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February 15, 2015, 12:00 AM

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Reuters:
Source: Apple is gathering advice from carmakers and automotive suppliers about parts and production methods as it learns to build a self-driving electric car  —  Apple studies self-driving car, auto industry source says  —  (Reuters) - Technology giant Apple (AAPL.O) …
Jordan Kahn / 9to5Mac:
Matt Simon / Wired:
Fleet of Tug robots services a hospital in California by delivering drugs, linen, and meals; each travels an average of 12 miles per day  —  This Incredible Hospital Robot Is Saving Lives.  Also, I Hate It  —  The Tug autonomous medical robot, aka Tuggy McFresh, aka Little McTuggy, aka the bane of my existence.
Casey Johnston / Motherboard:
How Pavel Durov lost control of Russia's largest social network VKontakte to the Kremlin  —  Crime, Punishment, and Russia's Original Social Network  —  Pavel Durov, founder of the Russian social network VKontakte, was home alone in his apartment in St. Petersburg on a weekend when a contingent …
Business Insider:
Google's co-founders are about to sell $4.4 billion worth of shares  —  Google cofounders Larry Page and Sergey Brin are going to sell about $4.4 billion worth of company shares, according to a new filing with the SEC (which we first spotted thanks to Footnoted).
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