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Research in India suggests Google search results can influence an election

Google long ago went from being a mere directory of the Internet to a shaper of online reality, helping determine what we see and how. But what power does Google have over the “real” world — and especially the volatile one of closely contested elections?
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Haters gonna hate, but Twitter will now make it easier to ignore them.

Twitter on Monday gave its users the option to muzzle their haters, offering a "mute" feature that lets users hide certain tweets and retweets from their home timelines. If you mute someone, you will also not receive push and SMS notifications when they tweet about you.
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Netflix keeps getting faster for Comcast subscribers, for some strange reason

Three months ago, Netflix agreed to pay Comcast for faster and more reliable Internet service. It seems to be working.
Comcast customers now get Netflix content faster than customers using most other Internet providers, according to Netflix. Only Cox and Cablevision provide faster service.
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LG teases new tablets, offers sneak peek at G-Watch

LG has announced a handful of new tablets and offered a sneak peek at its upcoming smartwatch, the LG G-Watch.
Expanding its G-Pad series, LG on Sunday introduced three new sizes of tablet -- in 7-inch, 8-inch and 10.1-inch screen sizes -- to go head-to-head with a range of competitors' devices.
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When driverless cars crash, who’s to blame?

Self-driving cars have an undeniable allure: Think of all the fun things you could do if you didn't have to keep your eyes on the road! A lot of Americans feel this way; about half of us say we'd try a driverless car if we could. But behind the obvious technological challenges of getting these vehicles on the road are an array of scary-sounding legal questions we're going to have to grapple with if we're ever to zip around with our hands off the steering wheel.
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Innovations: Why we should all stop worrying about future generations

Here’s a look at five ideas that impact the way we live, work and play. 
1. The kids are — and always will be — all right. Prof. Steven Pinker explains our unwarranted skepticism of young people to the Harvard Gazette:
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