Google X’s Self-Driving Car unit has hired a high-level Airbnb executive in a move underscoring the Alphabet Inc. project’s transition from R&D initiative to commercial operation.

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Harvard professor kills Harvard doctor. No, not a CSI plot: a 19th century murder mystery solved by the earliest forensic anthropology in the U.S.

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Agora.io founder and CEO Tony Zhao claims that his technology is the best available. It is a global virtual network of more than 80 data centers to cut down latency to just 0.2 seconds no matter where callers are.

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Silicon Valley Lender Raises Nearly $50 Million for Subprime Credit Card Push

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What is the most difficult concept to grasp in physics? This question was originally answered on Quora by Alejandro Jenkins.

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Amazon nudged past homegrown market leader Flipkart to become the largest e-commerce player in India in July in terms of gross merchandise value. Amazon’s GMV rose to slightly above $300 million last month while Flipkart’s sales were slightly below that figure; third largest player Snapdeal registered gross sales of around $90 million in the month.  It is important to note that Flipkart’s GMV does not include sales from its wholly-owned fashion retailer arms – Myntra and Jabong – and Snapdeal’s GMV does not include sales from its payments arm Freecharge. Nonetheless, this is a noteworthy landmark for Amazon considering it only started operations in the country about 3 years ago. Below we look at the reasons behind Amazon’s fast-paced rise in the Indian e-commerce market.

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