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  • A man poses holding a smartphone showing the App for ride-sharing cab service Uber in London on October 28, 2016. 
 
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    The uber-rich ride-hailing company is in the middle of a perfect storm that's been brewing for years.

  • A violin-playing robot, one in a series of humanoid robots from Toyota Partner Robot, is displayed at a robot event for children in Tokyo in 2015.
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    What happens when you let AI in the recording studio? Or the writers room? Or the kitchen?

  • IBM's 'Watson' computing system at a press conference to discuss the upcoming Man V. Machine 'Jeopardy!' competition at the IBM T.J. Watson Research Center on January 13, 2011 in Yorktown Heights, New York.
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    Singer-songwriter Marian Call on what it's like to inadvertently launch a global hashtag and work with IBM's Watson supercomputer

  • Kai and Molly discuss the jobs report, whether the CIA can really hack your phone and our growing list of books to read.

  • A man reads a book in the sunshine on steps covered in artificial grass on July 10, 2013 in London, England.
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    What we're reading right now: Poets and path dependence.

  • Candidates for U.S. citizenship wave flags before being sworn in during a naturalization ceremony on Liberty Island in 2011.
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    It's an economic disruption, sure, but not a negative one.

  • 7: Lyft co-founder says the company could be profitable by 2018
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    Lyft’s co-founder and president, John Zimmer, won’t mention his company’s main competitor by name. Spoiler alert: It’s Uber. But he is willing to say, “We’ve talked about being profitable next year, we feel very confident in that. We even think there’s the likely scenario that we will be the first U.S. ride-share player to be […]

  • You may have noticed President Donald Trump tweeted this weekend. But try not to get distracted. We’re talking about that, a busy week for tech news and Kai’s leftover preferences on this week’s live video. Join us every Monday at 10:30 a.m. Pacific Standard Time on Facebook for our weekly editorial meeting. We like to hear what […]

  • FCC Chairman Ajit Pai intends to roll back rules that require internet providers get customer consent before selling their data. The EPA announced it will not need information about methane from oil and gas well operators. What that means and a whole lot more as we wrap up the Make Me Smart week.  Make sure to […]

  • Kai and Molly return to follow up on the President's address to Congress and Travis Kalanick's apology to Uber employees

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