Look at the publication date. I'm not sure what TechCrunch was trying to accomplish doing that. It wasn't even the right day of the year for something like this

Look at the publication date. I'm not sure what TechCrunch was trying to accomplish doing that. It wasn't even the right day of the year for something like this. Edit: Apparently the point was to test what rebloggers would believe: http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/08/27/uber_google_and_driverless_cars_fake_techcrunch_story_widely_reported_as.html http://www.slate.com/blogs/future_tense/2013/08/27/uber_goog...