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Microsoft Embraces Collaboration In $7.5B Deal For Github

Microsoft is paying $7.5 billion for the popular coder hangout GitHub as the maker of Windows further embraces the types of open-source projects it used to shun.

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Tesla Shareholders Reject Bid To Strip Musk Of Chairman Role

Tesla CEO Elon Musk has rebuffed a shareholder attempt to overhaul the electric car maker’s board and strip him of his role as chairman, despite worries about the company’s shaky finances and inability to meet its production goals for its first mass-market sedan. 

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Facebook Kills ‘Trending' Topics, Tests Breaking News Label

Facebook is shutting down its ill-fated “trending” news section after four years.

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Keynote WWDC: Os Innovation At The Next Level

With a Planet Earth-style introduction documenting the “great migration made by one of the world’s most mysterious species”, also known as software developers, you’d be forgiven for thinking that you’d tuned into National Geographic rather than the Worldwide Developers Conference on June 4. But the goodhumored video raised early-morning spirits in the McEnery Convention Center and set Tim Cook up for another impressive keynote.

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Human Project' Study Will Ask 10,000 To Share Life's Data

Wanted: 10,000 New Yorkers interested in advancing science by sharing a trove of personal information, from cellphone locations and credit-card swipes to blood samples and lifechanging events. For 20 years.

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Google Promises Youtube Crackdown On Online Extremism

Google is promising to be more vigilant about preventing terrorist propaganda and other extremist videos from appearing on its YouTube site amid intensifying criticism about the internet’s role in mass violence.

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Uber Allows Riders To Tip Drivers Via App, Matching Lyft

Uber is enabling passengers to tip its U.S. drivers with a tap on its ride-hailing app for the first time, part of a push to recast itself as a company with a conscience and a heart.

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Google's Search Engine Aims To Become Employment Engine

Google is trying to turn its search engine into an employment engine.

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Tesla Says IT's Improving Autopilot By Boosting Radar

Tesla CEO Elon Musk says the electric car company is making major improvements to the Autopilot system used by its vehicles, which will dramatically reduce the number and severity of crashes in which they are involved.

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HP Buying Samsung Electronics' Printer Business For $1.05B

HP is buying Samsung Electronics Co.’s printer business in a transaction worth $1.05 billion.

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The Fate Of The Furious... And The Apple Car

The Furious Franchise gets into even Higher Gear

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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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Turkish Court Formally Blocks Access to Wikipedia

In a move that social media users called censorship, a Turkish court blocked access to Wikipedia, the free online encyclopedia, enforcing an earlier restriction by Turkey’s telecommunications watchdog.

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Judge Orders Clinton To Answer Questions On Email Use

A federal judge on Friday (19) ordered Hillary Clinton to answer questions in writing from a conservative legal advocacy group about her use of a private email server during her tenure as secretary of state.

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Google Rolling Out Latest Android System To Nexus Phones

Google is ready to start sending out the latest version of its Android operating system to a handful of devices.

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Social Security Rolls Back Security Measures On Website

The Social Security Administration has rolled back extra security measures on the agency’s website after getting complaints from people who had trouble accessing their accounts.

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With Catcalls And Applause, Cannes Debates Rise Of Netflix

This year’s Cannes Film Festival has been a sprawling, international referendum on Netflix, with votes registered in catcalls and applause, and some of the biggest names in cinema staking out their positions.

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Spacewalking Astronauts Pull Off Urgent Station Repairs

Spacewalking astronauts completed urgent repairs at the International Space Station on Tuesday, replacing equipment that failed three days earlier and restoring a backup for a vital data-relay system.

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'Apollo 8' Tells Thrilling Story Of Moon Mission

“Apollo 8: The Thrilling Story of the First Mission to the Moon” (Henry Holt), by Jeffrey Kluger

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Serena Williams Accepts A New Challenge - In Silicon Valley

Tennis star Serena Williams has 39 Grand Slam titles, four Olympic medals, major endorsement deals and her own line of clothing and accessories.

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Apple CEO Tim Cook Spotted Wearing Glucose Monitor Prototype

CEO of Apple, Tim Cook, has been spotted wearing a prototype glucose monitor that was connected to his Apple Watch.

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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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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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Autonomous Cars (No Human Backup) May Hit The Road Next Year

Autonomous vehicles with no human backup will be put to the test on publicly traveled roads as early as next year in what may be the first attempt at unassisted autonomous piloting.

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Hope for Preemies as Artificial Womb Helps Tiny Lambs Grow

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Tests Find Samsung's S8 Phones More Prone to Screen Cracks

Samsung’s latest phones feature big wraparound screens and lots of glass. They also appear to break more easily, according to tests run by SquareTrade, a company that sells gadget-repair plans.

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Disney Sets May 2019 Release for ‘Star Wars: Episode IX'

“Star Wars” is coming back to the summer movie season.

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FCA, Google Begin Offering Rides in Selfdriving Cars

Fiat Chrysler and Google for the first time will offer rides to the public in the self-driving automobiles they are building under an expanding partnership.

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Supreme Court To Take Up iPhone App Lawsuit

Supreme Court To Take Up iPhone App Lawsuit

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Univ. Of Alabama Students Can Use Id Card On Apple Watch

No more ID cards for University of Alabama students with an Apple Watch or iPhone.