Business Stories from August 17, 2019 (Change date)
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A magistrate ruled police could force a man to unlock his phone - is that legal?Aug 17, 2019 6:17 am - When Fairfax County, Virginia, police arrested a man last month in connection with the brutal sexual assault in May of a 15-year-old with developmental delays, they seiz...
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Fortnite World Cup audience shows fan base isn't just young menAug 17, 2019 6:00 am - Two weeks ago, Epic Games Inc. held its first-ever Fortnite World Cup, a three-day video game competition extravaganza that had — at one point — 2.3 million viewers from...
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Google employees demand company renounce working with Trump immigration agenciesAug 17, 2019 6:00 am - Google's challenges are mounting from within as employees call on the company to promise it won't do business with the Trump administration's immigration apparatus. More...
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AI and bionic eyes are helping to contain raging wildfiresAug 17, 2019 6:00 am - On a tower in the Brazilian rainforest, a sentinel scans the horizon for the first signs of fire. Only these eyes aren't human. They don't blink or take breaks, and guid...
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Analysis: Gadgets are boring, but video games are cooler than everAug 17, 2019 6:00 am - For the past two decades, I've been clinging to my beloved Nintendo 64. What could ever match the video game console's audacity of design and nostalgic allure, from its ...
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How to manage voice recordings on your smart devicesAug 17, 2019 6:00 am - After reports emerged that contractors had reviewed voice recordings for Apple's Siri, Amazon's Alexa and Google's Assistant, all three companies moved to change their p...
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Robots are solving banks' very expensive research problemAug 17, 2019 6:00 am - As lawmakers in Brasilia debated a controversial pension overhaul for months, a robot more than 5,000 miles away in London kept a close eye on all 513 of them. The algor...
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Researchers create robotic lens that can be controlled by eyesAug 17, 2019 6:00 am - When you're reading, looking at a map or squinting toward the horizon, your eyes adjust themselves involuntarily and instantaneously, thanks to tiny muscles inside the c...
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