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Tech Giants Still Stumbling In The Social World They Created

Who knew connecting the world could get so complicated? Perhaps some of technology’s brightest minds should have seen that coming.

There Aren't Enough Academic Jobs, So NC State Tries To Help

Prospects for Ph.D. earners are dismal in the academic job market, with stories abounding of people who have doctorates serving lattes at Starbucks.

How To Find And Delete Where Google Knows You've Been

Even if “Location History” is off on your phone, Google often still stores your precise location.

Warren Buffett's Firm Adds To Apple, Teva Investments

Investor Warren Buffett’s company added to its stakes in Apple and Israeli drugmaker Teva Pharmaceuticals in the second quarter while tweaking several of its other stock investments.

Paul Walker's Brothers Open To ‘fast' Franchise Return

Nearly five years after Paul Walker’s death, his brothers say they’re open to playing his character again in the “Fast and Furious” franchise.

Netflix To Borrow Another $2B To Pay Its Programming Bills

Netflix plans to borrow another $2 billion to help pay for the exclusive series and movies that its management credits for helping its video streaming service reel in millions of new subscribers during the past five years.

Pocket Money Apps Aim To Help Kids In Cashless World

For kids growing up in today’s cashless society, the piggy bank is going virtual.

Stan Lee: Remembering A Real-Life Superhero

Stan Lee, the legendary Marvel Comics writer, and publisher, has died aged 95.

Amazon Founder Jeff Bezos And Wife Divorcing After 25 Years

Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos and his wife, MacKenzie, are divorcing, ending a 25-year marriage that played a role in the creation of an e-commerce company that made Bezos one of the world’s wealthiest people.

iHeartradio Launches A Broadway Channel And Digital Hub

Fans of show tunes are getting another place to get their fix now that iHeartRadio has launched a Broadway channel and online hub.

Antarctica Is Losing Ice 6 Times Faster Today Than In 1980S

Antarctica is melting more than six times faster than it did in the 1980s, a new study shows.

NBCUniversal Jumps Into The Streaming Fray

NBCUniversal will launch an ad-supported streaming service in 2020, free for anyone who pays for a cable service.

‘Game Of Thrones' Final Season To Debut On April 14

"Game of Thrones" fans get ready.

Rockstar Defends Pinkerton Name In 'Red Dead Redemption 2'

Rockstar Games is firing back in a legal tussle over the use of a Pinkerton security company’s name in its video game “Red Dead Redemption 2.”

Jason Reitman To Direct Ghostbusters Sequel For Summer 2020

Ivan Reitman is passing the Ghostbusters torch to his son.

BYU Blockchain Summit Seeks To Explain Blockchain Technology

As comedian Ellen DeGeneres explained last week on her television show: “Everybody is talking about bitcoin, nobody understands it.”

Worth A Cook: Making And Ordering Food With Apple Devices

Many of our readers likely fondly remember when, in early 2016, Apple debuted an iPhone 6s screen commercial in which that Sesame Street favorite, Cookie Monster, used the device in his attempt to bake a batch of succulent cookies.

Oxford Suspends Research Funding From China's Huawei

Oxford University says it is suspending research grants and funding donations from Huawei amid growing security concerns about the Chinese telecom giant.

Google Opens New Office In Berlin With Eye On Expansion

American tech giant Google has opened a new office in Berlin that it says will give it the space to expand in the German capital.

Big Tech Firms Pledge Training For Workers In Southeast Asia

Microsoft, Google and other major technology companies have promised to help provide training in digital skills for around 20 million people in Southeast Asia by 2020 to make sure the region’s burgeoning working-age population is a fit for the future job market.

Ivanka Trump, Apple CEO Tim Cook Visit Idaho School

Ivanka Trump and Apple CEO Tim Cook visited a heavily Hispanic Idaho school district on Tuesday to trumpet her workforce development initiative promoting science, technology, engineering and math.

Supreme Court Could Allow Suit Over Apple iPhone Apps' Sales

The Supreme Court seemed ready to allow an antitrust lawsuit to go forward that claims Apple has unfairly monopolized the market for the sale of iPhone apps.

Review: ‘Arctic' Is A Solid, And Solitary, Survival Tale

The premise for ”Arctic ” is so simple it’s almost silly to describe: Stranded man tries to survive. It’s also been done more than a few times in movies, so it’s understandable if hearing that invokes a yawn. And yet with barely any dialogue, traditional storytelling methods or even a cute pet or inanimate object to help, director Joe Penna and star Mads Mikkelsen have made a riveting and precisely plotted film worthy of other greats in the genre.

Everything Is Pretty Good In ‘The Lego Movie 2'

“The LEGO Movie” is a hard act to follow. Its world was so fresh and vibrant and unexpected, it’s no wonder that it spawned a number of spinoffs of varying quality. But the big test was always going to be the sequel and whether or not it could recreate the magic of the first. And I’m pleased to report that ”The LEGO Movie 2: The Second Part ” is pretty darn good, but also you can’t help shake the feeling that it’s just never going to live up to the exciting newness of the first.

Toshiba Unveils Robot To Probe Melted Fukushima Nuclear Fuel

Toshiba Corp. unveiled a remote-controlled robot with tongs that it hopes will be able to probe the inside of one of the three damaged reactors at Japan’s tsunami-hit Fukushima nuclear plant and grip chunks of highly radioactive melted fuel.

Researchers Say Amazon Face-Detection Technology Shows Bias

Facial-detection technology that Amazon is marketing to law enforcement often misidentifies women, particularly those with darker skin, according to researchers from MIT and the University of Toronto.

Facebook Merging Instagram and Whatsapp

With Facebook announcing plans to merge its Messenger, WhatsApp and Instagram messaging services, we take a closer look at the giant’s stronghold on the ways in which we communicate, and explore whether the new changes will bring us closer together, or give Facebook access to more data to sell advertising and increase its dominance in the market.

Q1 2019 - Services Vs Devices - Apple Opens New Chapter

Apple hoped to offset slowing demand for iPhones by raising the prices of its most important product, but that strategy seems to have backfired after sales sagged during the holiday shopping season.

Watching Tv Is Free And Easy With Under-The- Radar Locast

You canceled cable long ago. Your TV antenna has trash reception for ABC. But you want to host an Oscars viewing party. What to do?

Eu Urges Internet Giants To Work Harder Fighting Fake News

European Union authorities warned leading tech companies including Facebook, Google and Twitter this week that they need to work harder to combat fake news ahead of upcoming blocwide parliamentary elections.