But don’t expect *les voitures autonomes de Waymo* to roam international roads just yet.
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Author: Aarian Marshall
Investors Love Slack—for Now
Slack shares rose nearly 50 percent in their debut. It’s the latest successful stock offering for a maker of business software.
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Author: Klint Finley
Iran Shoots Down a US Drone, Apple Recalls MacBook Batteries, and More News
Catch up on the most important news from today in two minutes or less.
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Author: Alex Baker-Whitcomb
Iranian Hackers Launch a New US-Targeted Campaign as Tensions Mount
Three cybersecurity firms have identified phishing attacks stemming from Iran—that may lay the groundwork for something more destructive.
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Author: Andy Greenberg
Apple’s MacBook Pro Battery Recall Adds to Its Laptop Problems
Thursday’s recall, issued because of battery overheating concerns, is not an isolated incident when it comes to Apple’s premium laptops.
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Author: Lauren Goode
Wildebeest! Okapi! Giraffe! Ibex! Come Peruse Their Genomes
The Ruminant Genome Project just released the DNA of 44 species of the multi-stomached, headgear-bearing animals, revealing a host of biological curiosities.
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Author: Megan Molteni
Physicists Hack the Uncertainty Principle to See an Ion Wiggle
Heisenberg’s famous principle can’t be violated, but it can be gamed. A new study shows a way to measure particles with far more precision than before.
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Author: Sophia Chen
Facebook Unleashes Software to Make Programming Robots Easy
PyRobot could simplify the way researchers program their machines, and could even make it easier for non-robotics types to jump into the field.
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Author: Matt Simon
Facebook’s Libra Reveals Silicon Valley’s Naked Ambition
Cloaked in the guise of making the world a better place, the cryptocurrency project is really another attempt to go big or go home.
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Author: Noam Cohen
The YouTubers Who Changed the Landscape for #NaturalHair
“It’s just hair, but it’s more than that. Every culture has held meaning in hair.”
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Author: Collier Meyerson