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Faraday Future could be out of business by February

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A French town just installed the world's first 'solar road'

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'Pokémon Go' is available right now on the Apple Watch

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Machine learning is helping researchers decipher bat speech

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Barnes & Noble's $50 Nook came pre-installed with spyware

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The newest Nook contained nefarious innards.

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FCC Republicans promise to limit net neutrality when 'possible'

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