Uber and Lyft battle it out on roads, in court
Keep your head down - the flak is flying again on the ride-sharing battlefield.
Business
Nov 12, 2014
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Five questions about the historic comet landing
The European Space Agency has achieved a historic first—landing a washing machine-sized spacecraft on a comet speeding through our solar system at 41,000 mph (66,000 kph). Here are answers to five questions about the space ...
Space Exploration
Nov 12, 2014
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Apple iPod antitrust trial: Consumers say iTunes was monopoly
It's been shuffling through the courts for a decade, a class-action suit that challenges Apple's iPod and iTunes grip on the digital song market. Now, it's time to face the music.
Business
Nov 12, 2014
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European probe lands on comet, fails to anchor (Update)
Europe made history Wednesday by placing the first-ever lander on a comet—but the robot failed to anchor itself properly, raising concerns at ground control.
Space Exploration
Nov 12, 2014
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A piece of the quantum puzzle: High level of controllability needed to explore ideas in quantum simulations
While the Martinis Lab at UC Santa Barbara has been focusing on quantum computation, former postdoctoral fellow Pedram Roushan and several colleagues have been exploring qubits (quantum bits) for quantum simulation on a smaller ...
Quantum Physics
Nov 12, 2014
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Moving cameras talk to each other to identify, track pedestrians
It's not uncommon to see cameras mounted on store ceilings, propped up in public places or placed inside subways, buses and even on the dashboards of cars.
Engineering
Nov 12, 2014
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Comcast announces 'talking TV guide' for vision-impaired
Comcast Corp.'s blind TV executive Tom Wlodkowski says the company's "talking TV guide" for the visually impaired will go live on the nation's largest cable-TV system by Dec. 1.
Telecom
Nov 12, 2014
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Colombian condor repopulation program gets technology upgrade
Their wings spanning 10 feet or more as they glide serenely above Colombia's Andes, condors are majestic physical specimens. They have been important symbols here since pre-colonial times, when indigenous tribes saw them ...
Ecology
Nov 12, 2014
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Q-and-A: Tim Berners-Lee, professor, inventor of World Wide Web
Tim Berners-Lee hasn't been idle since he invented the World Wide Web 25 years ago.
Internet
Nov 12, 2014
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Review: Samsung Galaxy Note 4 rewards good penmanship
I'm an iPhone user, but I really admire some things about the Android phone operating system - mainly the number of handsets available.
Consumer & Gadgets
Nov 12, 2014
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