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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...

  • Why This Nerd Has the Sexiest Job in Science

    By Maureen Mackey, The Fiscal Times

    You know you’ve reached rock star status when, as one of the country’s top data scientists, you can call yourself “sexy” – and get away with it. The Fiscal Times interviews D.J. Patil, chief data...

  • $100 to Email Mark Zuckerberg: Who Gets the Money?

    By ESTHER DYSON

    It's interesting to watch the revival of the sender-pays email idea. The most recent was Facebook charging people a dollar to send a message to a non-friend. And now there's a twist on that: $100 to...

  • ‘Guns and Butter’ Driving U.S. Health Care Statistics

    By Futurity Org, Futurity-Org

    Even wealthy, educated Americans with health insurance die sooner and seem to be sicker than people in other high-income countries. This health disadvantage exists at all ages from birth to age 75,...

  • Why Americans Still Don’t Drive Electric Cars

    By Julie Halpert, The Fiscal Times

    Even with generous tax breaks for electric vehicles and a push from the Obama administration, sales for electric cars are stubbornly low. What will it take to get America driving electric?

  • Why Investors Are Bidding Up eBay

    By Suzanne McGee, The Fiscal Times

    eBay’s fan club is celebrating not just solid holiday quarter earnings announced last week, but the emergence of the online auction house and retailer as a viable rival to the all-powerful Amazon.com...