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ICYMI: 3D-printed, autonomous bus starts shuttling people

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Hyperloop One team dreams of connecting Europe and China

Hyperloop One team dreams of connecting Europe and China

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Facebook Messenger's SMS push might break Android app rules (updated)

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Jump into the 'Overwatch' Competitive Play beta now

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Jump into the 'Overwatch' Competitive Play beta now

Only PC players need to apply at this time.

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NASA's app turns your Apple TV into an ISS observation deck

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NASA's app turns your Apple TV into an ISS observation deck

For all the armchair astronauts back on planet Earth.

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Japan is deploying pirated anime-hunting human personnel

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Its autonomous software isn't quite fool-proof.

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VLC for Android now plays videos from your local network

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Version 2.0 is also faster and more tablet-friendly.

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Venus' electric wind stripped its atmosphere of water

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As if the planet wasn't already hostile to humans.

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Faraday Future cleared to test self-driving cars in California

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It might beat Michigan to the punch.

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Yahoo's latest mobile app is a conversational travel planner

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Radar is a travel search engine with a chatbot personality.

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Sonos puts speaker controls on your iPhone's lock screen

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Sonos puts speaker controls on your iPhone's lock screen

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Newborn exoplanet might be the youngest ever observed

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Elon Musk's companies team up: Tesla offers to buy SolarCity

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Elon Musk's companies team up: Tesla offers to buy SolarCity

The plan is to offer customers 'end-to-end clean energy.'

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BMW will repurpose i3 batteries for home energy storage

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BMW will repurpose i3 batteries for home energy storage

Now you can mount your car battery right on the wall.

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PlayStation Vue comes to your Roku player

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PlayStation Vue comes to your Roku player

The platform is expanding to Android next week.

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Facebook is paying media companies millions to stream live video

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Facebook is paying media companies millions to stream live video

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Feds finalize rules for commercial UAVs

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Feds finalize rules for commercial UAVs

Amazon's delivery drones still aren't allowed.

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Samsung pours $1.2 billion into the Internet of Things

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Samsung pours $1.2 billion into the Internet of Things

The huge US investment shows its commitment to connected gadgets.

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China made the world's fastest supercomputer using its own chips

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Your iBooks price fixing credit is on its way

Your iBooks price fixing credit is on its way

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New York criminalizes the use of ticket-buying bots

New York criminalizes the use of ticket-buying bots

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Paris fears Amazon Prime Now will 'destabilize' its economy

Paris fears Amazon Prime Now will 'destabilize' its economy

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