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Uber just announced UberEVENTS, a new service for event organizers to pre-pay rides for their guests. Uber is launching the service first in New York for “select riders” and Uber for Business users. In the coming weeks, Uber will roll out this
The founder of all that we survey on the web, Tim Berners-Lee, said on this site a few years ago that, “Data is the New Links.” He argued that with the ever-expanding world of data-driven products, and the explosion of
One thing was clear at Dreamforce last week, Salesforce’s enormous customer conference — something that has become apparent to anyone paying attention. It’s becoming a data-driven world. We are awash in data, but the problem is figuring out what we are
Hamill! Hamill! Hamill! The post Here Is Your WIRED Star Wars Challenge for Day 145 appeared first on WIRED. Source: wired
Syria’s scientists hope to use the Svalbard samples to regenerate that collection outside of their war-torn home. The post That Arctic Seed Vault Isn’t Just There for a Doomsday appeared first on WIRED. Source: wired
On Friday, Chinese president Xi Jinping will announce that China will start the world’s largest carbon trading system by 2017, according to a statement released Thursday night by the White House. The post China Says It Will Start the World’s
In advance of the release of the iPhone 6s and 6s Plus, Apple gave one to RYOT, maker of VR and documentary films. They produced a short about a painter in Haiti who is trying to transform the very poor neighborhood
We Know the Devil is a game about the terror of choosing who to get close to. The post This Game About the Devil Is Really About Hurt Feelings appeared first on WIRED. Source: wired
The penis of the leopard slug is so big that its owner has to rely on the laws of physics to unfurl it. The post Absurd Creature of the Week: This Slug Has Such a Big Penis It Has to
Venture capital is booming again. VCs invested a total of $48 billion last year — the highest amount in a decade. The lion’s share went to software, which attracted $19.8 billion, versus just $6 billion for biotech. There are many