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  • FILE PHOTO -The rear of a Lexus SUV equipped with Google self-driving sensors is seen during a media preview of Google's prototype autonomous vehicles in Mountain View, California September 29, 2015. REUTERS/Elijah Nouvelage/File Photo

    Self-Drivings Cars May Change Where You Want to Live

    By Deborah Findling, CNBC

    Menlo Ventures managing director Venky Ganesan says that urban spaces will change dramatically once self-driving cars become widespread. "The average house is roughly 3,000 sq ft and it's been going...

  • Google Inc. co-founder Sergey Brin poses for a portrait wearing Google Glass glasses before the Diane von Furstenberg Spring/Summer 2013 collection show during New York Fashion Week in this September 9, 2012 file photo. REUTERS/Carlo Allegri/Files

    Remember Google Glass? It's Not a Flop After All

    By Christina Farr, CNBC

    Google Glass isn't dead. In fact, it's a growing business. That's according to developers who license the smart glasses technology from Google Glass' enterprise-focused " Glass at Work " program...

  • Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk talks at the Automotive World News Congress at the Renaissance Center in Detroit, Michigan, January 13, 2015. REUTERS/Rebecca Cook

    Tesla Is Now Worth More Than Ford as It Shares Surge Higher

    By Robert Ferris, CNBC

    Tesla shares hit an all-time high on Monday, after the electric carmaker announced strong first-quarter delivery numbers Sunday that outpaced analysts' expectations. Tesla shares surged as high as $...

  • File photo of Tesla Chief Executive Elon Musk standing on the podium as he attends a forum on startups in Hong Kong

    Why China Is a Big Part of Tesla’s Future

    By Evelyn Cheng

    Elon Musk's Tesla is a growing player in China, where the global fight to develop electric, self-driving cars is raging hot. Hong-Kong traded Tencent, a company best known for its WeChat messaging...

  • FILE PHOTO: A Tesla charging station is seen in Salt Lake City, Utah, U.S. on September 28, 2017. REUTERS/Lucy Nicholson/File Photo

    The New Tesla Model 3 Could be the Safest Car Ever

    By Robert Ferris, CNBC

    Tesla's Model 3 sedan could end up being significantly safer than the average car currently on the road, according to Morgan Stanley analyst Adam Jonas. And customer preferences suggest that level of...

  • $1 Billion-Dollar-Couple Wanted for Mars Trip

    By Irene Klotz, Reuters

    A nonprofit foundation wants to recruit a man and a woman, possibly a married couple, for a bare-bones, 501-day journey to Mars and back that would start in less than five years, project organizers...

  • GOP Accuses Obama of Sequester 'Scare Tactics'

    By Eric Pianin

    The Obama Administration’s decision to release hundreds of illegal immigrants from detention centers and the threat of widespread furloughs of air traffic controllers ahead of $85 billion of spending...

  • The Problem with Our $2.18 Gun-Buyer Background Check

    By Josh Boak, The Fiscal Times

    t costs taxpayers $2.18 to run a background check on would-be gun owners—and Senate Republicans on Tuesday blamed lax enforcement of this simple precaution for the tragic shootings in schools and...

  • How NBC Became TV’s ‘Biggest Loser’

    By Jon Friedman, The Fiscal Times

    What has gone wrong at NBC lately? The better question might be, What hasn’t gone wrong? For the first time in history, NBC has dropped so low that it concluded the February "sweeps" period – when...

  • Can Hagel Whip the Pentagon Into Fiscal Shape?

    By David Francis

    On his first day as DOD chief, the military is already pushing back against the changes Hagel brings. Can he make the tough choices necessary to get the Pentagon’s budget in order?