Gadgetory

the battle for self driving taxis has begun I'm Bridget Carey and this is your CNET update Google could be taking on uber with its own car hailing service that's according to a report from Bloomberg which has a source saying that some folks on Google's campus are testing out a car sharing app it's likely part of Google's self-driving car project Google executives have said they envision self-driving cars to be able to pick you up on request but this could be a shock to BER because google has been one of overs biggest investors and Google has linked over into its Maps but Google itself didn't comment on the report instead it just sent out a cryptic tweet saying we think you'll find oberon lifts work quite well we use them all the time mm-hmm well shortly after that report came out uber releases some news of its own uber is making its own self-driving cars with the help from researchers at Carnegie Mellon University it's no secret that uber wanted to go in this direction the head of the company said that one day self-driving cars could replace ubers human drivers and uber has the cash to do it uber is the highest-valued venture back company in the world valued at more than 41 billion dollars but until we get into that world it seems over and Google may coexist as frenemies as for a new tech that you don't have to wait five years for a new samsung galaxy flagship phone will be unveiled on March 1st samsung sent out teaser invites to its next event at Mobile World Congress in Barcelona Spain it shows a slim curving silver line against a black background with the phrase what's next it could be the galaxy s6 or as some people speculate on Twitter it could be a fork and while a galaxy fork does sound quite intriguing there's another bit of gadgetry trying to solve a more basic problem Wi-Fi you may think your home Wi-Fi works dandy but a startup called Eero believes we're all in for trouble as we have more devices in the home communicating with one router so instead of having a single router from a company like net gear Linksys or d-link the ero gives you a pack of three routers so you can distribute the signal throughout the home there are other perks too like you can give access to a guest in your home without having to give them the whole password login but the starting price is steep at three hundred dollars the company is taking orders now and it's shipping in the summer that's your tech news update and you can stay updated at cnet.com and follow me on twitter and snapchat yep I'm doing that snapping thing now from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey