Uber and Rival Didi Chuxing to Combine in China

The merger ends more than a year of ruthless battles for market share in the mainland and values the new company at $35 billion. from NYT ...

Uber to combine China business with Didi Chuxing in $35 billion merger: Bloomberg

(Reuters) - Ride-hailing service Uber Technologies Inc would merge its China business with rival Didi Chuxing, valuing the combined company ...

Uber to invest $500 million in global mapping project: FT

NEW YORK (Reuters) - Ride-hailing service Uber [UBER.UL] has decided to invest $500 million into an ambitious global mapping project to wean...

Hurricane Drought Hits a New Record

A hurricane has not appeared in the Gulf of Mexico in almost three years -- Read more on ScientificAmerican.com from Scientific...

Chinese Group to Pay $4.4 Billion for Caesars’ Mobile Games

The deal with Caesars Interactive Entertainment is a sign that investors are willing to pay increasingly large sums for smartphone games. ...

Facebook Live is changing our world. Is that good?

Facebook Live has only been available to the masses since January, and in that time we've pretty much witnessed the full scope of humani...

Dolly the sheep's cloned sisters in good health despite age

Though growing old, Dolly's sheep siblings are no worse for wear. Debbie, Denise, Dianna and Daisy, clones all derived from the same cel...

Where a Suitcase Full of Cash Won’t Buy You Lunch

Although America is far from being completely cashless, some restaurants are betting that customers will be comfortable forgoing cash for co...

Bits: Farhad’s and Mike’s Week in Tech: The Cautionary Tale of the Fall of Yahoo

Twitter, Facebook, Google and Amazon shared their second-quarter earnings reports, and Yahoo agreed to sell itself to Verizon for about $5 b...

The Chemistry of Bumper Crops [Excerpt]

Irrigation is more than just throwing water on a field—it can be a nuanced chemical conversation between humans and plants -- Read more on...

Yahoo and the Online Universe According to Verizon

In amassing Yahoo, AOL and other online services, Verizon is preparing for the day when its most important clients are advertisers, not user...

Assessment Secrets to Student Achievement

Educational assessments can help students before they fall through the cracks from Techlearning RSS Feed http://ift.tt/2a6wQNP via IFTTT

Multimedia Tool Promotes Creativity, Sharing

Flexible presentation tool lets kids create, iterate, and share from Techlearning RSS Feed http://ift.tt/2aR64WP via IFTTT

U.S. Judge denies Uber motion to compel arbitration in surge-pricing lawsuit

SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A federal judge on Friday denied a motion by Uber Technologies Inc [UBER.UL] to compel arbitration in a passenger ...

For Oracle, Money’s Not the Problem. It’s Coping With the Cloud.

The business software omnivore is playing catch-up in one of the hotter fields of tech. Its NetSuite purchase is its latest thrust in that d...

Her Husband’s Death Motivates Sheryl Sandberg to Write Another Book

Ms. Sandberg, chief operating officer of Facebook, and a collaborator will focus on hardship and resilience. from NYT > Technology http...

Exclusive: Clinton campaign also hacked in attacks on Democrats - sources

WASHINGTON/SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - The computer network used by Democratic presidential candidate Hillary Clinton’s campaign was hacked as...

NASA NEWS

In September, NASA will bring its online audience inside the world of human spaceflight as never before, from its Johnson Space Center in Ho...

NASA NEWS

NASA took another important step Friday in returning U.S. astronaut launches from U.S. soil with the order of a second post-certification mi...

Russia has motive, capability and form for U.S. email hack

MOSCOW (Reuters) - The Kremlin says it had zero involvement in the hacking of Democratic Party emails while U.S. officials say the hack orig...

Private equity firms focused on Hewlett Packard asset sales: sources

(Reuters) - Buyout firms are focused on acquiring some software assets that Hewlett Packard Enterprise Co (HPE) has been considering divesti...

Tesla mulling two theories to explain 'Autopilot' crash: source

(Reuters) - Tesla Motors Inc told U.S. Senate Commerce Committee staff it is considering two theories that may explain what led to the May 7...