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Google is boosting internet access in Nigeria’s biggest cities with free public wifi

No one could’ve guessed just how important the iPhone would be

Facebook is testing a small helicopter drone to bring the internet to disaster areas

Apple campus

THIS ALGORITHMIC LIFE

Don’t fall for Silicon Valley’s hubris—our technological future is more fragile than we think

Mark Zuckerberg Facebook earnings

Facebook is quickly closing in on 2 billion users

Nigeria’s telcoms regulator has reversed a decision to hike mobile data prices

Hong Gi Kim of South Korea competes during the Brain-Computer Interface Race at the Cybathlon Championships in Kloten

BRAINS WITH MACHINES

What comes after smartphones? Brain implants, maybe.

Airbnb's Nathan Blecharczyk at Quartz's The Next Billion conference on Oct. 13, 2016.

TOTAL ADDRESSABLE MARKET

Why Airbnb thinks it’s worth more than $30 billion

PRACTICAL ADVICE

Getting real on diversity in tech: Three tactics that will actually make a change

One of Amazon’s top executives is going to work in Italy’s public sector—for free