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When a Company Is Put ­p For Sale, in Many Cases, Your Personal Data Is, Too
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When a Company Is Put ­p For Sale, in Many Cases, Your Personal Data Is, Too

The privacy policy for Hulu, a video-streaming service with about nine million subscribers, opens with a declaration that the company "respects your privacy."

Can an Algorithm Hire Better Than a Human?
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Can an Algorithm Hire Better Than a Human?

Hiring and recruiting might seem like some of the least likely jobs to be automated.

Sean Parker: Philanthropy For Hackers
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Sean Parker: Philanthropy For Hackers

In the past several decades, there has been a monumental shift in the distribution of wealth on the planet.

The Moment I Decided Robots Were As Interesting As Humans
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The Moment I Decided Robots Were As Interesting As Humans

When I was little, I was enamored with the idea of being a pioneer; I was drawn to the thought that I could be the first to do something—be a trailblazer, the forerunner...

Graphene Booms in Factories But Lacks a Killer App
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Graphene Booms in Factories But Lacks a Killer App

The city of Manchester, UK, is gearing up for a graphene jamboree.

Revealed: The Secret Gear Connecting Google's Online Empire
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Revealed: The Secret Gear Connecting Google's Online Empire

Three-and-a-half years ago, a strange computing device appeared at an office building in the tiny farmland town of Shelby, Iowa.

What's It Like at a Top-Tier Conservatory? There's an App For That
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What's It Like at a Top-Tier Conservatory? There's an App For That

The world of education has become a rapidly expanding universe.

No One Questions Google's Ability to Innovate, So Why Do Its Moonshots Look Like Money Pits?
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No One Questions Google's Ability to Innovate, So Why Do Its Moonshots Look Like Money Pits?

Consider a question that we have been puzzling over at the World Economic Forum.

Sidewalk Labs, a Start-­p Created By Google, Has Bold Aims to Improve City Living
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Sidewalk Labs, a Start-­p Created By Google, Has Bold Aims to Improve City Living

Google's ambitions and investments have increasingly broadened beyond its digital origins in Internet search and online advertising into the arena of physical objects...

How Facebook Is Eating the $140 Billion Hardware Market
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How Facebook Is Eating the $140 Billion Hardware Market

It started out as a controversial idea inside Facebook. In four short years, it has turned the $141 billion data-center computer-hardware industry on its head.

IBM Wants to Push Spark, Real-Time Big Data Tool, Into Mainstream
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IBM Wants to Push Spark, Real-Time Big Data Tool, Into Mainstream

International Business Machines Corp. has thrown its weight behind Spark, an increasingly popular tool that is used to analyze large amounts of data in real time...

Get A Raise: Do's And Don'ts For It Pros
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Get A Raise: Do's And Don'ts For It Pros

Convincing your employer that you're worth a pay raise requires strategy, data on compensation trends, and good timing. There are proven ways to improve your...

U.s. Surveillance Backlash Could Cost Tech Companies More Than $35 Billion By 2016
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U.s. Surveillance Backlash Could Cost Tech Companies More Than $35 Billion By 2016

The U.S. government's widespread data surveillance practices are likely to cost U.S. cloud computing and other technology companies more money than originally expected...

Apple's Biggest Breakthrough That Almost No One Knows About
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Apple's Biggest Breakthrough That Almost No One Knows About

Ask the average Apple fan to make a list of the important moves the company has made in the past year or so, and the list will probably start with the Apple Watch...

Apple's Latest Selling Point: How Little It Knows About You
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Apple's Latest Selling Point: How Little It Knows About You

Apple wants its devices to know everything about you. But more than ever, it wants you to know that Apple doesn't know what those devices know.

Connected Cows, Cars and Crockery Prod Chip Mega Mergers
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Connected Cows, Cars and Crockery Prod Chip Mega Mergers

Chip companies are merging, signing $66 billion worth of deals this year alone in preparation for an explosion of demand from all walks of life as the next technological...

Who Wins in a Data Breach? Cybersecurity Firms–and Their Investors
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Who Wins in a Data Breach? Cybersecurity Firms–and Their Investors

FireEye Inc., a Silicon Valley-based cybersecurity firm, held an analyst day on Wednesday, doing its best (as all companies do) to build its case for the Street...

Can the Swiss Watchmaker Survive the Digital Age?
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Can the Swiss Watchmaker Survive the Digital Age?

Pim Koeslag designs and fabricates some of the world's most complicated mechanical timepieces.

Hp Destroys a Dream Computer to Save It
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Hp Destroys a Dream Computer to Save It

Hewlett-Packard has lowered expectations for one of its biggest bets, called the Machine.

Hong Kong Children Learn to Code After School
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Hong Kong Children Learn to Code After School

On a lazy Friday afternoon, a small group of primary school students open their laptops and, laughing and chatting, plunge straight into the world of computer programming...
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