Google Wants Its Driverless Cars to Be Wireless Too
What’s the point of having a self-driving car if you still have to get out to plug it in? That’s a good question, says Alphabet,…
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DeLoreans coming Back to the Future
Check your calendar — and your bank accounts. Plans are underway to start building and selling DeLoreans next year for the first time in more…
Twitter moves to actively seek out terrorist supporters, suspends 125,000 ISIL accounts
Twitter is now using spam-fighting technology to seek out accounts that might be promoting “terrorist” activity, and is examining other accounts related to those flagged…
Your PC Will Automatically Download Windows 10 This Week
A lot of PC users are going to see Windows 10 suddenly appear on their machines this week. Windows 10 has been changed to a…
Yahoo to cut 1,700 workers as CEO tries to save her own job
Yahoo is laying off about 1,700 employees and shedding some of its excess baggage in a shake-up likely to determine whether CEO Marissa Mayer can…
Seagate faces class-action lawsuit over 3TB hard drive failure rates
Almost a year ago, we covered Backblaze’s decision to phase out Seagate 3TB drives after seeing unacceptably high failure rates from one drive in particular,…
General Electric Company (GE) Will Phase Out CFL Bulbs in Favor of LEDs
With every improvement that General Electric has made on the light quality of its LEDs, it seems like the industrial juggernaut was pushing its fluorescent…
Cable, Satellite Box Rental Fees Could Become A Thing Of The Past
Your standard-issue cable or satellite box — and the steady, monthly fees you pay for the “honor” of using it — could become a thing…
Rest In Hell, Java Plug-In
Good news from the world of online security: Oracle, developer of the Java plugin that has been making browsers insecure since 1995, has finally announced…
Apple sees first sales dip in more than a decade as super-growth era falters
Apple Inc (AAPL.O) forecast its first revenue drop in 13 years and reported the slowest-ever increase in iPhone shipments as the critical Chinese market showed…