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I’ve been at Computex Taipei all week, and I have yet to plug my MacBook into a wall outside of my hotel room. Normally this would amount to dereliction of duty at any trade show, but things are different now. The reason is USB-C, that controversial little reversible port that …

The world’s longest and deepest train tunnel has opened in Switzerland, nearly two decades after construction began. Stretching for 35 miles under the Swiss Alps, the Gotthard Base Tunnel will connect the cities of Bodio and Erstfeld, as part of an ambitious high-speed rail line that will eventually stretch from …

Uber has announced a new car service geared toward bicycle owners. UberBike, which launches today in Amsterdam, allows users to order rides from cars that have installed bike racks. Uber announced the service on Thursday in a blog post on its Dutch website, saying that the service is designed for those …

Microsoft enabled Android phone notifications to be delivered directly to Windows 10 PCs last month, and now the company is bringing the same feature to Windows 10 Mobile. In the latest preview version of Windows 10 Mobile (build 14356), testers can enable notifications to sync up to their PCs. Both …

There’s only one set of presentation slides I look forward to every year, and that’s Mary Meeker’s annual Internet Trends report. In 2016, the highlight picked out by Meeker, partner at venture capital firm KPCB, is India’s accelerating growth of user numbers in an otherwise decelerating market. She notes that, at …

Elon Musk is an interesting guy. He’s also a cyborg, just like the rest of us. Musk was in rare form on stage with Kara Swisher and Walt Mossberg at Code Conference 2016. Doffing his futurist cap, Musk the soothsayer laid out a number of possible scenarios for us to …

Elon Musk has been pretty focused on setting up a colony on Mars, so naturally he has a few ideas as to the type of government the Red Planet should have. Speaking at ReCode’s Code Conference on Wednesday night, the SpaceX CEO said he envisions a direct democracy for Martian …

Tesla already held one huge event for its more affordable, mass-market Model 3 this year — but apparently, there’s another in the works. On stage at Code Conference today, in response to a question from Walt Mossberg about whether the base Model 3 would include Autopilot functionality, CEO Elon Musk teased …

Brie Larson is Marvel’s first choice to play Captain Marvel in the upcoming superhero movie of the same name, and is leaning toward playing the role, Variety reports. Sources told the publication that Larson — who won the Oscar for Best Actress earlier this year for her work in Room — …

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