Sigfox has developed a new kind of wireless technology that promises to finally make the Internet of things a reality. It’s now racing to build a global network before telecom giants wake up.

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On the advice of Reddit co-founder Alexis Ohanian, this popular redditor parlayed his 8.3 million karma points into something more than bragging rights on the social news and networking site — a well-paying job he actually enjoys.

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Some exotic theories of physics predict that fundamental constants like the speed of light will change over time. Here’s how physicists look for that change, illustrated with cute-kid photos.

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As millennials flock to major cities and the number of U.S. freelancers shoots up, the popularity of coworking has grown as well.
The number of coworking spaces has increased to about 7,800 worldwide, a rise of 36% between 2014 and 2015, according to a global coworking survey conducted by coworking magazine Deskmag. The 2015 survey found that about half a million people were using these shared workspaces, in which individual members or member businesses pay a fee to share office space, and that these shared workspaces were serving 46% more members than two years earlier.

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If particles weren’t also waves, the Sun would never achieve nuclear fusion. Without quantum mechanics, life on Earth would never have come to exist.

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In the 1990s, Millennials went to school on their scooters. Now they still use scooters, to get to work. Is it nostalgia, downward mobility, or both? Cartoon by Ted Rall.

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The Xbox One has now cut its price to $300, and while that may be a good deal, this is far and away the worst time to buy since launch, given that Microsoft is on the verge of announcing two new versions of the console.

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