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GENEVA (AP) — At the ripe old age of 30 and with half the globe using it, the World Wide Web is facing growing pains with issues like hate speech, privacy concerns and state-sponsored hacking, its creator says, trumpeting a ...

SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google paid former search executive Amit Singhal $35 million in an exit package when he was reportedly forced to resign after a sexual assault investigation, according to court documents released Monday. Details of the exit package ...

As the Idaho Legislature winds down for the session, another business-oriented bill appears to be falling by the wayside, this one a sales tax exemption on equipment for data centers. After several similar attempts failed over the past few years, ...

Angel investors want to fund companies, but startups need to prove that they deserve the money, and to do that, they need to have their stuff together. That’s according to Kevin Learned, partner with Loon Creek Capital in Boise, who ...

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With its site under redevelopment, Meridian’s New Ventures Lab incubator and coworking space has shut down, and the director is looking for a new location for the facility. The City of Meridian gave the building, the former Meridian City Hall, ...

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Taking another step toward eliminating Idaho’s mainframe, the Idaho State Controller’s office said it was issuing an intent to award to Infor Public Sector Inc. for enterprise resource planning (ERP) software. ERP is a modular software system intended to integrate ...

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When you think of states with a burgeoning aerospace industry, Idaho might not be the first one that springs to mind. But the state is working to change that. Admittedly, Idaho only ranks 38th in the PwC 2018 Aerospace Manufacturing ...

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BARCELONA, Spain (AP) — A global battle between the U.S. government and Chinese tech company Huawei over allegations that it is a cybersecurity risk overshadowed the opening Monday of the world’s biggest mobile industry trade fair. Huawei has an outsize ...

With architects using virtual reality to help design their buildings, could real estate agents using virtual reality to help sell them be far behind? That’s the theory behind EPIC Realty, a Meridian-based real estate company that offers virtual reality and ...

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SAN FRANCISCO (AP) — Google said Thursday it will no longer require that its workers settle disputes with the company through arbitration, responding to months of pressure from employees. The change will take effect March 21 and will apply to ...