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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...

  • 13 Stocks That Have Outperformed Apple

    By Suzanne McGee, The Fiscal Times

    With only hours, not days or weeks, left to go before Apple (AAPL) is expected to unveil its latest iPhone, speculation and excitement has hit fever pitch. But despite the astonishing 75 percent gain...

  • Facebook CEO dangles search and mobile, shares rally

    Facebook CEO dangles search and mobile, shares rally

    By Alexei Oreskovic and Gerry Shih, Reuters

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Facebook Inc CEO Mark Zuckerberg soothed investors in his first major public appearance since the No. 1 social network's rocky May IPO, breathing life into its struggling...

  • Apple's iPhone 5 bigger, faster but lacks "wow"

    Apple's iPhone 5 bigger, faster but lacks "wow"

    By Poornima Gupta and Noel Randewich, Reuters

    SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - Apple Inc's new iPhone goes on sale on Friday with a bigger screen and 4G wireless technology, as the company seeks to safeguard its edge over rivals like Samsung...

  • Why Success Can Come from 'Weakness' at Work

    By Maura Kelly, The Fiscal Times

    Psychologist Brené Brown discusses the importance of vulnerability in the workplace and how it can actually help people get ahead in their careers.

  • Apple vs. Amazon: Rekindling the Tablet Battle

    By Suzanne McGee, The Fiscal Times

    In introducing the next generation of Kindle Fire tablets, Jeff Bezos, the CEO of Amazon.com (AMZN), has bragged in media interviews that the company’s goal was nothing less than to produce “the best...