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Ray Kurzweil’s predictions of the Singularity annoy me sufficiently that I once sat down to write a TechCrunch column attacking them. A brief primer: Singularity theory argues that our exponential technological growth will, several decades hence, culminate in an unimaginable
Earlier this week I got on a call with to Nic Brisbourne, Managing Partner at London-based Forward Partners, which helps build and backs startups largely in the e-commerce space. Before that Nic spent 9 years at leading European VC firm
A major advance reveals deep connections between the classes of problems that computers can—and can’t—possibly do. The post Major Advance Reveals the Limits of Computation appeared first on WIRED. Source: wired
In the Bay Area’s overheated real estate market, Oakland is starting to look like an ideal spot for tech companies. But Oakland is pushing back. The post Uber’s Move to Oakland Will Test an Economy in Overdrive appeared first on
Check out Austin Grossman’s videogame-inspired short story here. The post Read the Sci-Fi Story ‘Fresh Prince of Gamma World’ Here appeared first on WIRED. Source: wired
Breaking up is hard to do. Harder yet when there’s a deactivation period. The post How to Make a Clean Break With the Clingiest Social Networks appeared first on WIRED. Source: wired
Nothing goes with a mood ring like a lightsaber. The post Here Is Your WIRED Star Wars Challenge for Day 161 appeared first on WIRED. Source: wired
Indie developers were rightly up in arms at the recent changes to the place of supply rules for B2C sales — deftly coined #VATMESS by Twitter wags. The rules were well-intentioned — it was not right that Apple, Google and