Waze will help you avoid difficult intersections and other top stories.

• Waze will help you avoid difficult intersections

  

  You know those intersections with no traffic lights and everyone's trying to cross at the same time? Waze calls them "difficult intersections," and the navigation app will help you avoid them altogether, so long as you're in Los Angeles. The app now calculates the best possible route and ETA with as few of them as possible. It could bypass them entirely if there's route that allows you to do that. But if avoiding them will make your commute unbearably long, then Waze could still s..

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• Twitch Tries to Exterminate Bot Infestation With Legal Action

  

  Twitch IRL. Image: TwitchMaking a name for oneself on the popular video game streaming network Twitch is a bit of a rough job these days, particularly with around 100 million monthly visitors struggling for attention. To scramble to the top of that pile, some of Twitch's broadcasters have been shelling out cash to companies who shower their channels with bogus viewers and followers for a price. Yesterday, though, Twitch announced it was sick of it and that it was doing something about it beside..

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• Mueller's plan for a leaner and humbler VW

  

  Requested Article Mueller's plan for a leaner and humbler VW Volkswagen CEO Matthias Mueller last week unveiled a 15-point strategic plan to transform a hierarchical, engineering-driven German carmaker plagued by low margins in its core business into a nimble company of entrepreneurs focused on serving its end customers.

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• Virtual reality: Advertising in a world that isn't quite our own

  

  Advertising in realities that have either been created entirely afresh from the ground up (virtual reality) or putting a spin on the environment around you (augmented) brings a host of new challenges and opportunities. What we've seen from marketeers in recent years has been a blurring of the lines between original content and advertising. The mix and match of native advertising in amongst TV shows through product placement or sponsored articles certainly have made it trickier for the consum..

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• Mercedes Benz's E300 is a luxury car that happens to be high-tech

  

  It's easy to get caught up in the luxury of the E300. It's luxurious and swift (thanks to 241 horsepower and 273 pounds of torque), with features you didn't think you needed until you actually experience them. For instance, when you take a corner, the sides of the chair expand to keep you from sliding in your seat. It's like a side hug for g-forces.Keeping your butt in the seat (which isn't novel, but still pretty necessary) is one of those instances where Mercedes takes an idea and gives it a ..

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• The More Powerful PlayStation Neo Has A Release Date

  

  Word has been spreading rapidly that the next PlayStation console called the "Neo" will be releasing this year. The home console will supposedly be designed to take advantage of 4K gaming and virtual reality support for the upcoming PlayStation VR, and it's rumored to be out this November. Gamespot picked up the news from Eurogamer, where Digital Foundry's engineering expert, Richard Leadbetter, did a detailed report on the state of the PlayStation Neo and Xbox Scorpio, making some very cogent ..

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