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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 Ten Largest Global Business Corruption Cases

    By Merrill Goozner, The Fiscal Times

    The Justice Department brought charges against seven former top officials of Siemens for violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act. The charges stemmed from a $1.6 billion settlement – the largest...

  • Humbled Netflix Looks Forward

    By MICHAEL LIEDTKE, Associated Press

    According to Netflix CEO Reed Hastings, the bone-headed decisions that have dragged down the Internet's leading video subscription service during the past five months eventually will be forgotten...

  • Kindle Fire Takes a Bite Out of Apple

    By Suzanne McGee, The Fiscal Times

    Reviewers like "Captain Gadget" of the Huffington Post have dubbed Amazon’s (AMZN) newborn Kindle Fire a "tablet for dummies" when compared to Apple's (AAPL) iPad. After all, you get less battery...

  • FCC: AT&T-T-Mobile Merger Wouldn't Create Jobs

    By Cecilia Kang, The Washington Post

    The Federal Communications Commission said AT&T’s internal analysis and past practices contradict the company’s claims that its merger with T-Mobile would create jobs, according to an agency...

  • Facebook’s $40 Billion Price Plunge

    By Author, The Business Insider

    Facebook is reportedly preparing to raise $10 billion in an IPO that will value the company at $100 billion in the first half of the next year.