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Apple and Comcast are apparently in talks about how to win the future of television. They could really use each other’s help.

VANCOUVER — It’s a few hours before the official opening of this year’s TED conference, and architect David Rockwell is showing me around the elaborate new theatre that houses the annual festival of ideas. A combination of Shakespeare’s Globe and …

NSA Deputy Director Rick Ledgett told the audience at TED there was “room for discussion.”

As product design director at Facebook, Margaret Gould Stewart knows that even the smallest changes will be seen billions of times in a day.

Former NFL player Chris Kluwe says wearables will change sports — both the game and the business.

At TED, Google CEO Larry Page talked about how he’ll use the resources of the world’s third-largest company to build his techno-optimistic vision of the future.

Amazon and Google are said to be readying videogame-capable set-top boxes. Unlike the old generation of videogame consoles, these promise a bright and open future for indie games — and a revival of the television as a center for gaming …

Despite their vast fortune, Bill and Melinda Gates said they want their children to have a sense that their own work is meaningful.

Edward Snowden made a surprise appearance at TED today, sort of. The National Security Agency whistleblower took to the stage on the conference’s second day via a wheeled video-chat bot he controlled from a computer.

David Sengeh grew up during Sierra Leone’s bloody civil war. Today at MIT, he’s combining advanced math and 3-D printing to make better artificial limbs for amputees everywhere.

Apple is reportedly poised to launch a health tracking app called Healthbook. That’s fantastic news for all the app makers who have been struggling to get people to use fitness monitoring apps. Here’s why.

A Zurich-based roboticist has attached drones to leashes to make them easy to fly for anyone — and to hold their pilots accountable.

A software engineer named Julie Ann Horvath sent shock waves across Silicon Valley over the weekend, after she left the high-profile tech startup GitHub, saying that she was the victim of sexism and a hostile work environment.

A future in which private vehicles double as public transportation may seem inevitable. But arriving there won’t be getting any less complex or emotional anytime soon.

Auto dealers don’t just fear Tesla’s cars. They fear Tesla’s whole plan to make bringing your car into the shop a thing of the past.

Microsoft is reportedly cutting the price of Windows Phone to zero in India. It’s only the latest evidence that Microsoft sees little future for Windows revenue. Instead it will make its money on services and software.

For nearly a decade, Amazon customers enjoyed unlimited two-day shipping for $79 per year. But the cost of providing that instant gratification became too much for Amazon to bear.

Across the country, traditional car dealers with their hands in politicians’ pockets are fighting Tesla to hold onto their monopolies guaranteed by outdated laws that make car-buying suck for everyone.

Facebook will convene its first F8 developer conference in three years and says helping app developers make money will be a major focus of the show. That’s a big hint that the company is ready to take the wraps off …

The CEO of CBS threatens to go all-subscription. He should do it.