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September 10, 2014
Is Microsoft Gearing Up To Acquire Minecraft Developer Mojang?
Microsoft may shell out upwards of $2 billion, and the deal could close by next week.
Microsoft is in talks to buy Mojang AB, the Swedish company behind the wildly successful open-world game Minecraft, in which players use Lego-style building blocks to create whatever their hearts desire. According to the Wall Street Journal, Microsoft may shell out upwards of $2 billion, and the deal could close by next week.
Why Did Tim Cook Announce The Apple Watch Now? Four Theories
Apple's new smartwatch doesn't go on sale until 2015.
On Tuesday, for the first time since taking over as Apple CEO, Tim Cook uttered the three words on stage that his old boss made famous: "One more thing…"
Interview: Kirsten Gillibrand Talks Work, Family, And Why "Women Are Often Selfless"
The senator from New York chats with Fast Company about work, family, and why she revealed so much in her new book.
Senator Kirsten Gillibrand speaks her mind, whether it's in her new manifesto-cum-memoir, Off the Sidelines: Raise Your Voice, Change the World, or in an exclusive interview with Fast Company.
September 9, 2014
Elon Musk: Tesla Cars Could Run On "Full Autopilot" In 5 Years
"I think in the long term, all Tesla cars will have auto-pilot capability," Tesla CEO Elon Musk said.
Self-driving cars might be on the roads faster than most people think, says Tesla Motors CEO Elon Musk. Musk told reporters in Tokyo that Tesla is developing the technology for "full autopilot" consumer cars in just five years.
The Apple Live Blog Reality Distortion Field
Apple ran a great live blog--if you only wanted to hear complimentary things about Apple.
For its big technology announcement of the year, Apple has gotten into the live blog game. Apple has long live-streamed its events, and that hasn't stopped news sites from adding live blogged coverage. But this year, the Apple PR team went a bit further, mimicking media coverage with its own stream of the events happening on stage, peppered with pictures and tweets. It's like a live blog from your favorite tech blog, but brought to you by Apple with all of Apple's internal images and videos, share buttons included. While journalists scramble for decent iPhone photos of the new Apple Watch to post to their feeds, Apple runs its arsenal of crisp promotional imagery. It's hard to compete with.
This Is Apple's Smartwatch
After months of teasers, leaks, and rumors, Apple's bold leap into the smartwatch game is finally here.
The last time Apple jumped into a brand-new product category was in April 2010. For context, Peyton Manning had just lost the Super Bowl as a Colt, and Conan O'Brien had just been yanked by NBC as host of the Tonight Show. And the iPad, at least when it was first introduced, became the target of countless jokes comparing the tablet to a certain kind of sanitary napkin.
And Now For Something Non-Apple Related: An Island Full Of Bunnies
A visit to Japan's Ōkunoshima, a World War II-era chemical warfare test site turned rabbit sanctuary.
Forget everything you know about islands--Fantasy Island, Easter Island, that Rubik's cube from hell on Lost--forget it all, because this is the only island that matters: Japan's Ōkunoshima, affectionately nicknamed "Rabbit Island."
Apple Introduces The IPhone 6 And The IPhone 6 Plus
Here's what you need to know about Apple's big day of announcements.
If the iPhone 5 was the last phone that Apple founder Steve Jobs left his fingerprints on, the iPhone 6 revealed today (two generations after the fact!) is Tim Cook's boldest step yet to distance himself from his former boss. Unlike previous Apple events, a slew of supply chain leaks have also rendered the iPhone 6 the least-surprising iPhones ever. Here's what we know so far:
Home Depot Admits To Massive Customer Data Theft
Customers who made debit or credit purchases at any U.S. Home Depot store since April could be vulnerable.
Home Depot confirmed Tuesday that it is the latest victim of a massive payment data breach caused by malware similar to the kind that stole 40 million credit and debit card numbers from Target customers in late 2013. The company says the breach could have begun as far back as April and may affect purchases made in all 2,200 Home Depot stores in the U.S.
3-D Printing Saves A Deteriorating Frank Lloyd Wright Building
Time has not been kind to the complex textile blocks of Florida Southern College's Annie Pfeiffer Chapel.
3-D printing is helping restore a decaying Frank Lloyd Wright masterpiece in Child of the Sun, an architectural district at Florida Southern College, to its former glory. The legendary architect designed a group of 12 buildings for the Lakeland, Florida, school built between 1941 and 1958. It's now the largest collection of his work on a single site in the world.
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