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Your side hustle may not look so great come tax time

by Molly Wood
Apr 11, 2019
Are gig workers getting the guidance they need when it comes to filing their taxes?
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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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Walmart to use more robot technology for store tasks

by Jack Stewart
Apr 10, 2019
Walmart will further its use of robots to keep labor costs down.
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Who knew a space agency could go viral?

by Molly Wood
Apr 10, 2019
By using social media, NASA discovered what the public was looking for.
Employees at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory in Pasadena, California, watch the landing of InSight on Mars on Nov. 26, 2018.
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Space tech key to future of healthcare

by Victoria Craig
Apr 9, 2019
One U.K. company is developing a portable 3D X-ray machine based on space technology.
This composite image of the Kleinmann-Low Nebula, part of the Orion Nebula complex, is composed of several pointings of the NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope in optical and near-infrared light. Infrared light allows to peer through the dust of the nebula and to see the stars therein. The revealed stars are shown with a bright red colour in the image.
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If it’s online, it’s not permanent. Internet archives can disappear.

by Molly Wood
Apr 9, 2019
What responsibility do companies have to hold onto anything you might upload to their platform?
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Amazon wants to deliver broadband from orbit

by Justin Ho
Apr 8, 2019
Amazon recently confirmed plans to provide internet connectivity from orbit.
Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos at a press conference in Santa Monica, California.
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Now that states can legalize sports betting, venture capital wants in

by Molly Wood
Apr 8, 2019
One investor says sports bets could evolve into a different type of asset.
Sports Adviser Stuart Feiner, who was portrayed by actor Al Pacino in the film "Two for the Money," displays his betting tickets on Major League Baseball at Dover Downs Casino on June 5, 2018 in Dover, Delaware.
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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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