Has Robocar Safety Been Hyped?
A study out today throws cold water on the accident-free paradise that proponents of autonomous cars have prophecied.

January 21, 2015 at 09:47AM
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Netflix to stream ‘The Interview’ starting Saturday
Netflix’s Chief Executive Reed Hastings and Chief Financial Officer David Wells made the announcement in a Tuesday letter to shareholders coinciding with the company’s fourth-quarter earnings report.

January 20, 2015 at 05:18PM
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NYC Council Members Take Airbnb To Task At Oversight Hearing
“If I had to vote today I would vote that [companies like Airbnb are] absolutely illegal and they should all be shut down,” Council Member Karen Koslowitz said at the hearing.

January 20, 2015 at 04:25PM
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Google, Fidelity invest $1 billion in SpaceX and satellite Internet plan [Updated]
Elon Musk indeed has a Google-sponsored card up his sleeve.

January 20, 2015 at 04:25PM
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X-Ray Technique Helps Archaeologists Read Scrolls Preserved By Vesuvius Eruption
After being lost for centuries, a rare library of papyrus scrolls might get to be read.

January 20, 2015 at 04:08PM
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Commentators Cheer For Inept Robot Soccer
That one robot isn’t so much keeping the goal as loitering it in.

January 20, 2015 at 02:34PM
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Facebook Now Allows You To Report False News
Today, Facebook has added the ability to flag a news story as a hoax.

January 20, 2015 at 01:35PM
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Lyft Is Finally Ditching the Furry Pink Mustache
Meet the “Glowstache.”

January 20, 2015 at 01:35PM
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Why You Should Always Lock Your Car Doors in San Francisco
At some point every car in San Francisco will be an Uber and every citizen, a driver, so I shouldn’t have been surprised when a random stranger walked up to my car, opened the passenger door, and started to take a seat.

January 20, 2015 at 01:35PM
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Apple Already Made A Watch, 20 Years Ago
Way back in the year 1995 Apple created this promotional item to get users to upgrade their OS. How does it stack up against the new Apple watch? That’d be like comparing apples and other, older, less technologically-advanced apples.

January 20, 2015 at 12:50PM
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