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The Perfect Parking Garage: No Drivers Required
With security, reliability, and legal issues yet to be resolved, the first self-driving vehicles will perform only specific tasks.
Ubuntu Invites Phone Makers to Cheat on Google
A mobile version of the world’s most widely used Linux operating system shows promise, but it will face stiff competition.
How Hurricane Sandy Knocked Out East Coast Internet Connectivity
A video shows hurricane taking out communications as it makes landfall.
Rebooting Manufacturing
Smarter, safer robots could expand automation to new areas of production work and help many manufacturers regain a competitive edge against those using low-cost labor.
What Comes After the Touch Screen?
Gesture control, devices that recognize different people, and tricks to make a screen feel as if it has physical buttons could be coming to your gadgets.
Three Questions for Robin Dunbar
The British anthropologist's pioneering research on human social behavior has shaped business theory, military planning, and social-network design.
Where Speech Recognition Is Going
Voice-controlled interfaces are showing up in mobile phones, TVs, and automobiles. One company believes it can give just about everything a voice.
Social Intelligence
Siri may not be the smartest AI in the world, but it's the most socially adept.
Twitter Dusts Off After Crippling Attack
A major denial-of-service attack silenced the Twitterverse.
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