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Jesse Robbins won't show us the wearable device his new startup is building, but he says it was inspired, at least in part, by the Star Trek "communicator badge."
Americans of all stripes oppose the militarization of U.S. police forces.
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Am I the only one who feels like I've been born in the wrong time period?
While scores of businesses in Ferguson were being looted by out of control rioters Sunday night, a couple of them went the evening without incident.
Facebook Inc. (FB) will let advertisers know where a promotion was first viewed and when it led to a purchase by tracking users between their electronic devices, a tool that may reignite privacy concerns.
Once again, another person being "treated for depression" does something horrific.
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If Rupert's selling, we're ready to buy. Thanks to a successful Kickstarter campaign that raised over $4.3 trillion, CNN will belong to the people. Let's make it better.
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U.S. electric carmaker Tesla Motors Inc. said it had "completely and amicably" resolved a trademark dispute in China, removing a hurdle that had threatened CEO Elon Musk's ambition to expand rapidly in the world's biggest auto market.
In the latest edition of The New Yorker, best-selling author Malcolm Gladwell asks why old-school crime families used to be able to integrate into mainstream society, while drug dealers and their descendants today cannot.
Billionaire investor Peter Thiel and his venture capital firm Founders Fund will make a $2 million investment in Transatomic Power, a startup that's focused on developing a new type of nuclear reactor that safely turns nuclear waste into clean energy
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The post office has an awful reputation. Seriously: On Seinfeld, Newman works there.
OSAKA, JAPAN and PALO ALTO, CA -- (Marketwired) -- 07/31/14 -- Panasonic Corporation and Tesla Motors, Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) have signed an agreement that lays out their cooperation on the construction of a large-scale battery manufacturing plant in th
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