Gadgetory

scientists have found earth 2.0 and maybe we're not alone I'm Bridget Carey this is your C net update NASA's Kepler space telescope has confirmed the existence of the first planet that's the most earth-like we found it's orbiting around a star that's similar to our Sun Kepler found it by looking at the star and noticed a planet passing in front of it and it looks to be in a habitable zone meaning it's at the right distance from the star for liquid water to pool on the surface the planet named kepler-452b is basically Earth's older bigger cousin it's 60% larger in diameter to earth that means gravity is twice as strong so perhaps if there were people on there they'd be a little more short and stocky pulled closer to the ground a year there is 385 days so they get an extra month than we do we don't know what it looks like these are all just artist renderings of what it could be because it's 1,400 light-years away let me put that in perspective with our technology it could take 20,000 years to travel one light year so yeah maybe we'll get there in twenty eight million years give or take a day and so we can hitch an uber ride with warp drive to get there we'll just have to speculate which brings me to the next story both uber and lyft are making headlines as more people are turning to these apps in major cities when they need a ride lyft is a distant second place to Eber in terms of size and users but it has a new perk that could draw in more customers ordering a car pick up from lyft can earn you points to buy free coffee at Starbucks and you can also tip your driver with Starbucks points which can be redeemed for food or drinks lyft is a three-year old service now in 65 cities across the US and you may know them as the cars with the pink mustaches similar to how eber works anyone can sign up to be a driver to earn some extra cash and customers use the app to request a nearby driver to give them a ride the Starbucks partnership with lyft is pretty noteworthy it's usually over that gets all the attention and scores the partnerships and speaking of uber it just won a major battle against New York City Mayor Bill DeBlasio and Lee for now after uber unleashed a massive marketing campaign attacking the mayor the administration has made peace with uber and is backing down from a proposal to put a cap on the amount of uber cars that will be allowed to operate in the city the bill would also have limited lips growth the point of the cap was to study traffic congestion in the city being caused by the surge of these cars working for ride hailing apps there are more obrah cars on the road in New York City than yellow taxis which is more than 14,000 now the mayor's office says it will do more studies before taking up the issue again and uber says it will provide the mayor's office with data about its operations that's it for this tech news update there's more at cnet.com from our studios in New York I'm Bridget Carey