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This SpaceX 360 rocket landing video is great for SpaceX, even better for YouTube and Facebook

Rockets! 360-degree video! Cool!

These former Google and Twitter engineers want to bring genetic testing for cancer to the masses

Color Genomics pushes cancer screenings for all.

SpaceX teases 2018 Mars mission for its Red Dragon spacecraft

The company tweeted the announcement.

Google Glass is still around -- and it may be coming to more hospital rooms

A quintet of health care orgs throw money into Glass startup Augmedix.

Stunning photos of the solar-powered plane that just flew across the Pacific

The Solar Impulse flew from Hawaii to Silicon Valley, powered by 17,000 solar cells.

Never Fear, Robots Are Here

Why should the humanoid form frighten us so?

New Supreme Court attorneys use smartphone tech for admission to the bar

Justice may be blind, but she sure as hell isn't deaf -- not today, anyway.

Alphabet is plotting a digital city full of Google cars, high-speed Internet and maybe more!

Why would Sidewalk Labs build a "digital district?"

What's next for Google ATAP -- its 'epic shit' division -- after its leader goes to Facebook?

A hardware shuffle may be afoot.

Verily, Alphabet's medical business, is profitable, Sergey Brin tells Googlers

The unit once called Google Life Sciences is making money on a "cash basis."

Google has given its open-source machine learning software a big upgrade

A new version of TensorFlow allows the software to run across multiple machines.

Tiny Rockets to Alpha Centauri? Zuckerberg, Milner and Hawking in $100 Million Starshot Project to Launch 'Nanocraft.'

Silicon Valley's interest in space has gained traction over the years.

SpaceX successfully lands its rocket on a floating drone ship for the first time

After four failed attempts at sea, SpaceX shows it can stick an ocean landing as well as one on solid ground.

New robots from Alphabet's X (probably!) won't kill you

Meet the less Skynet-y robot.

Former Google search boss joins board of startup that wants to give you a coach with your wearable

You may not know GOQii, but you might know it's new board member.

Google is funding green energy in Asia because it wants to be big in green energy and Asia

If Google wants to keep its word (and go to China), it has to buy green energy for Asia.

You’re in Charge of Your Own DNA (Anne Wojcicki, CEO, 23andMe)

Kara Swisher talks with 23andMe CEO Anne Wojcicki about how she bounced back from a battle with the FDA. Wojcicki argues that consumers are increasingly taking control of their health. She also discusses what she thinks of 23andMe’s embattled peer...

23andMe CEO Anne Wojcicki Talks Health Care, Theranos, Dating A-Rod on 'Re/code Decode'

"It’s up to all of us, the consumers, to take charge of our health. It’s almost like voting. It's your responsibility."

Blue Origin Just Launched and Landed Its Reusable Rocket for the Third Time

On Saturday morning, CEO Jeff Bezos tweeted out that the rocket had a clean launch at 11:18 am ET, and a "perfect booster landing."

Google Ventures Bans Investments in North Carolina Until Anti-LGBT Law Is Repealed

The state law could hit its growing life sciences industry.

This French startup says its weird vibrating headband can improve your sleep

It starts at the not-so-low price of $349.

Study: Theranos Isn’t as Reliable as Conventional Labs

Comparing the controversial startup's results with those from two well-known commercial labs.

The FAA Logged More Than 500 Drone Incidents in Six Months

Airplanes and helicopters no longer have the skies to themselves.

Fueling the Success of the Hydrogen-Powered Toyota Mirai Is a Balancing Act

Toyota has to match its distribution with the development of a viable network of hydrogen-fueling stations.

Apple May Be Edging Out Google in Health Care Because of the iPhone

How Apple's advantage over Android helps it in the medical world.

Google Wants Out of the Creepy Military Robot Business

Boston Dynamics is up for sale. Meanwhile: Look at these terrifying robots!

Vic Gundotra, Former Google+ Boss, Is Building a Heart Monitor for the Apple Watch

The exec hand-picked two Googlers to lead his new company.

Health Care Startup Oscar Hires Veteran Google Engineering VP as Its Tech Lead

This unicorn insurance seller has a new CTO.

Score One for Humanity: Google's Go Machine Finally Loses to Korean Champ

Rage against the machine!

Game, Set, Match: Google Machine Beats Human Go Champion for Third Straight Time

Is it Terminator or our best machine friend?

Why Did Blue Origin Leave So Many Female Space Reporters Out of Its Big Reveal?

Happy International Women’s Day!

DeepMind Founder Demis Hassabis on How AI Will Shape the Future (Q&A)

Beating Go was just the start -- DeepMind has designs on health care, robots and your phone.