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Who protects you from making a bad purchase... on your smart speaker?

by Molly Wood
Apr 29, 2019
Today's voice assistants and smart devices can act like salespeople who knock on your door.
Amazon’s patents show how voice recognition technology could be used to learn about users' physical and emotional states. Above, Amazon Echo Dots.
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Is video conferencing worth all the trouble?

by Molly Wood
Apr 16, 2019
Some companies have lost $1 million in productivity just getting the technology to work.
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Your smart speaker is always listening

by Molly Wood
Apr 12, 2019
And someone on the other side of it may be listening, too.
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Why Big Tech wants to get inside your car

by Kai Ryssdal and Bennett Purser
Apr 10, 2019
A look at the data and dollars hiding behind the dashboard.
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China's Googleless internet remains vibrant

by Jennifer Pak
Apr 8, 2019
Many U.S. tech firms are blocked, but there are homegrown equivalents inside the "Great Firewall."
The Google logo is reflected in windows of the company's China head office as the Chinese national flag flies in Beijing in 2010.
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In basketball, the right tech can improve your shot

by Molly Wood , Daniel Shin and Bennett Purser
Apr 5, 2019
"This merging of artificial intelligence and basketball is a really powerful thing," said Dr. Rachel Marty Pyke, data scientist.
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Social media, elections and fake news: India edition

by Tracey Samuelson
Apr 5, 2019
As national elections approach, voters are being targeted with fake news on WhatsApp.
An Indian newspaper vendor reads a newspaper with a full back page advertisement from WhatsApp intended to counter fake information in New Delhi on July 10, 2018.
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The U.S. has tried to build high-speed rail for 50 years

by Ben Bradford
Apr 4, 2019
Today, a train ride from LA to San Francisco takes 12 hours. In 1937, it took 10.
Amtrak's Hiawatha train between Chicago and Milwaukee arrives at the Glenview, Illinois station in 2005.
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How Mark Zuckerberg wants the U.S. government to regulate Facebook

by Kai Ryssdal , Bennett Purser and Liz Sanchez
Apr 1, 2019
A New York Times reporter says the CEO's plan is "self-serving."
Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg wrote an opinion piece in the Washington Post, which details the procedures he would like the government to use as its regulation standard.
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Why Apple encourages holders of its new credit card not to swipe it

by Ben Bradford
Mar 26, 2019
Apple’s launch event Monday for the first time included no new iPhones, Macs, Apple Watches or other devices.
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