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Tech Talk: Companies lobby for federal privacy law, on their owns terms
Responding to the passage of a California law that gives people the right to know what information companies are collecting about them, tech industry leaders like Facebook, Google, IBM and Microsoft are lobbying the federal government to come up with a law of its own. The advantage of such a law, officials say, would be twofold:…
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Tech Talk: Apple prepares to launch 3 new iPhones
Apple is planning up to unveil three new iPhones in September, according to a Bloomberg report that cites unnamed sources. It appears likely that the California-based tech giant will offer a new phone designed to replace the iPhone 8, as well as updates to the iPhone X, one with a 6.5-inch OLED screen, and one…
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One red apple…displaced by a Gala
One delicious Red apple – the top of the crop, the go-to apple. Well, no more. The most popular variety of apple is no longer the Red Delicious. It’s now the Gala apple. U.S. growers in 2018 will produce 52.4 million boxes of Gala apples, up 5.8 percent from last year, and 51.7 million of…
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Tech Talk: Revenue projections rise as Meet Group adds one-on-one chat
The Meet Group, the New Hope-based dating app company, has increased its projected annual revenue for the second time this year after launching “Quick,” its new one-to-one video chat feature. CEO Geoff Cook likens Quick to speed dating in real life, writes Michelle Caffrey at bizjournals.com. [uam_ad id=”54865″] Advertising had previously made up the bulk of Meet’s revenues,…
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New EPA coal regulations could lead to 1,400 more deaths a year
Hailing the overhaul of federal pollution restrictions on coal-burning power plants as a means to creating new jobs, the Trump administration presented the “war on coal” as the elimination of cumbersome regulations. The administration’s own analysis, however, revealed Tuesday that the new rules could also lead to as many as 1,400 premature deaths annually by…
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Tech Talk: Bitcoin bubble bursts, leaving investors hurting
The value of Bitcoin, the digital cryptocurrency, has declined by 75 percent since hitting its peak in January. Now that the bubble has burst, investors who saw the the value of their holdings crash are wondering just what went wrong, write Nathaniel Popper and Su-Hyun Lee at bizjournals.com. [uam_ad id=”54865″] The virtual currency markets have been…
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Tech Talk: Online, Seinfeld-inspired startup betting that real men buy flowers
Gillian Harper became an an online florist after watching Jerry Seinfeld on “The Tonight Show” Speaking to Jay Leno, Jerry jokes that a man should be able to walk into a flower store, tell the clerk why his girlfriend is angry with him, and walk out with the appropriate bouquet. Once the idea took hold,…
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‘Best Colleges’ list includes best value for your buck
Spoiler Alert: College is expensive. With Ivy League perennial Princeton topping the list of the best colleges in the country, it’s no wonder the best and the most expensive are often synonymous. Princeton University, which tops MONEY’s Best Colleges list for the third straight year, hits the trifecta. It excels academically, with small classes and world-class professors.…
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Breweries betting on legalized marijuana to recoup lost revenues
With beer sales falling across the US, a growing number of alcohol companies are looking to legalized marijuana to fill the revenue gap. Although several states have legalized recreational marijuana use, it remains a federal crime, and the companies are therefore pinning their hopes on Europe and Canada, writes Michael J. de la Merced at…
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Tech Talk: Critics take aim at Facebook’s ‘microtargeting’
Facebook’s practice of “mictrotargeting” — in which ad buyers select audiences based on such details as a user’s location, political leanings and interests — is coming under increasing scrutiny from government officials, researchers and advertising executives, who advocate restricting its use. The critics warn microtargeting can be exploited to polarize and manipulate voters. It is…
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Tech Talk: How to stop Google from tracking your location
Even if you disable Location History, the search giant Google still tracks you every time you open Google Maps, get certain automatic weather updates, or search for things in your browser. There’s a way to stop it—but it takes some digging, writes Emily Dreyfuss at wired.com. [uam_ad id=”54865″] “If Google is representing to its users…
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Tech Talk: Drones fill the skies, transform the business world
Ubiquitous as toys for the gadget-minded — and sometimes for purposes like spying and dropping explosives — drones have become indispensable tools in construction and real estate. Their relatively low cost and ease of handling have made work more efficient for architects, landscape designers, surveyors, builders, structural engineers and brokers, writes Nick Madigan at bizjournals.com. [uam_ad…
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Tech Talk: Comcast expands Internet Essentials to low-income veterans
After connecting more than 6 million people with low-cost, high-speed internet, Comcast announced Monday it’s expanding its Internet Essentials program to low-income veterans. There are about 1 million of them living within Comcast’s footprint, the media giant said Monday when it announced the expansion, national statistics and local numbers during its annual back-to-school celebration of the 7-year-old…
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With millennials aging, businesses race to keep up with Gen Z
Millennials have been accused of killing so many products and industries — taxis, landlines, snail mail — that it’s become a media trope. But millennials are old news. Today, businesses and marketers are desperately anticipating the murderous whims of Gen Z, the demographic born after 1996, writes Riley Griffin at phillynews.com. [uam_ad id=”54865″] Sometimes called…
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Tech Talk: Banks and retailers track consumers by the touch of their apps
To fight fraud, a growing number of banks and merchants are tracking visitors’ physical movements as they use websites and apps. Some use the technology only to weed out automated attacks and suspicious transactions, but others are going significantly further, amassing tens of millions of profiles that can identify customers by how they touch, hold…
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Tech Talk: Def Con enters the fray against election cyber threat
Def Con, which began life as a gathering for hacker hobbyists, is playing an important role in bringing together the federal government, the security industry and election officials, as they race to help states shore up their cyber defenses in time for the midterms. Jake Braun, co-founder of the Def Con “village” (room) devoted to…
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Tech Talk: Amazon launches Whole Foods grocery pickup
A new program launched Wednesday by Amazon.com Inc. and Whole Foods Market will let shoppers stay in their car and have their grocery order carted out to their vehicle. The Prime Now grocery pickup service starts Wednesday at a Whole Foods store in Sacramento, Calif. and in Virginia Beach, Va., though the company said it will roll out…
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Tech Talk: AI enters the workplace through the back door
While grand, work-changing projects of AI, like self-driving cars and humanoid robots, are not yet commercial products, a more humble version of the technology is making its presence felt in a less glamorous place: the back office. New software is automating mundane office tasks in operations like accounting, billing, payments and customer service, writes Steve Lohr…
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