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How tech is finding its way into your beauty bag

by Erika Beras
Mar 16, 2017
Turns out algorithms are just at good at assessing your pores as analyzing data.
More than 300 companies displayed their products at the Beauty Tech Summit at the Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas. Products showcased include a hairbrush with a built-in microphone.
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Why ride sharing companies are absent from SXSW

by Kai Ryssdal and Molly Wood
Mar 15, 2017
Austin's 'quirky charm' is partly behind the city's complicated relationship with on-demand technology firms.
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Using bitcoin's technology to wrangle widespread medical records

by Lauren Silverman
Mar 10, 2017
Blockchain's 'disruptive' potential excites the health care industry.
The digital database system blockchain could offer a more comprehensive and safer approach to how doctors access patient medical records. Above, a doctor prepares a prescription on a computer.
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High-tech worker retention was difficult before Kansas shootings

by Peggy Lowe
Mar 9, 2017
Businesses and employees are stressed about the hate crime and Trump's travel ban.
Mira Mdivani, a business immigration attorney in Overland Park, Kansas, says she's been flooded with calls since President Donald Trump was elected.
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Snap Inc. officially files for IPO

by Kai Ryssdal
Feb 2, 2017
Estimated valuation of the company is more than $20 billion.
 
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Box CEO Aaron Levie calls Trump's immigration ban 'dangerous'

by David Brancaccio
Jan 30, 2017
Some Silicon Valley leaders are speaking out against Trump's executive order.
The co-founder and CEO of Box, Aaron Levie, speaks on stage during "The Fast Company Innovation Festival" in late 2015. 
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Mayor Eric Garcetti wants to bring more tech jobs to Los Angeles

by Molly Wood
Jan 26, 2017
HE believes L.A. is a prime location for tech companies to grow.
Los Angeles Mayor Eric Garcetti speaks during the 5th Annual LA84 Foundation Summit on Oct. 27, 2016, in Los Angeles.
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Are autonomous robots the future of mall security?

by Molly Wood
Jan 12, 2017
One company's plan to use robots to fight crime.
Knightscope robot security guards. 
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Apple and the end of the headphone jack

by Lizzie O'Leary
Sep 9, 2016
Marketplace's Molly Wood on the company's new slate of products.
Apple introduced AirPods, its new wireless headphones, at a launch event on Sept. 7 in San Francisco.
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Sorry millennials, you're not the best start-up market

by Molly Wood
Sep 6, 2016
Try a few generations older.
Start-up employees working at a tech incubator. 
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