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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...

  • Veepstakes: ‘Plain’ Pawlenty in Top Tier for Ticket

    By Eric Pianin and Maureen Mackey

    Last summer, former Minnesota governor Tim Pawlenty looked washed up after he dropped out of the GOP presidential campaign after a poor showing in the Iowa straw poll. But his months of loyal support...

  • U.S. zaps target in high-stakes missile shield test

    U.S. zaps target in high-stakes missile shield test

    By Jim Wolf, Reuters

    WASHINGTON (Reuters) - U.S. forces using a new Raytheon Co interceptor missile downed another missile in space in a high-stakes test of a shield built to thwart growing capabilities of countries like...

  • Gunmen ram van into Microsoft's Greek headquarters

    Gunmen ram van into Microsoft's Greek headquarters

    By Reuters

    ATHENS (Reuters) - Gunmen rammed a van packed with gas canisters into Microsoft's Greek headquarters in Athens and then set the vehicle on fire, causing damage but no injuries, police said on...

  • Reid Dismisses Pentagon’s Threats of Layoffs

    By Eric Pianin

    Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid, D-Nev., appears unmoved by defense industry warnings of massive layoffs if Congress and the White House allow $500 billion or more of automatic cuts in Pentagon...

  • Why Good People Can't Find Jobs

    By Knowledge Wharton, Knowledge@Wharton

    Peter Cappelli, author of a new book about today's job market, debunks the oft-repeated employer argument that applicants don't have the skills needed for today's jobs. Instead – labor laws...