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- Airbus 3D prints electric motorcycle
A unit owned by Airbus has designed a new, 77-pound electric motorcycle capable of being 3D printed.
- New Apple Store: An example of evolving retail?
Apple is introducing a big design revamp for Apple stores with their flagship in San Francisco, meant to reflect the company's "greater role in the community."
- Is Google's new chip a game changer for AI?
Possibly, but likely not yet. While AI has affected everything from cars to languages, companies are still reliant on existing chips.
- First LookHuman flypaper? Google's solution to collisions between cars and pedestrians
Google has this week received a patent for a fresh approach to the problem of pedestrian injuries sustained during road traffic collisions, introducing a layer of stickiness on the hood that will glue the person in place.
- Charter finalizes Time Warner purchase: Is era of 'mega cable' here?
The deal, which was finalized Wednesday, came with several conditions set by regulators to prevent the company from blocking access to streaming video services.
- Free WiFi, phone chargers, cooler design – can NYC make buses hip?
New buses have arrived in New York that have free WiFi and USB phone chargers. It's the first part of an overarching plan to modernize public transit in the city.
- Pay with your phone: Google unveils Android Pay in Britain
Google's Android Pay comes nine months after Apple launched its pay service in Britain. But it doesn't mean Google is late to the game, as 60 percent of smartphone users in Britain own an Android device.
- Google gets ready to launch voice-activated home device
Google Home, one of the company's latest developments, incorporates both voice assistance and search platforms.
- How a new 3-D printer can create electronics in mid-air
Using lasers, toothpaste-like silver, and microtechnology, a team of researchers from Harvard have reimagined 3-D printing.
- Waze launches carpool experiment in San Francisco Bay Area
The new carpool app allows employees of certain Bay Area companies to start testing out the new carpooling service.
- With driverless big rigs, ex-employees one-up Google's self-driving cars
A new company founded by former Googlers aims to retrofit newer trucks with autonomous driving technology for use on highways across the United States.
- First LookFree the linked 23? Why Twitter might revamp its 140-character calculus
Twitter originally adopted the 140-character limit to allow users share send tweets that fit within a mobile text message. The social media giant is reportedly reconsidering how that's calculated.
- Two undergrads invent gloves that translate sign language into speech
SignAloud gloves interpret the hand gestures of American Sign Language users and convert them into speech that hearing, English speakers can understand.
- Online privacy fears: Is there a path forward?
An analysis by the National Telecommunications and Information Administration found 45 percent of Americans refrain from certain online activities because they are concerned about their privacy or security being compromised.
- Privacy online: OKCupid study raises new questions about 'public' data
Information on OkCupid can be accessed by any registered user on the site. But does that mean the information is "public"? And if so, is it ok for researchers to distribute it?
- First LookRelease of Facebook 'trending news' guidelines raises new questions
The company denied a report that employees suppressed stories of interest to conservative readers, but on Thursday it released guidelines that seem to contradict earlier claims that human editors have little influence.
- Smarter as a group: How swarm intelligence picked Derby winners
A platform using input from 20 people correctly predicted the top four horses at the Kentucky Derby, a sign of progress for the advanced group feedback technology.
- Facebook delivers the scoop on how it delivers the news
Will "Trending topics" become a "trending" topic on Facebook?
- Opera: Can a browser save your laptop battery?
The Opera browser unveiled a new power-save option that the company says could reduce battery drain by up to 50 percent. Is that claim credible?
- Solar Impulse 2 takes off for Oklahoma
After Oklahoma, solar-powered plane plans to make at least one more stop in the United States before crossing the Atlantic Ocean.