by a lofty goal—to investigate whether Jupiter's moon Europa could harbor primitive life under its icy shell.

Why Larry Page Is Stepping Away
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Why Larry Page Is Stepping Away

In the ten years that I’ve been watching him, Larry Page has always wanted to play by his own rules.

Developers Teach Apple Chinese
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Developers Teach Apple Chinese

Like other smartphone makers, Apple is trying to keep China happy.
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