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- Self-driving big rig truck: Is this the future?Daimler Trucks North America debuted the self-driving big rig truck Tuesday atop the Hoover Dam on the Nevada-Arizona border.
NASA drone takes off like a helicopter, flies like a planeNASA's GL-10 'Greased Lightning' drone has 10 rotors that allow it to take off and land vertically. The Greased Lightning's wings rotate in flight so the drone can fly like an airplane.
Could a robot save your job?Opinion: The claim that 鈥榬obots steal jobs鈥� is simplistic and inaccurate. Automation is actually the best way to grow America鈥檚 economy.
Despite rough year, investors are sticking with GoogleFor the sixth consecutive quarter in a row, Google's earning fell below analysts expectations, but investors are far from abandoning ship.
Google sends its engineers back to universityIn an effort to assist in Silicon Valley's diversity problem, Google has sent some of its engineers to historically black colleges to shake up the system.
Why Nellie Bly is worth an awesome, original songNellie Bly was honored with the first-ever original music for a Google Doodle. The animated doodle is a tribute to the pioneering reporter and activist, who spent her life and career defending the underdog and blazing a trail for women in media and business.
Facebook opens up Internet.org amid India's battle for net neutralityOn Monday, Facebook announced the introduction of the open source Internet.org Platform. But as Facebook attempts to let more developers in, net neutrality activists in India say it is still keeping people out.
Air-bound Roomba? iRobot veteran launches personal-drone campaign.Roomba co-designer Helen Greiner and her company, CyPhy Works, announced the LVL 1 drone on Kickstarter on Monday. The LVL 1 has six rotors for level flight and can be flown by swiping on a smart phone's screen.
How Bartolomeo Cristofori, who invented the piano, changed musicWho invented the piano? Bartolomeo Cristofori, whom Google honored with a doodle on the 360th anniversary of his birth.
Are self-driving cars coming sooner than we think?There are fewer legal hops to jump through before self-driving cars become a reality than we previously thought. But does that mean that humans are ready to hand over the reins to a computer?
How old do you look? How a fun new website hints at the future of big data.A new website from Microsoft attempts to guess your age, based on only a picture. How good is it? And how else can the technology be used?
Japan's Abe: 'we would like to capture the dynamism of Silicon Valley'During his tour through the US, Japan Prime Minister Shinzo Abe made a stop in Silicon Valley and explained why he thinks his country should act more like the tech capital.
Tesla reveals Powerwall units to bridge solar energy divideCEO Elon Musk unveiled the electronic carmaker's battery storage division at 'The Missing Piece' event Thursday.
Streaming music service Grooveshark goes darkThe Grooveshark website paid no royalties to artists or record companies and has been in legal trouble since 2009.
BUILD 2015 conference: 4 things to know about Microsoft鈥檚 HoloLensMicrosoft shared more details about the HoloLens, its head-mounted augmented-reality device, at the 2015 BUILD developer conference. Reviewers say the HoloLens is capable of making virtual objects seem as real as the physical ones that surround us.- Apple ink? Why the Apple Watch may not work great with tattoos.As a security measure, the Apple Watch unlocks only when it detects a pulse via its optical sensor, which can be confused by tattoo ink and movement.
Report: social media drives news consumptionAccording to the latest Pew Research Center findings, a growing number of people get their news from mobile devices and sites such as Facebook.
LG unveils the G4, its new flagship smart phoneThe LG G4 will have a QHD display, top-shelf camera, and an optional leather body. When it becomes available in May, the LG G4 will join the Samsung Galaxy S6, HTC One M9, and iPhone 6 as a flagship smart phone.
Build 2015: Microsoft to open Windows 10 to rival developersAt Microsoft's developer conference Build 2015, the company announced some major changes coming to its operating system for developers.
Google鈥檚 new Password Alert tool works to prevent phishing attacksPassword Alert, an extension for the Chrome Web browser, will let you know if you've typed your Google password into a non-Google site. Password Alert will then prompt you to change your password so that it doesn't fall into the hands of thieves.
