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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...

  • The Great Wall Between the U.S. and China

    By Knowledge Wharton, Knowledge@Wharton

    If, as expected, Xi Jinping ascends to the top leadership role in China, the challenges he faces with the U.S. and domestically will continue unabated, say most analysts. But, says Pieter Bottelier...

  • New iPad Another Hot Seller

    By LEE CHYEN YEE and PAULINE ASKIN, Reuters

    Apple's new iPad proved to be another hot-seller on Friday, with hundreds queuing at stores across Asia to be the first to get their hands on the 4G-ready tablet computer as the company's share price...

  • S&P 500 Index Retakes 1,400

    By Edward Krudy, Reuters

    The S&P 500 index hit 1,400 for the first time in four years on Thursday as a strong run of economic data continues to cement a strong uptrend in equity markets. Shares in Apple Inc hit a new all...

  • PayPal Reneges on E-Books

    By Alistair Barr, Reuters

    PayPal, the online payment service owned by eBay Inc , is backtracking on its policy against processing sales of e-books containing themes of rape, bestiality or incest after protests from authors...

  • Yahoo Sues Facebook over Patents

    By DAN LEVINE and ALEXEI ORESKOVIC, Reuters

    Yahoo Inc sued Facebook Inc over 10 patents that include methods and systems for advertising on the Web, opening the first major legal battle among big technology companies in social media.