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Online ‘gig economy’ platforms like Uber could boost world economies: study
Digital job marketplaces like Uber and TaskRabbit will increasingly fill the gap between the persistently unemployed and the job market and boost economies worldwide, predicts a new study by McKinsey […]
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On topic: Tech news to know now
Here’s what’s on the Friday menu. Salesforce has walked away from bidding for Twitter, saying it’s not the right fit. Samsung’s financial hit from the Samsung Galaxy Note 7 debacle […]
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Lawmakers want answers about Yahoo scanning emails for U.S. government
What’s up with Yahoo reportedly helping the government by scanning its users’ incoming emails? Like the rest of us, lawmakers want to know. So a bipartisan group of 48 representatives […]
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Iron Man volunteers to be voice of Mark Zuckerberg’s Jarvis
In case Mark Zuckerberg had any lingering doubts about whether he’s truly made it, Iron Man surely has put them to rest. When the Facebook CEO asked for suggestions Thursday […]
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Off topic: U.S. goat vote, Cubs’ goat curse, not extinct, controlling falling in love
What if only goats voted in the U.S. presidential election? Here’s a map of what that would look like. Speaking of goats, here’s the story of the Chicago Cubs’ goat […]
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Apple looks at iPhone that knows when you want to take a photo
It’ll probably be a while before an iPhone will know you want to take a picture by reading your mind. But your body is a different story. If Apple goes ahead with […]
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On topic: Tech news to know now
Here’s what’s on the Thursday menu. Facebook still has a fake-news problem in its Trending section. The section is boosting news from satirical sites and more. (Washington Post) Facebook and […]
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Pinterest reaches 150 million monthly active users
Pinterest on Thursday said it reached 150 million monthly active users worldwide, another sign that the visual bookmarking site is growing as it competes with Facebook, Twitter and other social […]
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Election 2016: John Podesta’s Twitter account hacked, Ken Bone’s Uber deal, Twitter-BuzzFeed tie-up
How has this wacky, unprecedented election season played out on social media? Some new developments give us another chance to count the ways. • Hillary Clinton campaign chief John Podesta […]
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Off topic: Nobel Prize winner Bob Dylan’s songs, athletes and sex, lucid dreams, ‘Spielberg Face’
Bob Dylan just won the Nobel Prize for literature — here’s a ranking of all his songs. Attention, athletes: New study shows having sex before a competition probably won’t hurt, […]
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