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Russian cyberattack "should wake us up," former Air Force officer says

by Molly Wood , Stephanie Hughes and Shaheen Ainpour
Mar 26, 2018
Former Maj. Gen. Robert Latiff talks about the strategy behind the hacks.
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Quitting Facebook might be harder than you think

by Molly Wood , Stephanie Hughes and Shaheen Ainpour
Mar 23, 2018
Many Facebook users are deleting their accounts, but that may be hard for others.
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Sen. Kennedy to Facebook: "Don't send your lawyers"

by Molly Wood , Stephanie Hughes and Shaheen Ainpour
Mar 22, 2018
Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle want to hear what CEO Mark Zuckerberg has to say in person about how the company let Cambridge Analytica harvest users' information without their permission.
Two senators want Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg to testify in front of Congress.
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Music streaming is a tough racket, unless you're Apple ...

by Molly Wood , Shaheen Ainpour and Stephanie Hughes
Mar 21, 2018
Music licensing fees make it almost impossible to turn a profit in streaming.
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Does psychographic marketing really work?

by Molly Wood and Stephanie Hughes
Mar 20, 2018
With enough data, could a company predict what you want? That’s the idea behind psychographic advertising: A company builds a profile of each customer and uses it to manipulate their emotions through marketing. This type of advertising is at the heart of a scandal involving Cambridge Analytica, which used Facebook to get this type of […]
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Cambridge Analytica, Facebook and the new data war

by Molly Wood
Mar 19, 2018
How Cambridge Analytica may have impacted our elections and how Facebook helped.
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Violent video games have come under scrutiny... again

by Molly Wood and Stephanie Hughes
Mar 19, 2018
The game industry is reacting after scrutiny from the White House.
An Xbox One controller is used at the Microsoft Xbox booth during the Electronics Expo 2013 at the Los Angeles Convention Center on June 11, 2013 in Los Angeles, California. 
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Why the biggest tech deal ever got squashed

by Molly Wood , Stephanie Hughes and Shaheen Ainpour
Mar 16, 2018
The Broadcom-Qualcomm merger didn't get very far. Here's why President Trump intervened.
Qualcomm President Cristiano Amon speaks during a press event at CES 2018 at the Mandalay Bay Convention Center in January in Las Vegas.
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AT&T and Time Warner are about to have their day in court

by Molly Wood , Stephanie Hughes and Shaheen Ainpour
Mar 15, 2018
The government hasn't blocked this type of "vertical" merger since the 1970s.
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Tech is changing the Paralympics, and giving an advantage to countries with money

by Stephanie Hughes and Kimberly Adams
Mar 13, 2018
The Winter Paralympics have been going on since 1976. How has the technology — and the funding for it — evolved since then?
Birgit Skarstein of Norway competes in the Women's Cross Country 12km, Sitting event at Alpensia Biathlon Centre during day two of the 2018 Paralympic Games on March 11, 2018 in Pyeongchang, South Korea.
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