You can hail a self-driving Uber in San Francisco starting today
Starting today, anyone in San Francisco who hails an UberX could find themselves in the backseat of a luxury, self-driving Volvo XC90, complete with leather interior, spinning LIDAR sensor, and a trunk full of computing power.

December 14, 2016 at 07:26AM
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Your Body Is Not Ready For Virtual Reality
Our vestibular system is hyper sensitive and does not like to be tricked — yet that’s exactly what VR does.

December 14, 2016 at 06:30AM
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The Trump Administration Could Be Uber’s Saving Grace
As legal challenges pile up, a hands-off government may be arriving just in time for Uber and its ride-sharing model.

December 14, 2016 at 12:06AM
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The Inside Story Behind Pebble’s Demise
The CEO of the feisty smartwatch company explains what went wrong, and why Fitbit scooped it up.

December 13, 2016 at 04:10PM
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How Russian Cyberpower Invaded the US
Like another famous American election scandal, it started with a break-in at the DNC.

December 13, 2016 at 02:23PM
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The Alarming Downsides to Tech Industry Diversity Reports
The tech industry doesn’t just have a diversity problem. It has a results problem.

December 13, 2016 at 02:04PM
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How to Start Fresh Again on Social Media
Drunken ramblings, bad sports predictions, political opinions you’re now ashamed of… there are plenty of reasons why you might want to clean up some (or all) of the social media trial you’ve left behind.

December 13, 2016 at 10:55AM
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Gawker’s Demise and the Trump-Era Threat to the First Amendment
Hulk Hogan’s smashing legal victory shows us that publishing the truth may no longer be enough.

December 13, 2016 at 08:43AM
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Google Won’t Alter the Holocaust-Denying Results For ‘Did the Holocaust Happen’
If you Google “did the Holocaust happen” the first result is a link from Stormfront.org, a neo-Nazi and white supremacist forum that’s widely regarded as the internet’s “first major hate site.”

December 13, 2016 at 06:37AM
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Numerai Used 7,500 Faceless Coders Paid in Bitcoin to Build Its Hedge Fund’s Brain
The company comes across as a Silicon Valley gag. All that’s missing is the virtual reality.

December 13, 2016 at 05:18AM
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