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<p>Who needs data? Why not just rely on talent?</p>

Chris Sale, pitching star, ignores big data

Commentary: In a baseball era in which every last piece of data is tabulated, the Red Sox pitcher shows no interest at all. A lesson for tech, perhaps?

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<p>Bringing everything back to "2001: A Space Odyssey," we have HAL 9000, the iconic artificial intelligence robot that makes up one of the main characters in the sci-fi film. That character was represented in the film as an all-seeing red light from within a wall-mounted control panel that sports a creepily soothing voice. </p> <p>Nowadays we have IBM's Watson, the namesake of IBM founder Thomas J. Watson, which <a href="http://news.cnet.com/8301-11386_3-20028420-76.html" >competed in an episode of "Jeopardy"</a> earlier this year. Tied to a room of hardware below the stage, Watson answered questions against two human opponents on the popular game show and ended up winning. </p> <p>And before Watson there was its predecessor, also made by IBM, dubbed Deep Blue, an AI that was programmed to annihilate humans--at chess that is. In 1997 the machine won against world champion Garry Kasparov, who had beaten the machine just the year before. After Kasparov accused IBM of cheating, Deep Blue was retired. </p>

AI could help make North America richer, China more so

Economies could grow by $15.7 trillion, according to a new report.

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<p>Pinterest agrega nueva tecnología de búsqueda para atraer a más usuarios.</p>

Pinterest gives you three new ways to avoid getting hacked

Yo, 175 million monthly Pinterest users. Listen up.

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Facebook dominates social media with 2 billion users a month

Facebook is still the most wildly popular social network, by like, a lot.

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Nasty Petya ransomware spreading fast

The world didn't learn its lesson from WannaCry. Unpatched Windows PCs are locking up across the globe, bringing many government systems and businesses to a halt.

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Zillow casts McMansion Hell site into cease-and-desist limbo

The popular how-not-to-do-architecture Tumblr received a cease-and-desist from the house hunting site for using its photos.

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Amazon's Echo Show strips you of your last shred of privacy

Commentary: Amazon's new touchscreen/smart speaker has a feature called Drop In. It isn't just creepy. It's asking for trouble.

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Greenpeace slams Apple, Samsung tech for poor repairability

The pressure group teamed up with iFixit to grade a select 40 products from a variety of manufacturers for repairability -- and chide some big names for their low scores.

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Google faces $2.7B fine for skewing search results for shoppers

The fine from the European Union is twice as big as predicted -- and there could be more to come for the search giant as EU regulators look into Android.

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Super NES Classic is coming, Echo Show reviews are in

The biggest stories in tech include Nintendo's Super NES Classic coming September 29. Plus we review Amazon's Echo Show and YouTube's social video app goes live to iOS users.

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Qualcomm loses bid to squash FTC antitrust lawsuit

The Federal Trade Commission's suit accuses Qualcomm of using its power to extract high royalties from phone makers.

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<p>LONDON, ENGLAND - MAY 25: A close-up view of the Telegram messaging app is seen on a smart phone on May 25, 2017 in London, England. Telegram, an encrypted messaging app, has been used as a secure communications tool by Islamic State.</p>

Telegram app used in Russian terror plot faces ban

The messaging app, which has over 100 millions users worldwide, was used to plot a suicide bombing that killed 16, Russia's FSB security service said.

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