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Fading social cues, technology: Catch ‘em if you can | Opinion
By James Terminiello Recently, I was speaking with a friend and, as we parted, I turned back, placed my right-hand thumb to my ear and my pinky to my mouth and made a twirling motion with the index finger of my left hand. Once, this was a common pantomime for “I’ll call you.” Then I …
At last, the tech titans’ nerd immunity shows signs of fading | Technology
The most striking thing about Wednesday’s congressional interrogation of the leaders of Apple, Google, Facebook and Amazon was the absence of deference to the four moguls. This was such a radical departure from previous practice – characterised by ignorance, grandstanding and fawning on these exemplars of the American Way – that it was initially breathtaking. …
Dow 29,000 in sight, as fading Mideast tensions help to jolt stock market higher
The Dow Jones Industrial Average has seen a spectacular rally in the past couple of months, with blue-chip benchmark setting another high on Thursday, putting another psychological milestone—29,000 — in sight. The Dow DJIA, +0.74% …
