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Google's Magenta wants to teach machines to be creative

by Ben Johnson and Levi Sharpe
Jun 1, 2016
Giving a new meaning to electronic music.
A photo that's been run through Google's DeepDream neural network.
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Facebook widens its ad targeting

by Kimberly Adams
May 27, 2016
The company is expanding its ad reach and stepping up competition with Google.
 
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Dispatch, Ep 16: The problem with Google

by Molly Wood
May 19, 2016
For every Gmail, Chromecast and Chromebook, there's a Nexus Q, a Pixel computer and a Google Glass.
Charles, Prince of Wales tries Google Glass on May 21, 2014 in Winnipeg, Canada. 
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Google wants to get into your home — again

by Kai Ryssdal
May 18, 2016
The company unveiled Google Home to compete with Amazon's Echo.
A still from Google's demo video for Google Home.
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Google changes the color of its search result links

by Kai Ryssdal
May 10, 2016
Users are not happy the company strayed from its blue-colored hyperlinks.
Google is testing out a new color for its search result links. The change from blue links to black links is irks some users.
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Google might make minivans cool

by Kai Ryssdal
May 3, 2016
Because self-driving vans are hipper than regular vans?
One of the cars in Google's new fleet of self-driving minivans.
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What does Nest's shutdown of Revolv mean for the future of smart home tech?

by Andy Uhler
Apr 6, 2016
The company kills the home automation hub and its users are pissed.
A screenshot from the Revolv setup video.
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Are smart cars only as good as the roads they're driving on?

by Sally Herships
Mar 31, 2016
When lane markings don't work, neither do driverless cars, it seems.
A self-driving car traverses a parking lot at Google's headquarters in Mountain View, California on January 8, 2016. 
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Go-playing computer: 2 Humans: 0

by Kai Ryssdal
Mar 10, 2016
Google's AI program AlphaGo one the second of five games against a human Go champion.
Lee Se-Dol, one of the greatest modern players of the ancient board game Go, walks past cameramen after the second game of the Google DeepMind Challenge Match at a hotel in Seoul on March 10, 2016. A Google-developed supercomputer bested a South Korean Go grandmaster again on March 10, taking a commanding 2-0 lead in a five-game series that has become a stunning global debut for a new style of 'intuitive' artificial intelligence.
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Alphabet delivers its first earnings report

by Kai Ryssdal and Molly Wood
Feb 1, 2016
Senior tech correspondent Molly Wood on what to look for for the Google holding company.
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