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Ready for an earnings bonanza? The Street is getting earnings throughout the week from tech giants such as Facebook (FB – Get Report) , Alphabet (GOOGL – Get Report) , Amazon (AMZN – Get Report) , among others. When looking at all of the tech companies reporting, what’s the one thing that investors should keep […]

SYRACUSE, N.Y. — A software glitch took all of Syracuse’s public bikes off the road last week, just 10 days after they were launched. Gotcha Bike, which operates Syracuse’s new bike-share program recalled all 200 of its seafoam green bikes to a local maintenance warehouse on Tompkins Street in Tipperary Hill last Friday. Paul Colabufo, […]

It was not a given that Steve Hilton, the conservative Fox News host, and Tim Wu, a Columbia University law professor who worked in the Obama White House, would get along. But when they met by chance at a cocktail party in Washington last year, they quickly landed on one surprisingly strong point of agreement: […]

Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella, pictured at the company’s Build developer conference, says the company’s work with OpenAI will help to democratize artificial intelligence while keeping safety “front and center,” aiming to ensure that the robots stay on our side. (GeekWire Photo / Todd Bishop) Microsoft will invest $1 billion in OpenAI and work with the […]

[MUSIC] This is the Bentley EXP 100 GT. It’s an electric, self-driving concept car, that shows Bentley’s vision for what its GT cars will look like 35 years from now. And it’s also the company’s 100th birthday present to itself. So a few key points to take away before we get into the nitty gritty. […]

The United Nations’ educational agency, UNESCO, is sponsoring a conference in India to promote social and emotional learning in children and how to use digital technologies — such as video games — to build more peaceful and sustainable societies. As part of that effort, the UNESCO Mahatma Gandhi Institute of Education for Peace and Sustainable […]

U.S. lawmakers will question lobbyists and officials from Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple on an array of issues. Reuters hide caption toggle caption Reuters U.S. lawmakers will question lobbyists and officials from Facebook, Google, Amazon and Apple on an array of issues. Reuters Updated at 1:25 p.m. ET Given Facebook’s track record of broken promises […]

The allure of a better-paying job or a new city might be tempting, but relocating your life and family is about so much more than your ZIP code, or the state you call home. With the job market being in the employee’s favor with low unemployment, how do people feel about making drastic life changes […]

Make Ringtones Q: Is it possible to make your own ringtone? I want to know it’s my phone ringing and not a co-worker’s phone. Annoying! A: The short answer is yes, you can make a custom ringtone. This makes perfect sense, since the ringtone file is so small, and sound manipulation is straightforward in a […]

Ctrl + N University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill will get a new center under the grant.  A nonprofit with deep ties to the newspaper industry is investing $50 million into research on technology’s impact on democracy — from countering online disinformation to how companies such as Facebook and YouTube impact public opinion.  The […]