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Quoted: Shoot and share? On new ‘smart rifle’

"This kind of technology, in addition to making shooting more fun for them, also allows shooting to be something that they share with others." — Jason Schauble, president of TrackingPoint, a Texas company that's selling what it's calling the Read More →

Quoted: on the Senate immigration bill and H-1B visas

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Quoted: on the Senate immigration bill and H-1B visas

"The technology industry is asking the government to come in and intervene in the normal functioning of the U.S. labor market, specifically on their behalf." — Ron Hira, associate professor of public policy at the Rochester Institute of Technology, Read More →

Tech and access: Webcam possibilities — and peepers; Harvard email spying, Iran’s VPN block

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Tech and access: Webcam possibilities — and peepers; Harvard email spying, Iran’s VPN block

Quick links to piece about technology and access, the good and the bad: • The Merc's Troy Wolverton writes about how Xerox researchers are working on technology that allows doctors to monitor patients' vital signs via webcam. It still Read More →

Tech giveth, taketh away: Farewell to Golden Gate toll takers; apps lead to pink slips; rise of robots; real estate brokers’ resilience

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103 days ago Levi Sumagaysay 2 Comments

Tech giveth, taketh away: Farewell to Golden Gate toll takers; apps lead to pink slips; rise of robots; real estate brokers’ resilience

In another episode of the push and pull of tech and innovation, today we call your attention to how technology is affecting people's jobs. • The Golden Gate Bridge is doing away with all human toll-takers because of FasTrak and other Read More →

Silicon Valley companies, others speak out against anti-same-sex marriage laws

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112 days ago Levi Sumagaysay 3 Comments

Silicon Valley companies, others speak out against anti-same-sex marriage laws

With the U.S. Supreme Court scheduled to hear next month a couple of high-profile cases involving same-sex marriage, Apple, Google, Facebook, eBay, Oracle and many other companies in Silicon Valley Read More →

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Quoted: Saying no to the Singularity

"You could have all the computer chips ever in the world and you won’t create a consciousness." — Miguel Nicolelis, a top neuroscientist at Duke University, takes issue with the Singularity — saying "there are a lot of people Read More →

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Quoted: on the Senate immigration bill and H-1B visas

Tech and access: Webcam possibilities — and peepers; Harvard email spying, Iran’s VPN block

Tech giveth, taketh away: Farewell to Golden Gate toll takers; apps lead to pink slips; rise of robots; real estate brokers’ resilience

Silicon Valley companies, others speak out against anti-same-sex marriage laws

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