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The privacy debate is starting to pit tech against tech

by Molly Wood
Oct 26, 2018
Unpacking Apple CEO Tim Cook’s call for federal privacy measures.
Tim Cook, CEO of Apple Inc talks at the Debating Ethics event at the European Parliament in Brussels on October 24, 2018. 
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Economic Anxiety Index®

How much economic influence do you think tech companies have?

by Danielle Chiriguayo
Oct 19, 2018
78 percent of Americans think it's a great deal. But what exactly does that mean?
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What to worry about when you worry about smart speakers

by Molly Wood
Oct 12, 2018
No, they're not recording your every word.
An assortment of recently launched Amazon devices, including an Echo Input, Echo Show, Echo Plus, Echo Sub, Echo Auto and Fire TV Recast are pictured at the company headquarters in Seattle in September.
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Is the Google Plus data breach a threat to Google's business?

by Renata Sago
Oct 9, 2018
Google’s parent company, Alphabet, has announced new privacy measures that include shutting down its social network Google Plus. The decision comes after news this week that Google exposed the private data of hundreds of thousands of Google Plus users. We’re talking full names, email addresses, birth dates, profile photos and more. Google opted not to […]
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A misunderstood tech giant and the "nerds" who created it

by Kai Ryssdal and Phoebe Unterman
Oct 4, 2018
We're talking about Reddit. A new book takes a deep dive into the site's history and impact.
Alexis Ohanian, one of Reddit's co-founders, attends WORLDZ Cultural Marketing Summit 2017 in Los Angeles.
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Would you leave Facebook if you could take all your friends and photos with you?

by Molly Wood
Sep 27, 2018
Tech companies are trying to figure out how to make it easier to move your data.
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If you lead people to a more private search engine, will they care?

by Molly Wood
Sep 25, 2018
"People talk a big game here when it comes to privacy, but they don't actually do very much," one venture capitalist says.
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Android-powered infotainment coming to cars from Nissan, Renault, Mistsubishi

by Kimberly Adams
Sep 19, 2018
There was some big news this week in the auto and tech industries, which are increasingly overlapping. The world’s largest automotive partnership, the Renault-Nissan-Mitsubishi Alliance, which sold more than 10 million cars around the world last year, is going to start embedding Google’s Android operating system in its cars starting in 2021.  The promise for […]
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A new toolkit to help tech companies be more ethical

by Molly Wood
Sep 4, 2018
Tech giants keep struggling to understand how their platforms affect society. A game designer has a new solution.
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The promise and reality of Google Fiber

by Jim Burress
Aug 7, 2018
The search giant made waves when it set out to disrupt the internet service sector with a rollout of super-fast fiber-optic cable. The Atlanta region thought it would benefit. It hasn't.
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