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RANCHOS PALOS VERDES, California— Apple and Google are both vying for a spot on your dashboard, but a year after the two companies unveiled their competing in-car systems — CarPlay and Android Auto, respectively — the rollout has been unquestionably … Continue reading →

Dennis Sheehan, U2′s longtime tour manager, has died at a Southern California hotel, a day after the band kicked off a five-night stint in the Los Angeles area. U2 frontman Bono posted a statement Wednesday on the band’s website about … Continue reading →

The best part of staying in other people’s houses is looking through their stuff. And judging them. Obviously. This Airbnb parody from Above Average knows what’s up: when you stay at an Airbnb, you can’t help but poke around your … Continue reading →

Apple has reclaimed a long-running title as the world’s most valuable brand after Google’s stint in the top spot briefly disrupted its reign last year, according to the annual BrandZ ranking compiled by marketing research firm Millward Brown Before the … Continue reading →

Apple has reclaimed a long-running title as the world’s most valuable brand after Google’s stint in the top spot briefly disrupted its reign last year, according to the annual BrandZ ranking compiled by marketing research firm Millward Brown Before the … Continue reading →

Nebraska abolished the death penalty on Wednesday in a landmark veto-override vote backed by an unusual coalition of conservatives who oppose capital punishment. See also: American execution: A brief history of the death penalty in the U.S. Senators in the … Continue reading →

Several developed countries including the US, UK and Germany have seen their labour markets polarised in recent decades as the number of middle-skilled jobs has declined relative to that of low and high-skilled ones. Technology has been singled out as … Continue reading →

The world’s largest atom smasher is really cranking now: Protons zipped around the giant underground ring at near light-speed and collided head on, releasing record-breaking energies. The beauty of the fallout from these powerful particle smash-ups can be seen in … Continue reading →

We all knew Big Bird had some hidden talents up his sleeve. Busting a rhyme is probably just one of many Toronto video mashup artist Animal Robot (a.k.aBenjamin Roberts) has painted a beautiful picture of what it would be like … Continue reading →

NASA’s Mars rover Curiosity has found a new route to some interesting rocks after its original path proved too difficult to traverse. Scientists want the car-size Curiosity rover to check out a “geological contact” where two different rock units meet. … Continue reading →