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Uber has created a more efficient way to set destinations faster
Want to enter your Uber destinations faster? All you have to do is hand over information on your entire life. Uber on Wednesday began rolling out a calendar integration that will take addresses listed for your meetings, flights and other events and offer them up as destinations in the Uber app. Read More...
Uber data give detailed, very useful insight in travel times
The Uber app generates a wealth of very useful data that the car sharing company is now making available to city planners, and in the next few months to the public as well. Uber data provide detailed information about travel times at various hours of the day. The new tool is called Movement and it Read More...
Google just made a big move to bring down the cost of self-driving cars
Google parent company Alphabet just made a big move to bring its self-driving car tech to market cheaper and faster. Alphabet-owned company Waymo has slashed the price of lidar, a key component of self-driving cars that helps them see the world, by 90%, Waymo CEO John Krafcik said during a keynote Read More...
Study: 1 in 7 workers in U.S. practices mindfulness
Meditation and yoga are becoming a common practice among the U.S workforce. In a study of more than 85,000 adults, researchers found that 1 in 7 workers practice mindfulness. The study also showed that the practice of yoga nearly doubled from 2002 to 2012, rising to 11% of workers. Considering Read More...
How to break your addiction to work
For many of us, working simply feels good. But just because it feeds your ego or makes you feel important, that doesn’t mean it’s actually good for you. How do you break the cycle of working long hours at the office and constantly checking email at home? How do you persuade those around you Read More...
Businesses no longer have an excuse not to disclose their climate risks
It is vitally important for investors to understand the risks that climate change may pose to the businesses they have invested in – and the opportunities in transitioning to a low-carbon economy. It’s not an easy task. Climate change may be one of the world’s best-modeled processes in Read More...
Better cotton: It’s not perfect but it’s a major step in the right direction
Perfect is the enemy of good. That’s a challenge The Optimist Daily often faces. Cotton, the most widely used natural fiber, is the world’s dirtiest crop. It uses 17.5 percent of global insecticide sales. That’s why fashion business leaders like Patagonia and Eileen Fisher are using organic Read More...
GoFundMe cracked the code for charitable giving, and the best is still to come
2016 was a big year for the crowdfunding platform GoFundMe. The philanthropic force reached over $3 billion in total donations, and had three times as many donors than in previous years. Now GoFundMe has ambitious plans for the future as they look to allow causes from around the world to set up Read More...
Why digital nomads are ditching mainstream banking for better options
For the digital nomads traveling the world and working at the same time, banking can be a giant headache. Moving money between international accounts costs money, withdrawing money costs money, and exchanging foreign currencies costs money. With all these fees, what’s even the point of banking? Read More...
Sustainable fashion: Lab-grown leather and spider silks
Watch what you wear. By some estimates, the fashion industry contributes ten percent of global carbon emissions, it uses a quarter of the chemicals produced worldwide each year and only agriculture consumer more water. The good news is that technology is changing the fashion industry. New fibers Read More...