Showing posts with label Wired. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Wired. Show all posts
Wednesday, December 22, 2021

How Y Combinator Changed The World

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Steven Levy was spot on. Y Combinator has had an impact on all of us in peculiar ways. For every problem in the world, there is a startup so...
Thursday, November 04, 2021

Alvy Ray Smith

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Alvy Ray Smith is a unique figure in both computer science and entertainment. Most important of all he is a great storyteller. Steven Levy...
Sunday, August 22, 2021

Making Lightning Bolts With Rockets

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Lightning-on-demand. Don't try this at home.  Useful links: https://www.wired.com/2015/06/the-lightning-machine http://www.lightning.ece...
Tuesday, December 01, 2020

The Long Tail

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Get to know Aliette de Bodard. Useful links: https://www.wired.com/story/future-of-work-long-tail-aliette-de-bodard https://aliettedebodard....
Tuesday, November 03, 2020

Human IPO

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Startup stories. A unique marketplace for investing in people. Useful links: https://www.wired.com/story/human-ipo-startup-investing-p...
Saturday, October 24, 2020

Agrisea

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Startup stories. Get to know Luke Young and Rory Hornby. Agrisea is a startup that's working to develop gene-edited salt-tolerant crops ...
Thursday, October 22, 2020

How To Clean And Disinfect Yourself, Your Home, And Your Stuff

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Maintain the same cleaning habits. Act responsibly. Useful link: https://www.wired.com/story/coronavirus-disinfectant-cleaning-guide
Wednesday, October 21, 2020

We Can Protect The Economy From Pandemics. Why Didn't We?

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We should have listened to Nathan Wolfe. Useful links: https://www.wired.com/story/nathan-wolfe-global-economic-fallout-pandemic-insur...
Tuesday, October 13, 2020

Plastic Rain Is The New Acid Rain

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A startling discovery. Microplastics are blowing all over the world, landing in pure habitats. Plastic will never ever go away. We are the c...
Wednesday, September 02, 2020

Radioactive Diamond Batteries

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If it works, it will last thousands of years. Useful link: https://www.wired.com/story/are-radioactive-diamond-batteries-a-cure-for-nu...
Tuesday, September 01, 2020

Why Didn't Artificial Intelligence Save Us From Covid-19?

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A krillian dollar question! The key to good AI is solid data, which we don't have. Let's hope we will have a better AI when the next...
Friday, August 21, 2020

How To Sleep When The World Is Falling Apart

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Lisa Medalie was spot on. Sleep and sex are the only two things that should happen in the bedroom. Useful link: https://www.wired.com/story/...
Monday, July 06, 2020

Neeva

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Get to know Sridhar Ramaswamy. The startup is testing the subscription model for search engines. Useful links: https://www.wired.com/s...
Sunday, June 14, 2020

The Cubicle Is Back. Blame (Or Thank) The Coronavirus

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After Corona Cubicle = Social distancing + Track interactions + Location-monitoring apps and badges + Artificial intelligence surveillance c...
Friday, June 05, 2020

Microbe Mappers Are Tracking Covid-19's Invisible Traces

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Get to know Christopher Mason. Useful links: https://www.wired.com/story/microbe-mappers-are-tracking-covid-19s-invisible-traces http...
Tuesday, May 19, 2020

The Coronavirus Pandemic Is Changing How People Buy Books

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Hard to see where it is all going. Their next chapter begins when the pandemic ends. Useful link: https://www.wired.com/story/coronavi...
Friday, May 15, 2020

How Is The Coronavirus Pandemic Affecting Climate Change?

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Time will tell. Useful link: https://www.wired.com/story/coronavirus-pandemic-climate-change
Wednesday, May 13, 2020

One Man's Radical Plan To Solve Wealth Inequality

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Get to know French economist Thomas Piketty. Useful links: https://www.wired.com/story/one-mans-radical-plan-to-solve-wealth-inequalit...
Monday, November 18, 2019

If Each Of Us Planted A Tree, Would It Slow Global Warming?

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Over to you. Useful links: https://www.wired.com/author/rhett-allain https://www.wired.com/story/plant-a-tree-for-climate-change
Monday, September 02, 2019

Cody Cobb

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The whole other world is out there. It is accessible. Useful links: https://www.codycobb.com https://www.wired.com/story/hallucinator...