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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...

  • Brussels to accuse Apple over illegal Irish tax deals: FT

    Brussels to accuse Apple over illegal Irish tax deals: FT

    By Reuters

    (Reuters) - The European Commission will accuse Apple Inc <AAPL.O> of benefiting from illicit state aid in Ireland, based on preliminary findings of an investigation into tax deals, the...

  • The Data Theft Going on Right Under Your Nose

    By JEREMY WAGSTAFF, Reuters

    When popular Chinese handset maker Xiaomi Inc admitted that its devices were sending users' personal information back to a server in China , it prompted howls of protest and an investigation by...

  • Scientists grapple with ethics in rush to release Ebola vaccines

    Scientists grapple with ethics in rush to release Ebola vaccines

    By Kate Kelland, Reuters

    LONDON (Reuters) - Normally it takes years to prove a new vaccine is both safe and effective before it can be used in the field. But with hundreds of people dying a day in the worst ever outbreak of...

  • Phoning 'home': what your mobile may be giving away

    Phoning 'home': what your mobile may be giving away

    By Jeremy Wagstaff, Reuters

    SINGAPORE (Reuters) - When popular Chinese handset maker Xiaomi Inc admitted that its devices were sending users' personal information back to a server in China, it prompted howls of protest and an...

  • Japan's SoftBank in talks to buy DreamWorks: source

    Japan's SoftBank in talks to buy DreamWorks: source

    By Kevin Krolicki and Paritosh Bansal, Reuters

    TOKYO/NEW YORK (Reuters) - Japan's SoftBank Corp <9984.T> is in talks to acquire DreamWorks Animation SKG <DWA.O>, the Hollywood studio behind the "Shrek" and "Madagascar" movie hits, a...