Behind the scenes: A day in the life of a database administrator

Here's a look at how one database administrator collaborates with his coworkers, helping analyze data, strategizing with business leaders and leading teams at work. Image: Getty Images/iStockphoto Kevin Kline started…

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Stretchable wearable device uses tiny magnets to generate electricity

While we've been hearing a lot about wearable piezoelectric devices that produce electricity from people's movements, such gadgets don't work well under certain conditions. A new bioelectric wearable, however, could excel where they falter.

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Lawsuit claims ransomware attack caused fatal injury to infant at Alabama hospital

Fetal heartbeat monitors were down in the labor and delivery wards, which the lawsuit claims resulted in a baby being born with brain damage. Image: Shutterstock/Darwin Brandis More about cybersecurity…

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Consumer privacy study finds online privacy is of growing concern to increasingly more people

The study, from Cisco, comes with the announcement of its New Trust Standard, a benchmark for seeing how trustworthy businesses are as they embrace digital transformation. Xtock, Getty Images/iStockphoto Cisco…

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Fasten system could make bicycle wheel removal a breeze

Removing and reinstalling a bike's rear wheel can be quite a laborious, frustrating process, as you have to wrangle the chain, derailleur and disc brake. The new Fasten system, however, allows the wheel to quickly drop straight down out of the frame.

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Toyota rolls through pedestrian zones on a three-wheeled e-scoot

As we discovered at CES 2016, gliding between press conferences on an expansive show site is much less tiring than walking. Toyota seems to think so too, announcing the Japanese release of a three-wheeled stand-up e-mobility scoot called the C+walkT.

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