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Uber is tracking dangerous drivers with smartphone sensors

Uber has started using smartphone sensors to record if drivers are going too fast or accelerating too aggressively.

By: James Temperton,

Jonathan Blow on his new indie game 'The Witness'

Explore the mazes of Jonathan Blow's desert island puzzle game The Witness.

By: Daniel Nye Griffiths,

'Autistic' monkeys created in Chinese lab

Scientists in China have genetically modified monkeys to give them autism in an experiment they hope will allow them to find better treatment for human sufferers of the disease.

By: Emily Reynolds,

★ “Busting Myths and Horror Stories Of Designing For The Web!” ★

Hear, hear! SmashingConf NYC 2016 is coming! A spectacular performance about failures, successes and superpowers in front-end and UX — now on Broadway! A flabbergasting show on fascinating endeavours in web design, with busted myths, horror design stories and wisdom gained from daunting real-life struggles! Don't miss the most remarkable show of the year!

Can you dispel the truth from the lies? Honesty from deception? Myths from heartbreaking real-life experience? Have you figured out responsive design, mobile, pattern libraries, SVG, flexbox, performance, HTTP/2 — and all of the other mischievous, erratic facets of designing for the web today?

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Spotify is finally adding video to its apps

Spotify will start rolling out video content to its users this week, the company has said.

By: Matt Burgess,

Ubisoft partners with Vice on content marketing program

Documentary series supports a game about New York in the wake of a pandemic

WIRED Awake: 10 must-read articles for 26 January

Your WIRED.co.uk daily briefing. Today, Spotify is adding streaming video to its mobile apps, Wikipedia editors demand the departure of the Wikimedia Foundation's newest board member, astronomers have identified the largest solar system ever seen and more.

By: WIRED.co.uk,

Tuesday, January 26, 2016