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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...

  • Icahn urges 'undervalued' Apple to buy back more shares

    Icahn urges 'undervalued' Apple to buy back more shares

    By Supantha Mukherjee and Svea Herbst-Bayliss, Reuters

    (Reuters) - Billionaire activist investor Carl Icahn said Apple Inc's <AAPL.O> shares could double in value and urged the company's board to buy back more shares using its $133 billion cash...

  • Caviar Isn’t Just For the Rich Anymore

    By Marine Cole

    Caviar, the delicacy for the rich, is going mainstream. The prices are staying sky-high, however, as demand increases. “Caviar is the new condiment,” reported CNNMoney over the summer. The little...

  • Ebola patient dies in Texas; five U.S. airports to screen for fever

    Ebola patient dies in Texas; five U.S. airports to screen for fever

    By Lisa Maria Garza and Richard Valdmanis, Reuters

    DALLAS (Reuters) - The first person diagnosed with Ebola in the United States died on Wednesday, underscoring questions about the quality of care he received, and the government ordered five airports...

  • The $1,000 Pill That Could Cripple the VA’s Budget

    By Eric Pianin

    The staggering cost of Sovaldi, a new specialty drug for Hepatitis C, threatens to blow a $1.3 billion hole in the Veterans Affairs’ budget over the next two years – a fiscal crisis that could force...

  • Maybe Robots Should Run Our Cyber Security

    By Aliya Sternstein, Next-Gov

    The theme of October’s National Cybersecurity Awareness month for half a decade has been “cybersecurity is a shared responsibility” — but should it be? We’re more aware than ever of the risks to...