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Fiat Chrysler and Google are creating a fleet of autonomous minivans

Fiat Chrysler is lagging behind the rest of the automotive industry when it comes to autonomous vehicle development, and CEO Sergio Marchionne is hoping that the company's new partnership with Google...

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China wants to build floating nuclear power plants for its new islands

I'm sure you've heard about that man-made island chain that China has built in the South China Sea, the one that's been causing a lot of anxiety for the other...

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Many of Apple’s engineers would rather quit than assist the FBI

Apple's leadership stands behind the company's decision to fight against the government's demands to break the iPhone's encryption, and it looks like many of the company's employees do to. In...

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Obama has finally spoken out about the encryption debate

Ever since Apple refused to assist the FBI in breaking through the iPhone's encryption last month, the United States has been engaged in an unprecedented debate about privacy and security, and numerous...

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The government won’t be able to crack the next-generation iPhones

Apple's face-off with the FBI has proven that the government is willing to use legal force to make companies weaken the encryption on their products, thus harming both the company...

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Pandora might be looking for a company to sell itself to

Pandora may be the largest Internet radio service in the world, but that doesn't mean all that much considering how it's music-streaming services like Spotify that have been getting all...

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Microsoft believes underwater data centers are the future

Half of us live near the coast, so why doesn't our data? That's the question that inspired the creation of Project Natick, a new type of data center that Microsoft is...

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Facebook and Instagram have banned person-to-person gun sales

I didn't know that Facebook and Instagram were popular mediums for person-to-person gun sales until just recently, and the only reason I even found out in the first place is because Facebook announced...

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iPhone sales are expected to shrink for the first time this year

For the past couple of months, we've been hearing rumors and speculation about how iPhone sales have started to slow down, and how sales might actually shrink this year. These rumors...

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Alphabet may overtake Apple as the world’s most-valuable company

Last year, Google decided to split itself into numerous smaller businesses, and then consolidate all of those businesses under a newly-formed conglomerate by the name of Alphabet, which was valued at more...

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The government wants to invest $4 billion into self-driving cars

Self-driving cars are the future of the automotive industry, and the Obama administration wants to ensure that that future is brought about as quickly as possible. Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx announced on Thursday that...

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Illumina has raised $100 million to detect cancer before it’s too late

How many cancer-related deaths do you think would've been avoided if doctors had discovered the cancer sooner? Lots of them, I can assure you. But the problem is, most of the time,...

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