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Google exec’s plan to cheat death
Google engineering director Ray Kurzweil devotes a lot of his life to postponing death. Kurzweil, the brilliant 65-year-old inventor and…
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Tech giants ordered to explain high prices
Three tech giants have been told to appear before an Australian parliamentary inquiry to explain their “high prices.” The demand…
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Verizon plans transparency report on phone record requests, working with NSA
WASHINGTON – Verizon Communications Inc. says it will publish information on the number of requests for customer records it received…
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Google executive urges Internet openness in North Korea after visit
BEIJING – Google Executive Chairman Eric Schmidt said Thursday it’s up to North Korea to shed its self-imposed isolation and…
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Microsoft to unveil new Xbox Tuesday
Microsoft will unveil its new Xbox on Tuesday. What’s underneath the hood of the latest videogame console represents a multiyear…
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Gov’t requests for your data increased in 2013, Twitter says
The U.S. government demanded information on 902 people in 2013 — up from 815 in the last half of 2012…
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Facebook adds trending topics to site to tell users what people are posting about
NEW YORK – In a move that echoes Twitter, Facebook will add trending topics to its website to let users…
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Google uses ‘unique digital fingerprinting’ to detect child porn in Gmail accounts
A cyber-tip created by Google and reported to the National Center for Missing and Exploited Children put a convicted sex…
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