The plaintiffs are seeking class action status. …read more Source:: CNet

Waymo’s testing dozens of self-driving mini-vans near Phoenix. Now the Arizona Republic asks why the vehicles are getting so much hate, citing “a slashed tire, a pointed gun, bullies on the road…” “Police have responded to dozens of calls regarding people threatening and harassing Waymo vans.” That was clear August 19, when police were called…

Spidey’s co-creator offers some advice from beyond the grave. …read more Source:: CNet

Marvel adds more Spider-people and meme moments to the mix. Warning: spoilers incoming! …read more Source:: CNet

If you think about 3D printing, the ultimate goal would be to lay down specific atoms or molecule and build anything. Despite a few lab demonstrations at that scale, generally, it is easier to print in the macro scale than the micro. While it won’t get down to the molecule level, implosion fabrication is a…

An anonymous reader quotes a CNN opinion piece by Stanford business school lecturer David Dodson: “Senator, we run ads.” That’s what Mark Zuckerberg told Senator Orrin Hatch earlier this year during his congressional testimony when asked to describe Facebook’s business model. The 84-year-old senator was later mocked on social media for not understanding modern technology….

For when you want that groovy countdown effect. …read more Source:: CNet

“it is clear to me that open source — now several decades old and fully adult — is going through its own midlife crisis,” writes Joyent CTO Bryan Cantrill. [O]pen source business models are really tough, selling software-as-a-service is one of the most natural of them, the cloud service providers are really good at it…