Showing posts with label Technology. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Technology. Show all posts

Wednesday, May 18, 2016

On Technology: How I Learned to Love Snapchat

On Technology: How I Learned to Love Snapchat


The app can be confusing for people over a certain age, but it returns something vital to our correspondence.


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Saturday, May 7, 2016

Farhad and Mike’s Week in Tech: The Technology We Love to Hate

Farhad and Mike’s Week in Tech: The Technology We Love to Hate


Why it’s so hard to find a charging cable that lasts more than few months, and other gripes about tech.


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Thursday, May 5, 2016

Exxon Mobil Backs FuelCell Effort to Advance Carbon Capture Technology

Exxon Mobil Backs FuelCell Effort to Advance Carbon Capture Technology


The energy giant is investing in FuelCell Energy’s technology for carbon capture and sequestration, a potential way to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.


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Thursday, April 21, 2016

On Technology : What Chatbots Reveal About Our Own Shortcomings

On Technology : What Chatbots Reveal About Our Own Shortcomings


Silicon Valley has fallen in love with A.I. assistants, but so far they’re hardly impressive. Is it the industry’s fault, or is it ours?


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Saturday, April 16, 2016

Wheels: Start-Stop Technology Is Spreading (Like It or Not)

Wheels: Start-Stop Technology Is Spreading (Like It or Not)


The system saves fuel by cutting the engine when the car comes to a stop, but many drivers find it disruptive and disable it.


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Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Technology Transforms How Insurers Calculate Risk

Technology Transforms How Insurers Calculate Risk


New methods of collecting and evaluating information allow insurers to determine more precise premiums based on each customer’s particular risk.










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Thursday, March 24, 2016

Driven: Video Review: The Honda Civic Touring Is Packed With Technology and Space

Driven: Video Review: The Honda Civic Touring Is Packed With Technology and Space


Honda returns the Civic sedan to its former glory, offering small families a way to live large.










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Wednesday, November 25, 2015

Daily Report: Turkey, Travel and Technology

Daily Report: Turkey, Travel and Technology


Traveling during the holiday can be difficult, let’s be thankful for a minute — for the intersection of technology and travel.


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Wednesday, November 18, 2015

Bits Blog: Drone Maker DJI Adds Technology to Limit Where Its Machines Can Fly

Bits Blog: Drone Maker DJI Adds Technology to Limit Where Its Machines Can Fly


DJI, a maker of small-scale drones, is adding so-called geofencing technology that would prevent the aerial devices from going into certain areas, like the skies over a forest fire.










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Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Schools Can’t Stop Kids From Sexting. More Technology Can.

Schools Can’t Stop Kids From Sexting. More Technology Can.


There are serious risks associated with teenagers exchanging nude photos but it isn’t the dangerous scourge that most adults imagine.


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Sunday, November 8, 2015

TED Grant Goes to Archaeologist Who Combats Looting With Satellite Technology

TED Grant Goes to Archaeologist Who Combats Looting With Satellite Technology


An archaeologist’s quest to track illicit digs at ancient sites, part of a global effort to stop such activity, has received a $ 1 million TED grant.










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Friday, November 6, 2015

How technology can help reboot Ebola-hit Sierra Leone

How technology can help reboot Ebola-hit Sierra Leone













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Saturday, October 31, 2015

Battle Heats Up Over Exports of Surveillance Technology

Battle Heats Up Over Exports of Surveillance Technology


Silicon Valley is resisting federal plans to increase regulations on exports of “dual use” technology like servers and software used in social media that can also be used for spying.










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