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A Google self-driving car moves along the roadway at the companys headquarters on May 17, 2016 in Mountain View, Calif. (Andrej Sokolow/DPA/Zuma Press/TNS)

Inside the car-eat-car world of self-driving technology

April 11, 2017

SAN JOSE, Calif. — First, it was just a dream. Then it became a quirky research project undertaken by a handful of the nerdiest engineers in the robotics industry. Now self-driving cars are on the...

Erin Raney, Director of Network Technology Services and Innovation at T-Mobile, show how robots in T-Mobiles lab demonstrate one of 5Gs benefits - millisecond reaction time - by balancing and controlling a ball much more rapidly than is possible with todays slower 4G technology. The lab is part of T-Mobiles effort to test out next-generation wireless technologies and services, including 5G  (Mike Siegel/Seattle Times/TNS)

T-Mobile moves the needle in its research lab to compete with larger rivals

March 28, 2017

SEATTLE — For a couple of minutes in a small, nondescript T-Mobile US conference room, the future of wireless is here. Two phone-book sized pieces of equipment stand about 8 feet apart, one representing...

Amazon invests in Costa Rica as tiny nation carves out profitable niche in world economy

March 21, 2017

SAN JOSE, Costa Rica — In the 19th century, the customs house here brimmed with the imported wares that first helped this tiny Spanish-speaking nation become part of the wider world economy. During...

Bio-Techne sees the potential for some of its most exciting and lucrative contributions to science and precision medicine as the industry matures. (Anthony Souffle/Minneapolis Star Tribune/TNS)

Biotech firm carves a large niche in tools for research

March 16, 2017

MINNEAPOLIS — More than 600,000 times, researchers have cited Bio-Techne Corp. in academic papers as a manufacturer of tools that helped in their search for new tests and treatments. The company,...

Cybersecurity experts demonstrate their products at this years RSA cybersecurity conference in San Francisco. The annual conference is a major expo for digital security firms. (Tim Johnson/McClatchy/TNS)

Spooked by spike in cyber extortion, businesses are stockpiling bitcoin for payoffs

February 21, 2017

By Tim Johnson McClatchy Washington Bureau (TNS) SAN FRANCISCO — U.S. corporations that have long resisted bending to the demands of computer hackers who take their networks hostage are increasingly...

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Low-cost mobile carrier CEO finds his calling

February 16, 2017

By Ronald D. White Los Angeles Times (TNS) LOS ANGELES — The gig: David Glickman, 51, is co-founder and chief executive of Ultra Mobile, a prepaid mobile carrier that provides low-cost, no-contract...

Andy Milonakis, 16, tries on Snap Spectacles on Nov. 10, the day they went on sale. (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Snapchat’s young users are at once its greatest asset and one of its biggest risks

February 9, 2017

By Tracey Lien and Samantha Masunaga Los Angeles Times (TNS) Kids don’t use email any more. Facebook is for Mom and Dad. And Yik Yak is so 2015. When it comes to communication in 2017, Snapchat is...

Jon Bischke, CEO of San Francisco startup Entelo, poses Thursday, Jan. 19, 2017, on the 24th floor of their offices in San Francisco, Calif. Entelo has developed software to help corporate recruiters find candidates for open positions. (Karl Mondon/Bay Area News Group/TNS)

CEO of recruiting software company focuses on diversity

February 7, 2017

By Troy Wolverton The Mercury News (TNS) SAN FRANCISCO — At first glance, Jon Bischke would seem an unlikely spokesman for diversity. He’s white, 40, blonde — and the CEO of a tech company, an...

Fidel Miranda, hiring manager of WashMyWhip, works on a car at WashMyWhip in Wynwood, Fla. WashMyWhip is an on-demand, eco-friendly car-care service. (Roberto Koltun/Miami Herald/TNS)

Startup offers car washes on demand that save water, too

January 31, 2017

By Nancy Dahlberg Miami Herald (TNS) MIAMI — Imagine telling your JPMorgan bosses you’re leaving a high-finance career to start a car-wash company. “They thought I was crazy,” Nathan Bekerman...

Los Angeles resident Albert Borrero tries his pair of Spectacles shortly after they went on sale in November 2016. (Al Seib/Los Angeles Times/TNS)

Spectacles might get the buzz, but for investors Snapchat is all about the advertising

January 26, 2017

By Paresh Dave Los Angeles Times (TNS) LOS ANGELES — The company behind Snapchat has two offerings — that beloved, 5-year-old app for messaging and video streaming, and Spectacles, a months-old,...

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Nontraditional funding may have nearly killed e-sports video firm

January 19, 2017

By Paresh Dave Los Angeles Times (TNS) LOS ANGELES — Video games as a professional sport made no sense to Lars Windhorst, a European oil and agriculture investor, until a summer evening in Seoul....

Savile Row tailor makes house calls in Philadelphia

Savile Row tailor makes house calls in Philadelphia

November 11, 2016

By Elizabeth Wellington The Philadelphia Inquirer (TNS) PHILADELPHIA — Photographer Patrick Snook attended his first bespoke suit fitting late last month with an authentic Savile Row tailor — at...

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