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Nutonomy, Groupe PSA to Collaborate on Self-driving Cars

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Media and Internet Company IAC Is Buying Angie's List

Media and internet company IAC/ InterActiveCorp on Monday (01) said it is buying Angie’s List Inc. with the aim of melding the consumer reviews company with its HomeAdvisor business and creating a new publicly traded enterprise.

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WNBA Set to Stream 20 Games a Season on Twitter

The WNBA will stream 20 games a year over the next few seasons on Twitter in a deal announced Monday night.

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System Aims To Recreate Challenging Mountain Climbs In Gym

After spending time in Switzerland studying and hiking in the Alps, Dartmouth assistant professor Emily Whiting wanted to relive those climbs back home.  

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Amazon Offers Prime Discount To Those On Government Benefits

Amazon is making a play for low income shoppers.

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Q&A: Internet Extremism And How To Combat It

In the wake of Britain’s third major attack in three months, Prime Minister Theresa May called on governments to form international agreements to prevent the spread of extremism online.

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5 Workers Exposed To Radiation At Japan Nuclear Lab

Five workers at a Japanese nuclear facility that handles plutonium have been exposed to high levels of radiation after a bag containing highly radioactive material apparently broke during equipment inspection, the country’s Atomic Energy Agency said Wednesday.

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Scientists Develop Robotic Hand For People With Quadriplegia

Scientists have developed a mind-controlled robotic hand that allows people with certain types of spinal injuries to perform everyday tasks such as using a fork or drinking from a cup.

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Carrie Fisher Reveals 'STAR WARS' Affair With Harrison Ford

Carrie Fisher has revealed that Princess Leia’s romance with Han Solo in “Star Wars” extended off-screen, as well.

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Should You Be Worried About The Rise Of AI?

Tech titans Mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk recently slugged it out online over the possible threat artificial intelligence might one day pose to the human race, although you could be forgiven if you don’t see why this seems like a pressing question.

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Scientists Build DNA From Scratch To Alter Life's Blueprint

At Jef Boeke’s lab, you can whiffan odor that seems out of place, as if they were baking bread here.

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Nielsen Tries To Quantify The Hulu, Youtube Effect

Nielsen, the ratings service, announced Tuesday that it will begin to tabulate how many people get their live TV from Hulu and YouTube, an effort to provide a more accurate picture of how many people now watch broadcast networks by streaming them, rather than watching them on traditional TV.

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Yes, You Can Buy Happiness If You Spend It To Save Time

Yes, you can buy happiness - especially if the money saves you time.

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In Google Vs. The Eu, A $2.7B Fine Could Just Be The Start

Google’s parent company Alphabet can easily afford the $2.7 billion write-down it’s taking to cover a big antitrust fine in Europe. But it might find it harder to shrug offthe rest of the European regulatory assault that’s headed its way.

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Amazon Meal Kits Offer Easy Dinners For A Price

Amazon’s new ready-to-eat meal package is the perfect recipe for someone who doesn’t have enough time to shop and cook, yet has a healthy appetite and a need for balanced meals.

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New York Eyes Textalyzer To Bust Drivers

New York state is set to study the use of a device known as the “textalyzer” that would allow police to determine whether a motorist involved in a serious crash was texting while driving.

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Milwaukee To ‘Pokemon' Monsters: Get A Permit To Enter Parks

“Pokemon Go” monsters can roam virtually wherever they please, but they’ll need a permit to get into Milwaukee County parks.

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Big Hit For Bulls, ‘Benny's Day Off' Onnects Online

Dancing on the roof, microphone in hand as he lip-synched to “Twist and Shout,” Benny the Bull was putting on quite a performance as his tricked-out black van rolled through downtown Chicago.

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Tesla Wants To Cut Size Of Board From 11 Directors To 7

Tesla plans to cut its board of directors from 11 to seven in a move the electric-car maker says will allow the board to act more nimbly and efficiently.

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San Francisco Billionaire Gives $30M To Study Homelessness

A San Francisco billionaire is donating $30 million to the University of California, San Francisco, to research root causes of homelessness and potential solutions.

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Samsung's 1Q Profit Slides On Falling Chip Prices

Samsung Electronics Co. said its operating profit for the last quarter declined more than 60% from a year earlier because of falling chip prices and sluggish demands for its display panels.

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NOAA Picks Uri To Host Its New Ocean Exploration Institute

The National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration announced that it has picked the University of Rhode Island as the home of a new institute for ocean exploration.

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Science Says: Why Biodiversity Matters To You

You may go your entire life without seeing an endangered species, yet the globe’s biodiversity crisis threatens all of humanity in numerous unseen or unrecognized ways, scientists say.

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Google Promises Better Privacy Tools, Smarter AI Assistant

Google announced updates for its artificially intelligent voice assistant and new privacy tools to give people more control over how they’re being tracked on the go or in their own home.

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Microsoft Workers Join China's Debate Over Grueling Workweek

Tech workers in China protesting a corporate culture of grueling work schedules are getting some support from their U.S. peers.

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‘Avengers: Endgame' Is Marvel's Machine In High Gear

Satisfaction is a complicated concept in Marvel Land. On the one hand, every morsel of prerelease information is obsessively poured over in feverish anticipation.

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Researchers: We've Discovered Power Grid-wrecking Software

Researchers have found a troubling new form of power grid-wrecking software, tying the discovery to a recent Ukrainian blackout in tworeports published this week.

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R2-D2, Lightsaber: Force Is Strong In This Star Wars Auction

Die-hard Star Wars fans will need to rely on more than the force if they want to bid on an R2-D2 droid that appeared in several of the franchise’s movies.

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Sirius XM Buys Stake In Music Streaming Site Pandora

Pandora is raising cash to help it take on Spotify and other streaming music services.

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Warren Buffett Auctions Off Lunch To Raise Money For Charity

The winning bid for a private lunch with billionaire Warren Buffett may top several million dollars in an online auction to benefit a California homeless charity that wraps up last Friday night.