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Exodus of Chinese investors from Silicon Valley is real. But how much does it matter?

by Molly Wood
Jan 9, 2019
U.S. legislation is making Chinese investors balk.
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CES 2019: A preview of the inevitable robot wars, and maybe a Bread Bot, too

by Molly Wood
Jan 8, 2019
Two days of the trade show have (technically) passed and there's alot to talk about.
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When Big Tech embeds staffers in political campaigns

by Molly Wood
Jan 8, 2019
What can we expect in 2020?
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Tech can sift through video evidence ... but can it avoid bias?

by Molly Wood
Jan 7, 2019
Forensic video evidence is no smoking gun.
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Will techlash show up at the CES trade show?

by Molly Wood
Jan 4, 2019
Privacy features could take center stage at this year's show.
Sony's artificial intelligence-capable Aibo robot is on display at a 2018 CES press event in Las Vegas.
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Is more tech regulation coming in 2019?

by Molly Wood
Jan 3, 2019
After a turbulent year, big tech is bound to face more scrutiny.
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U.S. space economy set to blast off in 2019

by Molly Wood
Jan 2, 2019
Will America be leading the way?
Virgin Galactic's SpaceshipTwo takes off for a suborbital test flight of the VSS Unity on December 13, 2018, in Mojave, California. 
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In 2019, your smartphone will no longer be king

by Molly Wood
Jan 1, 2019
But it will rule more devices.
"We spent the past two decades converging into one device," says Amy Webb, founder of The Future Today Institute. "We're going to spend the next two decades branching back out."
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Goodbye, 2018 — a year of data and privacy scandals

by Molly Wood
Dec 31, 2018
Executive summary: The GDPR is coming for you.
Facebook employees talks to visitors as the social network Facebook opens a pop-up kiosk for one day on December 13, 2018, in Bryant Park in New York, where it will field questions about its data-sharing practices and teach users how to understand its new privacy controls.
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Amazon tried out a new product this holiday season: real Christmas trees

by Molly Wood
Dec 21, 2018
And it sold out of them.
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