Day: June 30, 2015

Didi Kuaidi looks ready to do everything Uber’s doing to get ahead. Which in China at least, could wind up leaving Uber behind.

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An emerging additive manufacturing technology could be fast and cheap enough to compete with conventional methods, but it faces materials-related challenges.

The inventor of a new kind of 3-D printer says his research group will build a massive machine capable of mass-producing competitively priced plastic parts within two years.

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Corner Stalk farms uses old shipping containers to grow 30,000 plants a month.

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University of Phoenix’s parent company, Apollo Education Group, reported dismal earnings Monday night.

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Playing board games is a whole lot of fun, but some of the more difficult and complex games can actually help you learn things, too. Whether you’re trying to speed up your math skills or become a stronger negotiator, here are a few skills you can build (and the games that help you build them).

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French police interview and then arrest the CEO of Uber France and general manager of Uber Europe, charging them with running an illegal taxi service and hiding documents.

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Uber France execs arrested for running ‘illegal’ taxi service originally appeared on Autoblog on Tue, 30 Jun 2015 09:15:00 EST. Please see our terms for use of feeds.

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