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Fast Company Pavithra Mohan	Google Is Outfitting Carnegie Mellon With Smart Tech To Create A "Living Lab" The university will essentially become a petri dish for Google's Internet of Things technology.
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Fast Company Michael Grothaus	Uber Will Pay $7.6 Million Fine For Failing To Share Data Uber has agreed to pay the state of California $7.6 million for failing to share enough data about the trips users have taken using the service
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PC Magazine October 9, 2010 Mark Hachman	Google Developing a Self-Driving Car, And It Works Google is developing - and has extensively tested - technology to build an autonomously self-driving car, Google said on Saturday.
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