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Divided Decade

Too much high-frequency trading can rig the market, IEX founder says

by Molly Wood
Sep 18, 2018
Brad Katsuyama says some traders use tech to "know the horse race is over, and they're betting against people who still think the race is happening."
An employee views trading screens at the offices of Panmure Gordon and Co. in 2014 in London.
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Divided Decade

How a piece of software helped fuel the 2008 financial crash

by Molly Wood
Sep 17, 2018
The seeds of the Great Recession included a lot of greed, fraud ... and some technology.
Michael Osinski developed software that turned mortgages into securities for Wall Street banks. He retired years before the 2008 crash and now farms oysters on Long Island.
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The EU’s proposed copyright rules could upend the internet economy

by Molly Wood
Sep 14, 2018
Could this be the beginning of the end of internet memes?
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When Hollywood producers need to get the future right, they call a futurist

by Molly Wood
Sep 13, 2018
Hulu releases "The First" tomorrow, a series set in the 2030s about the first human mission to Mars.
Hulu's "The First" imagines what the first mission to Mars might be like.
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Apple's secret weapon? The semiconductor

by Molly Wood
Sep 12, 2018
Apple unveils a new iPhone. What really makes it special? The computer chips inside.
An attendee looks at a new iPhone X during an Apple special event at the Steve Jobs Theatre on the Apple Park campus on September 12, 2017 in Cupertino, California.
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The insurance industry gets a tech makeover. Is it more than skin deep?

by Molly Wood
Sep 11, 2018
Insurance startups, like Lemonade, aim for more efficiency and transparency in the industry.
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Meet the woman who's making millions from slime videos on YouTube

by Molly Wood
Sep 10, 2018
Karina Garcia has attracted over 8.4 million YouTube subscribers by making DIY slime.
Karina Garcia has over 7 million subscribers on YouTube.
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Is your data safer today than when the Equifax data breach was announced a year ago?

by Molly Wood
Sep 7, 2018
The breach affected 147 million people. Here's what's happened since.
Saxby Chambliss, a former Republican senator from Georgia, advises former Equifax CEO Richard Smith before he testifies to the House Energy and Commerce Committee's Digital Commerce and Consumer Protection Subcommittee on Capitol Hill on Oct. 3, 2017. Smith stepped down as CEO of Equifax after it was reported that hackers broke into the credit reporting agency and made off with the personal information of more than 147 million Americans.
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Facebook Fallout

Why do you see what you see on your Facebook news feed?

by Molly Wood
Sep 6, 2018
A new Pew poll looks at what Americans do — and don't — know about how the social media feed works.
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Social media "story" ads are gone in a day, but they're getting more popular

by Molly Wood
Sep 5, 2018
The format is seen as "authentic," one marketer said.
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