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Inside Google's Secret Lab
Google X, home to the self-driving car and Google Glass, is the search giant's factory for scientific bets that require generous amounts of capital and massive leaps of faith
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Is This Google X's Plan to Wire the World?
To extend Internet access throughout the world, Google may be working on balloon-based broadband transmitters -
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Tesla Pays Off Its $465 Million 'Loser' Loan
The all-electric carmaker Tesla Motors has paid off a government loan early, making some of its most vocal critics look silly -
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Union Square Ventures tops the list, followed by Sequoia Capital, Spark Capital, and Tumblr founder David Karp -
Consumer Electronics
'Smart Rifle' Could Shake Up Gun Control Debate
Startup TrackingPoint sells a rifle with laser and computer technology that lets a novice hit moving targets 500 yards distant—then post the kill online -
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Not Green, Just Soylent: Is This the Future of Food?
Rob Rhinehart is living on a substance he engineered to replace food, and he just raised more than $200,000 through crowdfunding to manufacture it -
Google
Inside Google's Secret Lab
Google X, home to the self-driving car and Google Glass, is the search giant's factory for scientific bets that require generous amounts of capital… -
Yahoo! Swears It Isn't Going to Screw Up Tumblr—but How Realistic Is That Promise?
Tumblr fans have to hope Marissa Meyer follows Google's playbook for YouTube: Keep the community separate and don't get greedy over the short term -
Europe
Did Apple Pare Its Tax Bill With a 'Double Irish?'
Neither the company nor the Senate investigative report says it did, but the ingredients were all present -
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It's Not a UFO! A Strange Solar-Powered Plane Is Crossing the U.S.
At night the Solar Impulse, which gets all its energy from sunlight, looks like something from another planet -
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What Your Company's Online Ad Dollars Will Buy
Unless they're already well-known brands, most companies should assume their digital campaigns' performance will be around half the average -
Food & Drink
Farmers Rush to Plant Ahead of Storms, Tweeting All the While
Farmers reported their progress via Twitter and Instagram, using hashtags like #plant13 -
Personal Technology
Why Airbnb Should Book a Room in Albany
For room-rental site Airbnb and similar sharing services, now is very much the time to play politics -
Policy
America’s Gift to Rival Economies? The Absurd H-1B Visa Cap
Visa holders earn far more in the U.S. than back at home—a sign that U.S. employers are getting real value from bringing them ashore -
Consumer Electronics
The NFL Says Goodbye to the Polaroid, Hello to Microsoft’s Surface Tablet
Pro football, that hardy group of technological late-adopters, struck a deal with Microsoft to get Surface tablets on the sidelines and interactive… -
Consumer Electronics
Microsoft's Bid to Push the Xbox Beyond Gaming
After eight years of tinkering, Microsoft launches XBox One in hopes it will play a central role in American home entertainment
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Apple's iWatch May Find Silicon Valley a Tough Sell
As consumers look forward to futuristic status symbols, tech's futurists are going retro in “quality crafted” tools, clothing, and accessories -
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With Sharp Deal, Samsung Steals a March on Apple
Having to get a cash infusion from Samsung represents a stark reversal of fortune for Sharp—and cause for concern at Apple -
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Silicon Valley Is High on Innovation. And Pot
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Google Glasses: Brin Slams Smartphones as 'Emasculating'
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The organization app's devotees love storing their work and personal data in one place. But that may change when it's mandated by the boss -
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Yahoo seems to be undoing all the benefits associated with allowing the Internet pioneer's employees the freedom to work from home when they need to -
Telecommunications
FreedomPop’s Home Broadband Service Goes Live
Judging from the pricing, its service is aimed at casual data users, not those who stream movies or share files -
Management
The Excessive Uproar Over Marissa Mayer's Telecommuting Ban
If a male CEO made a similar move, would the response reach the same level of shock and outrage? -
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Why Are the Batteries in Boeing's 787 Burning?
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Management
Protecting Privacy on the Internet
The FTC is requiring Web outfits to undertake a privacy audit every two years, which critics call a toothless exercise -
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IPad Mini, Nexus 7, and Others Could Outsell Larger Tablets
Research firm Display Search changes its forecast, suggesting that this year smaller tablets will outsell larger ones -
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A Chinese Hacker's Identity Unmasked
Cloaked by malware, aliases, and misspellings, computer spies are usually invisible. This one made a mistake. A special investigation -
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Why Mobile Apps’ Privacy Policies Are So Important
App developers face the challenge of collecting consumers’ data while building their trust and improving the user experience -
Apple
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In his most wide-ranging interview since succeeding Steve Jobs, Tim Cook talks about how the company now works, the view that he's "robotic," and… -
The Antivirus Industry's Dirty Little Secret
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Consumers ignore or misunderstand privacy policies because of confusing language, and some simply don't trust apps -
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From Mobile to PCs: The Fine Art of Privacy on the Web
Creating a privacy policy requires many considerations. Missteps can mean legal trouble and more -
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In-App Buying: Don't Let Your Kids Make Apple Rich
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Yahoo seems to be undoing all the benefits associated with allowing the Internet pioneer's employees the freedom to work from home when they need to -
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Mark Stibich's Hospital-Disinfecting Robot
The epidemiologist's Xenex Healthcare Services sells and rents robots that zap supergerms -
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Francisco Aguilar: Keeping First Responders Safe
His invention, a palm-size rubber ball embedded with cameras and sensors, can be used for surveillance in dangerous situations -
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