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His first mistake was robbing an Austin bank, police say 鈥� his second was allegedly fleeing on an electric scooter

February 3, 2019 at 9:01 a.m.

Another bank employee spotted a man resembling Mangiarano hop on an electric scooter, police said. Investigators managed to find surveillance video that captured a man dressed like the suspected robber...

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Electric scooters send more people to the hospital than bicycles and walking, new study finds

January 31, 2019 at 6:00 a.m.

Over a one-year period in two Los Angeles emergency departments, more people were injured while riding standing electric scooters than by riding bicycles or traveling on foot, according to the...

A pedestrian walks past signage at Google headquarters in Mountain View, Calif.

Google moves closer to creating sensors for controlling devices with hand gestures

January 13, 2019 at 7:00 a.m.

Nearly two decades after its release, 鈥淢inority Report鈥� still seems to be as prescient as the film鈥檚 eerie crime-fighting 鈥減recogs,鈥� offering a clarifying vision of the future that continues to...

Amazon may be looking to patent a facial-recognition product that could keep a database of suspicious people, fed through its Ring security cameras. Andrew Burton, Bloomberg

Amazon may be working on 鈥渄atabase of suspicious persons鈥� using facial recognition

January 6, 2019 at 11:00 a.m.

A patent application filed by Amazon offers a vision of how doorbell cameras could be equipped with new technology that would allow the devices to gather data and identify people...

LIFT Aircraft抖阴ap electric-powered vertical-takeoff-and-landing aircraft, the Hexa. Provided by LIFT Aircraft

Startup鈥檚 new passenger drone could be steppingstone to new form of urban transportation

January 5, 2019 at 8:22 a.m.

If Matt Chasen gets his way, there will be a time -- in the not-so-distant future -- when commuters are able to order an air taxi that whisks them across...

Denver electric scooter provider recalled scooters in other markets amid fears some could catch on fire

October 30, 2018 at 9:14 p.m.

The company said in a statement that it learned of a risk in August that a "manufacturing defect" in some of its scooters "could result in the battery smoldering, or...

“Swipe right to sue”: Now you can file lawsuits the same way you find hookups on Tinder

October 26, 2018 at 6:00 a.m.

Exorbitant legal fees, seemingly endless bureaucracy and an uncertain time investment mean that the decision to pursue legal action against a company or an individual is often fraught with hesitation.

An Arizona State biology lab uses virtual reality as part of the curriculum. Students will use the virtual experience to practice taking a patient抖阴ap blood and analyze plants and animals on distant virtual planets. Provided by Arizona State University

At Arizona State, student loans pay for tuition, books 鈥� and a virtual reality headset

October 7, 2018 at 6:00 a.m.

At most universities, student loan money helps to pay for tuition, room and board, and textbooks.

The latest tools for sexual assault victims: Smartphone apps

October 6, 2018 at 6:00 a.m.

In her testimony before the Senate Judiciary Committee on Sept. 27, Christine Blasey Ford detailed the agony involved in deciding to step forward with allegations of sexual assault against Supreme...

“Flippy,” the California fast food robot, temporarily decommissioned for being too slow

March 9, 2018 at 9:31 p.m.

He was supposed to revolutionize a California fast food kitchen, churning out 150 burgers per hour without requiring a paycheck or benefits.

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