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2019 September
9/30/2019 - Watch: Our call on Amazon’s new products
9/30/2019 - If we are naturally violent, why do armies spend so much on training to kill?
9/30/2019 - Watch: Our call on what 5G really means
9/30/2019 - Watch: Our call from the UN General Assembly
9/30/2019 - A San Francisco tour guide was accused of spying for China
9/30/2019 - Why Facebook users who want privacy should use WhatsApp instead of Messenger
9/30/2019 - China’s National Day, Japan’s tax hike, cosmic roast
9/30/2019 - Forever 21’s bankruptcy doesn’t mean fast fashion is dead
9/30/2019 - Hangovers
9/30/2019 - The Race to Zero Emissions: compressed air, future of aviation, fossil-fuel lobbying
9/30/2019 - Zimbabwe’s central bank has shut down the use of mobile money for cash transactions
9/30/2019 - The iPhone 11 Pro Max has a bad name but it’s a fantastic phone
9/30/2019 - In its seven decades, Communist China lived through famine, class struggle, and an astonishing economic rise
9/30/2019 - Nigeria’s harassed tech industry is crowdfunding for a legal campaign against a rogue police unit
9/30/2019 - The coming changes to air travel
9/30/2019 - Visa strikes back at Mastercard with Revolut deal
9/30/2019 - Africa’s noisy, expensive generators boost electricity supply but are an environmental hazard
9/30/2019 - The home garage is the design template for many start-up offices
9/30/2019 - How these well-intended political reforms landed us with Donald Trump
9/30/2019 - How fast food uses the illusion of choice to feed Americans junk
9/30/2019 - US-EU trade spat, Austria election, CBD athleisure wear
9/30/2019 - Do lots of chats with strangers or a few deep conversations with friends make you happier?
9/30/2019 - These are the African countries not signed to China’s Belt and Road project
9/30/2019 - When airports shutter, what should we do with them?
9/30/2019 - This week for Quartz members: the future of air travel
9/30/2019 - Technology can improve the experience of flying—even for those of us at the back of the plane
9/30/2019 - It’s a great time to be running a US airline
9/30/2019 - For the airline industry, growth means change—lots of it
9/30/2019 - How Nirav Modi built a mega diamond empire despite no knowledge of gems or jewellery
9/30/2019 - A three-pronged strategy to upskill India’s workforce
9/30/2019 - India’s hotels may be finally recovering from demonetisation blow
9/30/2019 - US-Europe trade spat, Austria election, TV giveaways
9/30/2019 - Indian women are YouTube-ing their way out of gender stereotypes
9/29/2019 - IRCTC’s market debut will test investors’ faith in Modi government’s handling of the economy
9/29/2019 - Carrie Lam in Beijing, Manila strike, sneaker domination
9/29/2019 - Supercars seized from a dictator’s son were just auctioned off for millions apiece
9/29/2019 - You can now buy incredibly expensive, incredibly stupid CBD-infused athleisure wear
9/29/2019 - Nearly 55,000 Thomas Cook customers are still stranded overseas
9/29/2019 - The 737 Max’s most problematic system has a military predecessor that works better
9/29/2019 - The SNL premiere gives us the Democratic presidential candidates in a nutshell
9/29/2019 - Airbus’ subsidies could lead to pricier European champagne, olive oil, and cheese in the US
9/29/2019 - It’s wrong to impose Western music business models on Africa’s fledgling industries
9/29/2019 - Our young girls are bearing the burden of climate action. But should they be?
9/29/2019 - What’s going on with Elon Musk and the head of NASA?
9/29/2019 - Elon Musk is undesigning his Mars rocket as fast as he can
9/29/2019 - In death, Robert Mugabe snubbed the myth of the Heroes Acre he created by not being buried there
9/29/2019 - Gabon’s expensive forest, Chinese vloggers, African tourism’s rise
9/28/2019 - Issey Miyake’s latest fashion show is an ode to the beauty of female joy
9/28/2019 - China gave away over 620,000 TVs ahead of its big military parade
9/28/2019 - Weekend edition—Beleaguered unicorns, flush Flushing, TikTok activism
9/28/2019 - Weekend edition—Beleaguered unicorns, flush Flushing, TikTok activism
9/28/2019 - A reminder for Lindsey Graham: Hearsay was key to the last presidential impeachment
9/28/2019 - The internet isn’t that taken by the Trump impeachment inquiry—nor that polarized about it
9/28/2019 - Who are the “economic refugees” Imran Khan spoke about at the UNGA?
9/28/2019 - The best slide deck about climate change comes from a Danish-Icelandic artist
9/28/2019 - Sneakers are set to outsell “fashion” footwear in the US for the first time
9/28/2019 - Africa’s tourism industry is now the second fastest growing in the world
9/28/2019 - African writers are using science fiction to explore deepening relations with China
9/28/2019 - You can thank this mid-century cat photographer for your favorite cat memes
9/28/2019 - How can we design companies for human flourishing?
9/28/2019 - The tricky—and really expensive—business of building 5G
9/28/2019 - Public markets aren’t buying the stories that tech unicorns tell
9/27/2019 - Your retirement plan is probably contributing to climate change (here’s how to change that)
9/27/2019 - Imran Khan at the UNGA: “There is no such thing as radical Islam”
9/27/2019 - The Trump administration is using China to distract from impeachment
9/27/2019 - Weekend edition—Beleaguered unicorns, flush Flushing, TikTok activism
9/27/2019 - “It’s a struggle for the survival of Hong Kong”: How the Umbrella Movement became a revolution
9/27/2019 - Two linguists explain why calling the Ukraine memo a “transcript” is so wrong
9/27/2019 - Is the Cheesecake Factory a blessing or a curse for labor markets?
9/27/2019 - The problem with the Gates Foundation’s award to Narendra Modi
9/27/2019 - Qatar will slash booze prices for the 2022 World Cup, if England fans can behave
9/27/2019 - Quartzy: the retrospective viewership edition
9/27/2019 - The Amazon of Africa really isn’t a tech “unicorn” anymore
9/27/2019 - Hell
9/27/2019 - Our call on 5G starts in 30 minutes
9/27/2019 - China’s global campaign to promote its literature has arrived in Africa
9/27/2019 - The problem with the trolley problem
9/27/2019 - Quartz Future of Finance: Metro Bank should copy the Apple Store
9/27/2019 - India vs Pakistan, killer robots, and news from elsewhere
9/27/2019 - Afghanistan votes, WeWork slims down, ancient baby bottles
9/27/2019 - China is accused of harvesting tens of thousands of organs to serve a thriving global market
9/27/2019 - The death of a promising battery startup exposes harsh market realities
9/27/2019 - The US-China tech war, immigration, and unicorns
9/27/2019 - The 12 Chinese startups that became unicorns in 2019
9/27/2019 - Robots, celebrities, and TikTok: Inside Flipkart’s preparations for Big Billion Days
9/27/2019 - The many ways in which female entrepreneurs are changing patriarchal India
9/27/2019 - Sale, sale, sale: India’s online shopping fests are all about “Bharat” this year
9/27/2019 - Brexit is causing an au pair shortage in Britain
9/27/2019 - With the right nudge, India can become the next Silicon Valley
9/27/2019 - A refresher course on Hong Kong’s 2014 Umbrella Movement
9/27/2019 - Austrian election, WeWork slims down, ancient baby bottles
9/26/2019 - The US tourism trade surplus is shrinking fast
9/26/2019 - Hong Kong rally, Imran Khan’s UN plea, human cockroaches
9/26/2019 - Peloton staggers to IPO as investors sour on unprofitable unicorns
9/26/2019 - Bird watching
9/26/2019 - Liverpool Football Club fails to trademark the name of its home city
9/26/2019 - Who’s winning the race to 5G? Uh, no one
9/26/2019 - A NASA astronaut captured a gorgeously surreal image of a rocket launch
9/26/2019 - The BBC faces a backlash for reprimanding an anchor over Trump race remarks
9/26/2019 - Facebook is working on technology to turn us all into holograms
9/26/2019 - Ukraine’s president is being dubbed “Monica Zelensky” at home
9/26/2019 - The new US labor secretary has a history of opposing workers’ rights
9/26/2019 - Nigeria’s military is in a battle with humanitarian NGOs in the country’s troubled northeast
9/26/2019 - The White House knew Trump’s Ukraine call was problematic, and tried to hide it
9/26/2019 - The countries that let foreign students stay the longest after graduation
9/26/2019 - France’s luxury titan criticized Greta Thunberg at a sustainability event
9/26/2019 - Our call on Amazon’s new product roll out starts in 30 minutes
9/26/2019 - The UK is spending record sums keeping politicians safe since an MP’s murder
9/26/2019 - McDonald’s is letting job seekers start the application process on Alexa and Google Assistant
9/26/2019 - Are we finally at a tipping point on climate action?
9/26/2019 - The Race to Zero Emissions: Are we at a tipping point?
9/26/2019 - Humanity will outlive climate change and nuclear war, no matter how bad it gets
9/26/2019 - Over the moon
9/26/2019 - Where companies go wrong on valuation
9/26/2019 - Crypto hoaxes
9/26/2019 - What climate change looks like from outer space
9/26/2019 - Even the world’s most advanced cities aren’t ready for the disruptions of artificial intelligence
9/26/2019 - Alliance against nationalism, Iran says no, and news from elsewhere
9/26/2019 - Trump is deregulating food safety in the pork industry
9/26/2019 - US Supreme Court justice Neil Gorsuch wants a word with us
9/26/2019 - Spy chief, Israel deadlock, old British men
9/26/2019 - The US isn’t choosing to give less to the UN but these countries are
9/26/2019 - What are the best schools near you? A new tool from Stanford has the most accurate answer
9/26/2019 - Why crypto hoaxes are so successful
9/26/2019 - How Hong Kong protesters are defending their use of Nazi imagery
9/26/2019 - The many reasons why rallies like Howdy, Modi! make political sense to the BJP
9/26/2019 - Amazon is way ahead of Apple and Google in AI devices
9/26/2019 - Why India must become a global supercomputer power
9/26/2019 - Indians love to respect their elders—unless they’re in the workplace
9/26/2019 - Modi’s claim of a vibrant Indian economy is wrong on many counts
9/26/2019 - Johnson’s pep talk, US-Japan trade deal, labradoodle mistake
9/26/2019 - The soundtrack of this year’s Hong Kong protests marks a somber turn from the Umbrella Movement
9/25/2019 - Amazon just introduced smart glasses, and countless other new ways to talk to Alexa
9/25/2019 - A Ukrainian dad ran a giant, pro-Trump Facebook campaign with his 13-year-old kid
9/25/2019 - War games, Ukrainian phone records, labradoodles
9/25/2019 - Trump’s Ukraine gambit threatened US national security
9/25/2019 - A stable climate may require a carbon removal industry twice as big as the one for fossil fuels
9/25/2019 - How many Y’s are in Volodymyr Zelensky(y)’s name?
9/25/2019 - PLATO
9/25/2019 - Juul’s new CEO is a Big Tobacco veteran
9/25/2019 - Who is “the woman” who Trump mentions in Ukraine call?
9/25/2019 - Failed state? How the DRC continues to deliver public services
9/25/2019 - Wait, movie conclusions of TV shows are good now
9/25/2019 - Read the record of Trump’s controversial call to Ukraine’s president Zelensky
9/25/2019 - Did Modi just weigh in on India’s “national language” debate?
9/25/2019 - Nike says its newest sneaker mashup is a “runaway hit”
9/25/2019 - Ukrainian president Volodymyr Zelensky is also a former TV star facing scandal
9/25/2019 - Our call from the UN General Assembly starts in 30 minutes
9/25/2019 - Africa will see the world’s biggest surge in illicit drug users over the next 30 years
9/25/2019 - Beijing’s massive Zaha Hadid “starfish” airport is open
9/25/2019 - The rise of China has created a new kind of Chinatown
9/25/2019 - Dramatically change society to curb climate change or drown in higher sea levels, warns a new UN report
9/25/2019 - The future of work will be far less frightening when there’s more women in AI
9/25/2019 - The art and science of stewarding the S&P 500
9/25/2019 - Ukraine speaks, Bloomberg vs. Gates, and news from elsewhere
9/25/2019 - Scientists calculated the carbon savings of giving up one steak a week
9/25/2019 - After Uber, Americans spent more on taxis and less on public transit
9/25/2019 - Jeff Bezos wants the US military to think bigger in space
9/25/2019 - Trump transcript, Beijing’s glitzy airport, soufflé snafu
9/25/2019 - Sea creatures are moving towards the poles at a rate of 32 miles per decade
9/25/2019 - How to find the perfect parking spot, according to science
9/25/2019 - Asia’s payment companies generate more revenue than almost the rest of the world combined
9/25/2019 - India’s seemingly generous maternity law benefits merely 1% of its women
9/25/2019 - Cut off from hospitals, Kashmiri protesters are treated by amateurs with cycle spokes
9/25/2019 - Nine years after an office party, Pepperfry is planning an IPO party
9/25/2019 - Parliament’s back, Neumann out, soufflé snafu
9/25/2019 - India’s ruling Bharatiya Janata Party has a rape problem
9/24/2019 - Miami is “not even prepared to think about preparing” for a storm like Hurricane Dorian, says its mayor
9/24/2019 - Trump impeachment, parliament’s return, submarine smugglers
9/24/2019 - How the impeachment process works
9/24/2019 - Google contract workers have voted to unionize in Pittsburgh
9/24/2019 - This is why Trump’s Ukraine call could be an impeachable offense
9/24/2019 - The fall of Adam Neumann is the logical endpoint of Silicon Valley’s unicorn bubble
9/24/2019 - Watch: Our call on Ola, India’s ride-hailing unicorn
9/24/2019 - A new statistic reveals the startling privilege of white kids admitted to Harvard
9/24/2019 - A startling photo of a pistol-wielding senator highlights Haiti’s many crises
9/24/2019 - Penmanship
9/24/2019 - How Bevi has perfected the art of growing sustainably out of Boston
9/24/2019 - This Boston success story is tracking to become the next global fitness phenomenon
9/24/2019 - A spider brooch was the star of Boris Johnson’s Supreme Court hearing
9/24/2019 - Nigeria is investigating a Swedish call blocking app for privacy breaches but exposes holes in its own laws
9/24/2019 - Allbirds calls out Amazon for its unsustainable knockoff of its sneakers
9/24/2019 - The robots are finally coming for you
9/24/2019 - China’s ride-hailing passengers are spotting a new detail in driver profiles: Party membership
9/24/2019 - Your work emails contain subtle clues about your emotional state
9/24/2019 - These Chinese vloggers are changing how China’s rising middle class sees Africa
9/24/2019 - Gen Z defines job security completely differently from the rest of us
9/24/2019 - The biggest problem with social media has nothing to do with free speech
9/24/2019 - Behold, London’s most thrilling public bench
9/24/2019 - Uber’s time is ticking in London
9/24/2019 - The problem big manufacturers have with recycling—and how to fix it
9/24/2019 - Tesla’s Chinese rival NIO desperately needs a recharge
9/24/2019 - The UK Supreme Court just ruled Boris Johnson’s suspension of parliament is unlawful
9/24/2019 - Greta Thunberg won the UN General Debate before it began
9/24/2019 - UK Supreme Court, UNGA speeches, hangover remedies
9/24/2019 - What is the UK Supreme Court and who is the woman who heads it?
9/24/2019 - A simple guide to exactly how the United Nations is funded
9/24/2019 - In defense of economics
9/24/2019 - The UN General Assembly lurches into full swing
9/24/2019 - I was at the Howdy, Modi! rally, and it was not all cheers
9/24/2019 - There’s no economic slowdown on planet Flipkart
9/24/2019 - This Diwali, Flipkart and Amazon India have to please buyers, angry sellers and the competition regulator
9/24/2019 - The good old BA is India’s most popular graduate course, and that’s a problem
9/24/2019 - Parliament ruling, 737 Max compensation, luxury KitKats
9/24/2019 - India’s constitution is over 30 times as long as the US’, and it keeps getting bigger
9/23/2019 - Welcome to our annual effort to translate all that impenetrable UNGA-speak
9/23/2019 - The Fed has a smaller share of female economists than the typical federal agency
9/23/2019 - Greta’s speech, Google’s verdict, luxury Kit Kats
9/23/2019 - Randomness
9/23/2019 - While global leaders messed around, Greta Thunberg and 15 kids got down to business
9/23/2019 - One stark graphic shows how we need to shift our diets for the planet
9/23/2019 - Photos: What happens when 150,000 vacations are cancelled at once
9/23/2019 - “Game of Thrones” beat HBO’s best show for the top Emmy prize
9/23/2019 - Watch: Our call on the new generation of productivity apps
9/23/2019 - The loudest critic of Gucci’s latest misstep was one of its own models
9/23/2019 - Thomas Cook found the age of Empire easier than the age of Expedia
9/23/2019 - The UK’s opposition party says it will introduce a 4-day week for the entire country
9/23/2019 - Michelle Williams’ Emmy speech shows why equal pay is good business
9/23/2019 - The US just promised to adopt universal health care
9/23/2019 - Financial trading firms are wooing top mathematical brains with “exciting” datasets
9/23/2019 - The Race to Zero Emissions: climate week, flying boom, London event
9/23/2019 - A Chinese province wants to give college students $1.4 billion in loans—for pocket money
9/23/2019 - Gabon will be paid by Norway to preserve its forests
9/23/2019 - The share of the global migrant population forced to leave their homes is growing
9/23/2019 - WeWork drama, Trump’s phone call, AI Picasso
9/23/2019 - The essential guide to 5G
9/23/2019 - The debate around 5G’s safety is getting in the way of science
9/23/2019 - 5G explained: The reality behind the hype
9/23/2019 - The travel agency of Britain’s far-flung 19th-century empire is dead
9/23/2019 - Trump beside him, Modi says it loud and clear without saying it: “Behave yourself, Pakistan”
9/23/2019 - WeWork drama, Thomas Cook collapse, AI Picasso
9/23/2019 - Despite the tax cut, India’s corporates won’t invest. Then what’s the point, finance minister?
9/22/2019 - Photos from Narendra Modi’s biggest-ever American rally
9/22/2019 - Hong Kong’s top shopping district is on the verge of a vacancy crisis
9/22/2019 - Ahead of UN climate summit, Google, Amazon, IKEA pledge environmental initiatives
9/22/2019 - UN climate summit, WeWork coup, Twitter “nastiness”
9/22/2019 - Amazon’s Allbirds clone shows its relentless steamrolling of brands
9/22/2019 - Modi told Indian-Americans “everything is fine” in India in nine languages. But is it?
9/22/2019 - The seminal Hollywood movie on apartheid South Africa and its pioneering black female director
9/22/2019 - Disney’s Bob Iger walked away from a Twitter purchase because of “nastiness”
9/22/2019 - A US central bank official adds to the scrutiny of WeWork’s business model
9/22/2019 - Wim Crouwel, the Dutch graphic-design legend who championed clarity above all, has died
9/22/2019 - How to have great meetings, according to 200 scientific studies
9/22/2019 - New: Quartz investigations 🔍
9/22/2019 - Sea level rise will flood the neighborhood around the UN building with two degrees warming
9/22/2019 - Africa’s innovators have to create efficiencies, yes, but also jobs
9/22/2019 - Africa Innovators 2019, Andela’s layoffs, lending app pains in Kenya, Tanzania
9/21/2019 - Weekend edition—US-Iran tension, African innovators, the “nice” trap
9/21/2019 - Weekend edition—US-Iran tension, African innovators, the “nice” trap
9/21/2019 - What to do when your iPhone says an app has been using your location in the background
9/21/2019 - How big was the global climate strike? Here’s the best city-by-city estimate
9/21/2019 - What to expect at the 2019 Emmys
9/21/2019 - American exceptionalism is dead
9/21/2019 - At the climate strike, kids say they are fighting for their lives
9/21/2019 - Instagram’s algorithm favors more realistic content because that’s what people want
9/21/2019 - IKEA is investing $2.8 billion in renewable energy infrastructure
9/21/2019 - Carbon Engineering is doubling its CO2-capturing machine even before it’s built
9/21/2019 - A therapist’s take on what “Succession” gets painfully right about power and family
9/21/2019 - The small library in Sicily that helps Italians understand African migration to Europe
9/21/2019 - In the crisis with Iran, the US started it—twice
9/21/2019 - Impossible Foods is now selling its plant-based burger in grocery stores
9/21/2019 - How to watch, and everything else you need to know about Modi’s Houston mega event
9/20/2019 - Weekend edition—US-Iran tension, African innovators, the “nice” trap
9/20/2019 - Pumpkin Spice Latte
9/20/2019 - So you have decided to play Untitled Goose Game and be a horrible goose
9/20/2019 - Quartzy: the Chinatown edition
9/20/2019 - Climate strikes spread around the globe
9/20/2019 - Amazon’s climate pledge confirms the new power of employees
9/20/2019 - India joins the global climate change strike
9/20/2019 - The many faces and massive scale of the global climate strike
9/20/2019 - When to take your midsize business’ IoT management to the next level
9/20/2019 - When to take your midsize business’ IoT management to the next level
9/20/2019 - Three ways to optimize your company’s IoT investment
9/20/2019 - Our call on productivity apps starts in 30 minutes
9/20/2019 - Africa’s cities face the harshest outcomes of climate change and its young people know it
9/20/2019 - Digital lending apps are coming under scrutiny in East Africa for predatory practices
9/20/2019 - China’s tech giants are helping the Communist Party’s newspaper fine-tune its online voice
9/20/2019 - What getting shot taught me about practicing medicine in the US
9/20/2019 - 4 in 10 American workers consider themselves social activists
9/20/2019 - These fashion businesses are positioned to survive a US recession
9/20/2019 - A good onboarding experience for new hires requires two key things
9/20/2019 - Quartz Future of Finance: TransferWise will raise some fees in the coming year
9/20/2019 - Climate strikes, Trump’s whistleblower, Japanese whisky
9/20/2019 - Global leaders, Bill Gates, and the future of 5G
9/20/2019 - With 50,000 attendees and Donald Trump, Modi to address his biggest-ever US rally this weekend
9/20/2019 - Presentation: Everything you need to know about 5G
9/20/2019 - Hiring for early-stage Indian startups doesn’t have to be a hit-and-miss game
9/20/2019 - Farooq Abdullah once defended India amid global backlash on Kashmir. Now, he has to defend himself
9/20/2019 - Climate strikes, Trump’s whistleblower, horse wars
9/20/2019 - My fancy smartphone could never give me what the landline gave my grandmother
9/20/2019 - Can Hong Kong’s fighting spirit endure? An answer might lie in China’s own Communist history
9/19/2019 - Rugby World Cup, Kashmir protests, horse wars
9/19/2019 - The glass-shattering power of seeing pregnant women in the workplace
9/19/2019 - How to redecorate homes for people with dementia
9/19/2019 - What China could gain from a digital yuan
9/19/2019 - China’s digital yuan
9/19/2019 - Stripe’s soaring valuation shows money is still pouring into tech unicorns
9/19/2019 - Why is it so hard to make a running shoe without plastic?
9/19/2019 - Vegetarianism
9/19/2019 - Netflix just made the worst TV show of all time
9/19/2019 - Amazon orders 100,000 electric delivery trucks, doubling the fleet in Europe and North America
9/19/2019 - Alphabet is partnering with FedEx and Walgreens to bring drone delivery to the US
9/19/2019 - A majority of Americans think people in power act unethically, and with impunity
9/19/2019 - Some Big Four partners get decade-high UK pay despite falling audit standards
9/19/2019 - Storing energy in compressed air could finally become cheap enough for the big time
9/19/2019 - Why forced arbitration policies are a huge red flag for women at work
9/19/2019 - Scooter startups aren’t raising money like they used to
9/19/2019 - Should friends sit together at work?
9/19/2019 - Can nice women get ahead at work?
9/19/2019 - The world’s first magic mushroom research center is launching in Jamaica
9/19/2019 - Our call on the rise of Ola starts in 30 minutes
9/19/2019 - The huge youth climate strike is about courage, not hope
9/19/2019 - The space secrets edition
9/19/2019 - Quartz Africa Innovators 2019: leading the change for Africa’s future
9/19/2019 - A radical approach to confronting addiction puts human connection first
9/19/2019 - There is an important difference between aloneness and loneliness
9/19/2019 - The Race to Zero Emissions: Why youth activism is winning
9/19/2019 - What happens when delivery startups use employees instead of contractors
9/19/2019 - How Neil Young’s failed anti-streaming business helped the music industry
9/19/2019 - Why Starbucks is now on Hong Kong protesters’ business boycott list
9/19/2019 - US-China talks, Trudeau’s brownface, Pete’s sooty face
9/19/2019 - Indians have been penny-pinching for a Diwali in the time of economic slowdown
9/19/2019 - An investors’ guide to spotting the next billion-dollar startup
9/19/2019 - India’s reason to ban vaping has little to do with its impact on health
9/19/2019 - Bank of England, Trudeau’s brownface, Pete’s sooty face
9/19/2019 - Children, not career: Millennials in Delhi have their priorities clear
9/19/2019 - Why China isn’t as skillful at disinformation as Russia
9/18/2019 - Fed cuts, trade talks, sooty face
9/18/2019 - This chilling video from Sandy Hook Promise shows how gun violence is destroying childhood in America
9/18/2019 - Will Americans pay $200 to watch the US lose the Rugby World Cup?
9/18/2019 - NASA’s Juno orbiter has captured a solar eclipse on Jupiter
9/18/2019 - Over 3,000 people have been killed by a deadly virus in DR Congo this year —and it’s not Ebola
9/18/2019 - A controversial climate plan to restore a safe atmosphere debuts at the UN
9/18/2019 - Area 51
9/18/2019 - New SNL member Chloe Fineman’s impressions are the best things on Instagram
9/18/2019 - World health leaders warn the world is dangerously unprepared for a pandemic
9/18/2019 - Huawei’s big test will be trying to sell a device with no Google apps outside China
9/18/2019 - Facebook is launching new Portal smart displays. But why?
9/18/2019 - What my 10-year-old taught me about industry innovation
9/18/2019 - How Trump has made food stamps a Republican cause
9/18/2019 - What Andela’s big change in business model and layoffs mean for Africa’s tech ecosystems
9/18/2019 - The global demand for palm oil is driving the fires in Indonesia
9/18/2019 - Chinese firms are driving the rise of AI surveillance across Africa
9/18/2019 - The oil field attacks could cost Saudi Arabia hundreds of millions of dollars per day
9/18/2019 - The head of the agency behind Nike’s Kaepernick ad on finding allies and letting in fear
9/18/2019 - US immigrant detention centers are so crowded Border Patrol is running out of storage space
9/18/2019 - As a disabled woman, my abortion wasn’t questioned—but my pregnancy was
9/18/2019 - If Israelis have the right of return, we should extend that right to all native people
9/18/2019 - The Green New Deal isn’t socialist, it’s “biblical,” argue evangelical environmentalists
9/18/2019 - Fed rate cut, California curbed, Whitney hologram
9/18/2019 - A Balinese school is leading a global renaissance of bamboo architecture
9/18/2019 - Ola’s electric mobility dreams get real
9/18/2019 - Nobody wants a used electric vehicle in China, unless it’s a Tesla
9/18/2019 - Which regions of the UK have had a recession recently?
9/18/2019 - Revoking Kashmir’s autonomy may derail efforts to end insurgency in India’s northeast
9/18/2019 - How to get free 5-star hotel stays in India
9/18/2019 - In more bad news for the economy, India’s highway construction hits a speed bump
9/18/2019 - Fed rate cut, Israel impasse, Whitney hologram
9/18/2019 - Coal imports by Indian power plants are growing at the fastest rate in five years
9/17/2019 - LinkedIn skills tests will assess users—but will they predict performance?
9/17/2019 - Trade-war progress, Spanish turmoil, reckless mammoths
9/17/2019 - Facebook is partnering up with London police to develop technology to identify terror attacks
9/17/2019 - How Nigeria got hit with a $9.6 billion gas deal judgment debt in a UK court
9/17/2019 - WeWork’s IPO delay is bursting SoftBank’s bubble
9/17/2019 - Turbans
9/17/2019 - Elizabeth Warren’s huge New York rally was a tribute to garment workers
9/17/2019 - NBC and HBO have answers to Netflix’s “Seinfeld” acquisition
9/17/2019 - The case against an investigative journalist shows Tanzania’s Magufuli widening a media crackdown
9/17/2019 - The Pentagon taps Microsoft and Ball to pilot new military satellites
9/17/2019 - An introvert’s guide to speaking up for what’s right
9/17/2019 - The test results that best explain the STEM gender gap are not the math scores
9/17/2019 - Here’s a “win-win” trade concession China can make to the US right now
9/17/2019 - Netanyahu’s bid to avoid corruption charges could undermine Israeli democracy
9/17/2019 - 250 million people rely on the Nile for water that may not exist by 2080
9/17/2019 - Apple goes to court, Israel votes, odorless weed
9/17/2019 - African digital businesses face more obstacles as the internet gets dominated by “super platforms”
9/17/2019 - Andela is overhauling its outsourcing model in Africa—and letting go of up to 400 developers
9/17/2019 - Will Trump concede if he loses in 2020?
9/17/2019 - What’s one of the fastest-growing jobs in India? (Hint: Ola has something to do with it)
9/17/2019 - Why hail a four wheel cab, when two wheels do the job?
9/17/2019 - This Diwali, Amazon readies its fireworks to woo small-town India
9/17/2019 - “They pluck out hearts of children”—how fake news is crippling Indian villages with anxiety
9/17/2019 - The citizens’ register is the latest wound in Assam’s long history of loss and hurt
9/17/2019 - UK Supreme Court, Greta Thunberg, blackest black
9/17/2019 - Zomato’s now banking on a visual feast to woo customers
9/17/2019 - Bill Gates shares the ultimate recipe for achieving global literacy
9/17/2019 - Bill Gates: “Economists don’t actually understand macroeconomics”
9/17/2019 - The Gates Foundation says that inequality stands in the way of progress
9/17/2019 - Bill Gates on the limitations of corporate purpose
9/17/2019 - Bill Gates says climate change is a threat to development because it leads to war
9/16/2019 - Wong appeals to US, gushing oil prices, blackest black
9/16/2019 - Photos: GM auto workers strike across the US
9/16/2019 - SNL says Shane Gillis will not join its cast after all
9/16/2019 - Inbox zero
9/16/2019 - Denim is far from dead. Just ask Madewell.
9/16/2019 - The UAW started its biggest labor strike in years with one new advantage
9/16/2019 - Comedians have a theory about why SNL hired Shane Gillis—and why he won’t last long
9/16/2019 - Watch: Our call with Don Tapscott on taking back your online identity
9/16/2019 - Why J.J. Abrams reportedly turned down $500 million from Apple
9/16/2019 - Despite Brexit, the UK is even more dominant in currency trading
9/16/2019 - Our call with Don Tapscott starts in 30 minutes
9/16/2019 - China’s unending demand for rosewood furniture is damaging African forests
9/16/2019 - The Race to Zero Emissions: rising divestment, climate apartheid, book deal
9/16/2019 - The success of China’s Belt and Road depends on global cooperation not competition
9/16/2019 - China is trying to steal military space tech. The US is running stings to stop it.
9/16/2019 - Even pigeons are banned from flying for China’s 70th birthday
9/16/2019 - How 5G will reinvent “working from home”
9/16/2019 - Trump talks oil, autoworkers strike, chess stress
9/16/2019 - Ola drivers on their triumphs and frustrations
9/16/2019 - A status update on the Uber-Ola war in India
9/16/2019 - One of India’s biggest startups offers a valuable lesson in how to attract angel investors
9/16/2019 - The Indian startup you need to understand
9/16/2019 - A complete guide to Ola and the startup scene it spawned in India
9/16/2019 - One of India’s largest coal-mining states says it will not build new coal power plants
9/16/2019 - India’s triple talaq law has divided even those who oppose the practice
9/16/2019 - Boris in Luxembourg, oil anxiety, chess stress
9/16/2019 - The MBBS has lost its relevance in India, says the man behind the world’s cheapest hospital
9/16/2019 - Political risks are intensifying for business—here’s how to make sense of it
9/15/2019 - Attack on Saudi refinery threatens India’s already slowing economy
9/15/2019 - China’s economy, oil anxiety, chess stress
9/15/2019 - Vapers are turning to cigarettes to wean themselves off Juuls
9/15/2019 - Democrats call for Brett Kavanaugh impeachment after new misconduct allegation
9/15/2019 - Lupita Nyong’o’s take on Chimamanda’s Americanah for HBO will help Hollywood’s Africa blind spot
9/15/2019 - Deloitte, Microsoft, Dell: These are the companies making millions supplying ICE
9/15/2019 - Moscow just held a parade of garbage trucks and city buses
9/15/2019 - South Africa’s township foods are being remade as gourmet dishes by a new generation of chefs
9/15/2019 - Africa’s digital economy, Zimbabwe’s Tesla moment, South Africa’s Afrophobia
9/14/2019 - Weekend edition—Uber’s gig, China’s tourists, agritainment
9/14/2019 - Weekend edition—Uber’s gig, China’s tourists, agritainment
9/14/2019 - Drones just attacked the world’s largest oil refinery
9/14/2019 - China is locking tourists in their Beijing hotels for military parade rehearsals
9/14/2019 - A complete guide to the best 2019 fall movies
9/14/2019 - Trump’s acting intel chief may be hiding evidence of serious White House misconduct
9/14/2019 - A recent criminal filing shows the golden age of air travel is definitely over
9/14/2019 - Amazon and Google warned that funding anti-LGBTQ politicians is bad for business
9/14/2019 - North Africa’s only democracy might soon elect its very own Berlusconi
9/14/2019 - Electric cars are finally taking a (tiny) bite out of combustion engine sales
9/14/2019 - What is Uber’s “usual course” of business? Much rides on the answer
9/14/2019 - Americans are not using umbrellas as they were intended
9/14/2019 - Even the perfect French parent doesn’t have childcare figured out
9/13/2019 - Watch: our call on the state of global trade
9/13/2019 - MoviePass is shutting down, and probably dead
9/13/2019 - Weekend edition—Uber’s gig, China’s tourists, agritainment
9/13/2019 - Roller derby
9/13/2019 - As apparel retail tanks, Old Navy announces plans for 800 new stores
9/13/2019 - A Border Patrol gala retirement party will be held at a Trump golf resort
9/13/2019 - Even Jeff Bezos can’t afford to ignore his employees’ climate-change demands
9/13/2019 - Geodesign is going to change the design world as we know it
9/13/2019 - Zimbabwe turns to Tesla batteries to keep its top mobile money player running as a power crisis deepens
9/13/2019 - America’s top colleges are not the engines of social mobility they say they are
9/13/2019 - Quartzy: the pivot to TV edition
9/13/2019 - Our call on the state of global trade starts in 10 minutes
9/13/2019 - Three in four Africans applying for student visas in Canada this year have been rejected
9/13/2019 - Politically incorrect speech can be good politics
9/13/2019 - These charts show migrants aren’t South Africa’s biggest problem
9/13/2019 - Quartz Future of Finance: PayPal’s war on cash
9/13/2019 - A US official says tech giants Alibaba and Tencent present similar risks as Huawei
9/13/2019 - Global trade, digital serfdom, Apple, and purposeful productivity
9/13/2019 - Elizabeth Warren has a plan to fix the State Department and no one wants to talk about it
9/13/2019 - Lib Dems party, Democratic debate, the youthful universe
9/13/2019 - The one skill that doesn’t deteriorate with age
9/13/2019 - India, leave those forests on the mountains alone, lest you want to drown
9/13/2019 - Presentation: How to add purpose to your productivity routine
9/13/2019 - The UK has good news for Indian students—and, perhaps, bad news for the US
9/13/2019 - The beauty industry’s most entrenched diversity problem is ethnic plastic surgery
9/13/2019 - Heads Up For Tales is raising millions as Indian pet parents pamper their pooches
9/13/2019 - Only Plato can explain the confusion over Brexit in the UK’s highest courts
9/13/2019 - Lack of funds is the biggest hurdle for companies wanting to reskill their staff
9/13/2019 - Back-to-back controversies leave Zomato’s brand image with a bad aftertaste
9/13/2019 - Mid-Autumn Festival protests, Democrats debate, extreme romance
9/12/2019 - Biden vs Warren: The epic showdown that didn’t happen
9/12/2019 - Andrew Yang’s money giveaway gimmick undermines Universal Basic Income
9/12/2019 - Mid-Autumn Festival protests, Kashmir statement, hand-holding skeletons
9/12/2019 - A Swiss house built by robots promises to revolutionize the construction industry
9/12/2019 - If you really want a diverse workforce, think smaller
9/12/2019 - Africa’s Catholic Church faces competition and a troubled legacy even as it grows
9/12/2019 - Kool-Aid
9/12/2019 - Is carbon-neutrality fashion’s next runway trend?
9/12/2019 - The average menstrual cycle is not 28 days
9/12/2019 - The TSA is worried about the suicidal thoughts of its airport screeners
9/12/2019 - Nigerians aren’t targeted more than other Africans in South Africa’s xenophobic attacks but the damage is done
9/12/2019 - Watch: our call on Apple’s new products
9/12/2019 - The European Central Bank cut rates again, but will it matter?
9/12/2019 - New US Census data shows smallest ever pay gap between working men and women
9/12/2019 - California could become the first state to ban single-use plastics
9/12/2019 - The Supreme Court just green lighted the Trump administration’s asylum restrictions, for now
9/12/2019 - Which US state is least-equipped to fight corruption? Look away, Arizona and Wyoming
9/12/2019 - Fraudsters made a local panhandler president of a shell company to hide their scheme
9/12/2019 - Prince’s groundbreaking album “1999” is getting a huge reissue
9/12/2019 - We’re thinking about the student debt crisis all wrong
9/12/2019 - StarKist is on the hook for $100 million in tuna price fixing scheme
9/12/2019 - New research shows the career path to CEO is different for women
9/12/2019 - Six questions to ask yourself when reading about AI
9/12/2019 - SES isn’t waiting on satellite swarms
9/12/2019 - Jeffrey Epstein, Joi Ito, and bitcoin
9/12/2019 - Tiny Guam is vying to be the world’s next big telecommunications hub
9/12/2019 - Dem debate 3.0, China tariffs delay, lost continent
9/12/2019 - Scientists are finding that forests aren’t as good at fighting climate change as we thought
9/12/2019 - Singing showdowns in Hong Kong pit the city’s unofficial new anthem against China’s
9/12/2019 - Jeffrey Epstein’s bitcoin intrigue deserves scrutiny at MIT
9/12/2019 - India’s road safety should be paved with behavioural change, not heavy fines
9/12/2019 - Why does Mumbai need the Bombay Chamber Orchestra? Its 90-year-old founder tries to answer
9/12/2019 - Meet three Indian ethical hackers who made over $40,000 each in 2018 from bug bounties
9/12/2019 - OPEC+ meets, Operation Yellowhammer, lost continent
9/11/2019 - Now, Indian professionals must cope with the threat of mid-career stagnation
9/11/2019 - Stock exchange exchanges, unlawful Parliament suspension, lost continent
9/11/2019 - Purdue Pharma offers billions to settle opioids lawsuits. Some states say it’s not enough
9/11/2019 - Esports
9/11/2019 - Late to e-commerce, Zara is now blanketing the globe with it
9/11/2019 - The Trump administration prepares to ban flavored e-cigarettes
9/11/2019 - You probably don’t need to buy a MacBook anymore
9/11/2019 - Robert Frank exposed an America that Americans weren’t ready to see
9/11/2019 - The memo from Harvey Weinstein’s lawyer is a roadmap for how accused predators stay in power
9/11/2019 - The ECB, and central banking, is at a crossroads
9/11/2019 - Canada’s election season has begun. It’ll last just 40 days.
9/11/2019 - How WeWork stacks up with the big IPOs of 2019 on gender balance
9/11/2019 - Flying with an emotional support animal may soon get a whole lot more difficult
9/11/2019 - Season 2 of Because China 🇨🇳
9/11/2019 - US Facebook users are getting older
9/11/2019 - Boris Johnson’s advice to the Queen was unlawful, say judges in Scotland
9/11/2019 - Our call on Apple’s new products starts in 30 minutes
9/11/2019 - We’re living in an era of digital feudalism. Here’s how to take your data and identity back
9/11/2019 - Is it ever OK to take donations from people like Jeffrey Epstein?
9/11/2019 - Storm is comics’ overlooked groundbreaking superhero
9/11/2019 - Four entrepreneurs who are saying ‘no’ to normal
9/11/2019 - Hong Kong’s attempted buyout of London Stock Exchange is the most audacious in history
9/11/2019 - Africa’s most valuable company has just created the biggest internet company in Europe
9/11/2019 - Trump’s bid to bring G7 to his Doral resort would be illegal if he was anyone else
9/11/2019 - The anti-vax movement is effectively reversing decades of progress in disease prevention
9/11/2019 - Every state recession since 2007 and why they matter
9/11/2019 - Why employee rewards are frequently ineffective and potentially counterproductive
9/11/2019 - Netflix co-founder: Luck isn’t about chance—it’s about preparation
9/11/2019 - This Hebrew word can help you turn inevitable chaos into creativity
9/11/2019 - How Chinese tourists are reshaping the global travel economy
9/11/2019 - Scientists have successfully created embryos of the near-extinct northern white rhino
9/11/2019 - China’s electric vehicle sales are now declining by double digits
9/11/2019 - Trudeau campaigns, the gig’s up, Delhi high life
9/11/2019 - The California Senate has voted to end the gig economy as we know it
9/11/2019 - What Jack Ma said during his farewell speech to Alibaba
9/11/2019 - Abhinandan Indians! Your watch could now carry a piece of IAF history
9/11/2019 - Chinese users are trolling Apple for not having a 5G phone
9/11/2019 - No, finance minister. Indian millennials are not to blame for the automobile slowdown
9/11/2019 - We’re facing a global childcare shortage—and women and children are paying the price
9/11/2019 - An innovative preschool in Qatar is teaching toddlers empathy
9/11/2019 - Glitches aside, the Moon mission may deepen India’s space rivalry with China
9/11/2019 - Trudeau’s campaign, Abe’s new cabinet, Delhi high life
9/11/2019 - India’s economic slowdown may be worse than it appears
9/11/2019 - South Korea’s turning to the WTO over Japan’s weaponization of trade
9/10/2019 - In defense of Uber laying off another 435 employees
9/10/2019 - Abe hires, Trump fires, Delhi high life
9/10/2019 - Google just confirmed its competitor to Apple Arcade
9/10/2019 - When did Apple get so bad at naming things?
9/10/2019 - The Bahamas ferry confusion is the perfect encapsulation of America under Trump
9/10/2019 - John Bolton’s departure is good for diplomacy but bad for stability
9/10/2019 - Everything Apple announced at today’s September event
9/10/2019 - Employers should conduct job interviews to accommodate candidates with autism
9/10/2019 - Apple TV+ will cost much less than Netflix—but don’t let that excite you too much
9/10/2019 - Happy Birthday to You
9/10/2019 - John Bolton’s departure opens a door to ease tensions with Iran
9/10/2019 - The strange math behind US poverty numbers
9/10/2019 - Street magazine vendors across the UK are taking card payments as cash disappears
9/10/2019 - Small-business owners have no fear of a US recession, according to one online lender
9/10/2019 - Who would you side with in a conflict between the US and Russia? Neither, say most Europeans
9/10/2019 - Big Four accounting firms bungle a third of US audits but are rarely fined
9/10/2019 - Watch: our call on the future of fashion week
9/10/2019 - Softbank, WeWork’s biggest investor, has lost its appetite for a WeWork IPO
9/10/2019 - Hong Kong police are now routinely insulting the city’s people as “cockroaches”
9/10/2019 - How to watch Apple’s September 10 iPhone event
9/10/2019 - Going to the doctor can be a traumatic experience for trans patients—but one piece of paper would help change that
9/10/2019 - I helped create a unique upcycling system—but it won’t solve fashion’s waste problem
9/10/2019 - China’s lamenting the price of pork through Douyin videos
9/10/2019 - The disabled community is the world’s third-largest economic power
9/10/2019 - Pinfluencers are here to stay
9/10/2019 - Hundreds of Nigerians are taking up the government’s offer to be evacuated from South Africa
9/10/2019 - Chinese companies are rolling out fake meat mooncakes this Mid-Autumn Festival
9/10/2019 - Apple event, BoJo’s defeat, robot religion
9/10/2019 - InMobi’s newly-created lockscreen technology business just raised $45 million
9/10/2019 - China’s tapping its strategic meat reserves as pork prices soar 47%
9/10/2019 - Delhi consumes more weed than Los Angeles, Mumbai more than London
9/10/2019 - Inspired by ISRO? Here’s how much money you can make in Indian space research
9/10/2019 - European commissioners, BoJo’s defeat, robot religion
9/10/2019 - Amazon India’s latest delivery hack: piggyback on the Mumbai local’s popularity
9/10/2019 - Quartz will use audience and AI to investigate online political influence
9/9/2019 - Why Chinese are traveling to Africa, and why Africans are traveling to China
9/9/2019 - Watch: Our call on the future of streaming services
9/9/2019 - iPhone day, Jack Ma’s exit, robot religion
9/9/2019 - Is it safe to vape?
9/9/2019 - Digital Easter eggs
9/9/2019 - US military spent $17.2 million at Scottish airport near Trump resort
9/9/2019 - Watch: Hamilton and Satoshi Nakamoto debate bitcoin in a rap battle
9/9/2019 - The debris-strewn aftermath of typhoon Faxai in Japan
9/9/2019 - All of these super long movies should just be TV miniseries
9/9/2019 - The important management lesson behind Bianca Andreescu’s US Open victory
9/9/2019 - Photos: Hong Kong high-school students formed human chains in solidarity with protesters
9/9/2019 - Peloton’s IPO is well-timed to exploit our obsessions with fitness and showing off
9/9/2019 - The “It” franchise is responsible for the two biggest horror movie openings ever
9/9/2019 - The US legislation Hong Kong’s protesters want passed
9/9/2019 - What research tells us is driving xenophobic attacks on African migrants in South Africa
9/9/2019 - Our call on fashion week’s future starts in 15 minutes
9/9/2019 - A new book celebrates the graphic design legacy of US national parks
9/9/2019 - How do you manage your wealth? We asked financial expert Carrie Schwab-Pomerantz
9/9/2019 - A celebratory NYFW show honored the queer black woman who built the template for rock ‘n’ roll
9/9/2019 - I love you, Slack. But your worst flaw will make me quit you
9/9/2019 - Jack Ma’s 55th birthday present to himself is stepping away from Alibaba
9/9/2019 - The best way to correct your boss when they’ve made a mistake
9/9/2019 - How gender violence and xenophobia reset the agenda at Africa’s “Davos”
9/9/2019 - Trump rally, Afghan talks called off, millennia-spanning map
9/9/2019 - New research examines the treacherous experience of being “fat” at work
9/9/2019 - In China’s “iPhone City,” overtime is used for both punishment and reward
9/9/2019 - A brief history of e-cigarettes
9/9/2019 - US high schoolers have less sex and do less drugs, but vape a lot more
9/9/2019 - The vaping invasion
9/9/2019 - Philip Morris International thanks you for not smoking…cigarettes
9/9/2019 - Can a vaping health crisis be avoided?
9/9/2019 - How big tobacco and tech are reinventing smoking for the 21st century
9/9/2019 - OTT platforms may dethrone TV as the first stop for entertainment in India
9/9/2019 - India’s noxious emissions are messing up neighbours’ air, too
9/9/2019 - India’s new FDI policy may not be enough for private coal mining to take off
9/9/2019 - Boris in Dublin, Japan typhoon, millennia-spanning map
9/9/2019 - ISRO’s past record shows that there are no failures in science, only lessons
9/8/2019 - A year’s worth of surprising and poignant nature photos
9/8/2019 - Tokyo typhoon, China’s exports, misunderstood hedonism
9/8/2019 - Turns out it doesn’t take 10,000 hours to become an expert
9/8/2019 - We have hedonism all wrong, according to ancient Greek philosophy
9/8/2019 - The language you speak changes how informative you can be
9/8/2019 - Mark Sanford will battle Donald Trump in the Republican primary
9/8/2019 - Innovating in Africa, Mugabe’s legacy, Uber for Lagos
9/7/2019 - The Zimbabwean writer who was Robert Mugabe’s nemesis
9/7/2019 - Weekend edition—Climate distraction, Brexit flowcharts, bewildering menus
9/7/2019 - Weekend edition—Climate distraction, Brexit flowcharts, bewildering menus
9/7/2019 - Another powerful person just lost a job over ties to disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein
9/7/2019 - Italy’s new agriculture minister is truly of the people—and she’s kryptonite for populists
9/7/2019 - The skull of humanity’s oldest known ancestor is changing our understanding of evolution
9/7/2019 - Alibaba designers used AI to shape New York Fashion Week looks
9/7/2019 - The US Postal Service really does not want to discuss a problem with its charter flights
9/7/2019 - Jeffrey Epstein’s money bought a coverup at the MIT Media Lab
9/7/2019 - Orwell’s fictional Ministry of Truth just became real at the NOAA
9/7/2019 - Squirrels rely on the original twitter to know they are safe
9/7/2019 - A Paris court ruled that a sex-induced death was a workplace accident
9/7/2019 - The Democrats aren’t trying to take away your light bulbs
9/7/2019 - Tesla’s Model 3 dominates US electric cars sales. The Nissan Leaf is winning around the world
9/7/2019 - One of the biggest threats to children across the world begins in hospitals
9/7/2019 - California is about to rewrite the rules of the gig economy
9/7/2019 - The many failures and betrayals of Robert Mugabe to his people
9/7/2019 - MIT has a plan to measure the impact of 2016 election interference
9/7/2019 - Do fashion weeks still have a purpose?
9/7/2019 - How to take India towards an electric vehicles future
9/6/2019 - Weekend edition—Climate distraction, Brexit flowcharts, bewildering menus
9/6/2019 - India’s lunar lander is missing, but Chandrayaan-2 can still make important discoveries
9/6/2019 - WeWork’s new board member has a history of reforming sexist cultures
9/6/2019 - Making the antitrust case against Facebook, a new kind of monopoly
9/6/2019 - Water: The miracle molecule that does it all
9/6/2019 - Apple’s iconic cube on New York’s Fifth Avenue is back—and in color
9/6/2019 - Apple implies iPhones were hacked to spy on China’s Uyghur Muslims
9/6/2019 - Instant ramen
9/6/2019 - Authorities disrupted an alleged lone wolf’s plan to shoot up the US Capitol
9/6/2019 - Plus-sized models are still underrepresented at fashion’s most important event
9/6/2019 - Quartzy: the hen party edition
9/6/2019 - Every manager needs the magic of a work BFF
9/6/2019 - Today’s bachelorette parties have everything—except budgets
9/6/2019 - Our call on video streaming services starts in 30 minutes
9/6/2019 - “Father of the internet” Vint Cerf says we need to be less naive if we’re going to fix it
9/6/2019 - Enjoy the liberation of meditation without pain—or contemplation
9/6/2019 - Quartz Future of Finance: Bank manufacturing versus distribution
9/6/2019 - How an African scientist used mitochondrial DNA to discover she had ancestral South Asian roots
9/6/2019 - The psychology behind why we find clowns so creepy
9/6/2019 - Apple’s big September event will be about a lot more than new iPhones
9/6/2019 - US jobs report, Hurricane Dorian slows, Japanese dragon god
9/6/2019 - Robert Mugabe has died leaving behind a conflicted legacy
9/6/2019 - Employees have given rise to something far more powerful than “CEO activism”
9/6/2019 - A savory symbol of family reunion has been dragged into Hong Kong-China politics
9/6/2019 - What happens to tech workers when their skills become obsolete?
9/6/2019 - What trade war? Alibaba splurges $2 billion on a rival that sells foreign goods
9/6/2019 - Uber is working on plans to offer its bus system to Lagos
9/6/2019 - Corporate religions, banking, and the legal cannabis business
9/6/2019 - Presentation: The future of the cannabis industry
9/6/2019 - A newly-minted Indian VC takes an honest, hard-nosed look at his industry
9/6/2019 - The Tamils, Bengalis, Marathis, and Assamese of Bollywood can love only in Punjabi
9/6/2019 - Netflix has joined the list of things that Indians want banned
9/6/2019 - India’s moon landing, Robert Mugabe dies, giant eel
9/6/2019 - Incredible scenes from India’s financial capital that’s drowning in rainwater—yet again
9/5/2019 - Five US retail chains are now banning the open carry of guns in their stores
9/5/2019 - How Democratic candidates deal with the only bipartisan value left: cheeseburgers
9/5/2019 - India’s moon landing, Apple’s crypto, giant eels
9/5/2019 - Russia allegedly stole GE’s trade secrets and passed them off as its own
9/5/2019 - How to get parity without quitting your job
9/5/2019 - Patagonia’s trademark lawsuit against Anheuser-Busch is still brewing
9/5/2019 - Jay Inslee’s failed presidential bid has been vindicated
9/5/2019 - The US government projects the number of workers over 75 will double in the next decade
9/5/2019 - Apple thinks cryptocurrency has “long-term potential”
9/5/2019 - The Samsung Galaxy Note 10+ is too much
9/5/2019 - Greenland
9/5/2019 - Facebook and Instagram will know who your secret crush is. What could go wrong?
9/5/2019 - Slack’s first public earnings are a speed bump on its way to owning enterprise
9/5/2019 - All the highlights from a momentous, ridiculous week in UK politics
9/5/2019 - What Walmart’s “improperly avoided” taxes could have paid for
9/5/2019 - Walmart dodged up to $2.6 billion in US tax through a “fictitious” Chinese entity, former executive says
9/5/2019 - White men and minority groups have different definitions of “sufficient” diversity
9/5/2019 - In Britain, even the prime minister’s family is falling apart over Brexit
9/5/2019 - The most important takeaways from the Democrats’ climate town hall
9/5/2019 - To save our forests, give them back to the people they were stolen from
9/5/2019 - Margaret Atwood wrote “The Testaments” so Hulu won’t screw up “The Handmaid’s Tale”
9/5/2019 - The big satellite backlash
9/5/2019 - Not quite a bitcoin ETF
9/5/2019 - Americans own more stock than ever—how will it change the economy?
9/5/2019 - There’s no such thing as a “functioning alcoholic”
9/5/2019 - Pence and Johnson, Dorian’s upgrade, rude squirrels
9/5/2019 - Chinese artist Brother Nut turned migrant children evictions into a grim claw arcade game
9/5/2019 - How to keep up with the evolution of banking
9/5/2019 - We’re maybe sort of kinda getting close to a real bitcoin ETF
9/5/2019 - A new digital bank is scooping up teenage customers before big banks get to them
9/5/2019 - China’s Hong Kong narrative is confusing its own people
9/5/2019 - Why is the Modi government so shrill about finding and deporting illegal immigrants?
9/5/2019 - The Indian government can thank Google for the popularity of its digital payment system
9/5/2019 - Merkel in China, Brexit delayed, rooster lawsuit
9/4/2019 - Reliance rolls out Jio Fiber today. Here’s what’s in it
9/4/2019 - Merkel in China, Brexit delayed, squirrel spies
9/4/2019 - Watch: Our conference call on the future of banking
9/4/2019 - Only two of the directors featured at the Venice International Film Festival are women
9/4/2019 - Vacuum cleaners
9/4/2019 - A third of Americans don’t get paid vacation
9/4/2019 - The UK parliament just voted to delay Brexit—for the third time
9/4/2019 - Ariana Grande’s lawyers say Forever 21 stole her image as a “desperate attempt to stay relevant”
9/4/2019 - A multi-million dollar donation just created a bonanza of psychedelic research
9/4/2019 - Can you be body-positive and want to lose weight?
9/4/2019 - Aerial photos reveal mass destruction in the Bahamas
9/4/2019 - Xenophobic attacks on African migrants in South Africa have been escalated by misinformation
9/4/2019 - You can bash Boris Johnson for many things. But only if he said them
9/4/2019 - US Border Patrol is buying 1,000 more onesies for detained infants
9/4/2019 - Hiding likes on social media might actually make it better
9/4/2019 - That popular monkey-to-man chart gets evolution all wrong
9/4/2019 - The world’s most expensive retail playground is suffering
9/4/2019 - Africa’s innovators say their scrappy skills are needed to fix an unlikely problem—politics
9/4/2019 - Our call on the future of banking starts in 15 minutes
9/4/2019 - SpaceX missed a satellite collision warning due to a software bug
9/4/2019 - Phone makers are coming up with increasingly ridiculous ways to hide their cameras
9/4/2019 - China is leaning on ride-hailing to boost sales of electric vehicles
9/4/2019 - Innovators are in a race to plug Africa’s skills gap but they can’t do it all alone
9/4/2019 - MIT developed a course to teach tweens about the ethics of AI
9/4/2019 - A seven-step guide to taking better notes
9/4/2019 - Hong Kong protester victory, Dorian advances, OK OK OK
9/4/2019 - The hated extradition bill will finally be gone but Hong Kong’s protests will keep going
9/4/2019 - Barclays’ former CEO says banks should beware the story of Uber
9/4/2019 - The coffee plantations of India’s western ghats are being wrongly blamed for climate change
9/4/2019 - Here’s how you can watch India’s Chandrayaan-2 landing on the Moon
9/4/2019 - Nearly two-thirds of Indian executives are overweight—and that evening samosa is to blame
9/4/2019 - A year on, #MeToo has lost momentum in India but we must keep the conversation going
9/4/2019 - Brexit chaos, Facebook facial recognition, dinosaur colors
9/4/2019 - Real-time maps warn Hong Kong protesters of water cannons and riot police
9/3/2019 - These countries have the fewest visa requirements for tourists
9/3/2019 - Parliament strikes back, astronaut sanctions, junk food blindness
9/3/2019 - Why would Netflix make a singing competition show?
9/3/2019 - Hong Kong protestors are once again using mesh networks to preempt an internet shutdown
9/3/2019 - Facebook won’t use facial recognition on you unless you tell it to
9/3/2019 - Watch: Our conference call about the rise and fall of Six Sigma
9/3/2019 - These millennials were so burned out, they’re building a startup to combat burnout
9/3/2019 - Human smugglers in Texas allegedly terrorized captive migrants with Tasers and pistols
9/3/2019 - People are starting to buy electric cars for the same reason they buy any other car
9/3/2019 - Alzheimer’s disease
9/3/2019 - WeWork’s all-male board is not its biggest board diversity problem
9/3/2019 - Photos: The aftermath of Hurricane Dorian in the Bahamas
9/3/2019 - The Obamas are officially Oscar contenders
9/3/2019 - How to fight for democracy when the government keeps throwing you in jail
9/3/2019 - Who’s in control? Designing the future with humans in mind
9/3/2019 - These mind-bending flowcharts show just how messy Brexit has become
9/3/2019 - How a doctor and a linguist are using AI to better talk to dying patients
9/3/2019 - Membership: Our call on Six Sigma management starts in 15 minutes
9/3/2019 - Kenya’s huge wind power project might be great for the environment but not for local communities
9/3/2019 - Denmark just became the first country to ban a toxic lining common in food containers
9/3/2019 - The future of banking
9/3/2019 - How to tell your team about a management decision you don’t agree with
9/3/2019 - There will be election manipulation in 2020. Scientists can’t stop it, but they can study it
9/3/2019 - Pence in Ireland, new Trump probe, toothrism
9/3/2019 - How “OK” became the most spoken word on the planet
9/3/2019 - China sows disinformation on Hong Kong using porn accounts on Twitter
9/3/2019 - The future of banking
9/3/2019 - Low interest rates could be a “Blockbuster Video moment” for the world’s biggest banks
9/3/2019 - Big US banks are muscling in on their foreign rivals’ home turf
9/3/2019 - The banking industry is being deconstructed, piece by piece
9/3/2019 - Whatever happened to Six Sigma?
9/3/2019 - In photos: A glorious history of Sikhism
9/3/2019 - Neoliberalism is killing the very idea of citizenship in India
9/3/2019 - UK parliament reconvenes, Hong Kong leader’s leak, Japanese toilets
9/3/2019 - India’s online shoppers are all for recycling—if there’s a cashback involved
9/3/2019 - China’s Twitter operation focused on this exiled tycoon before Hong Kong protests
9/3/2019 - Like Pakistan, India may soon face the catastrophic costs of steroid-driven nationalism
9/2/2019 - Hong Kong’s leader told businesses what she’s done to the city is “unforgivable”
9/2/2019 - Dramatic video shows the extent of Hurricane Dorian’s flooding in the Bahamas
9/2/2019 - Hong Kong boycotts, Dorian’s wrath, jazz purity
9/2/2019 - Climate change is also terrible for your ragweed allergy
9/2/2019 - Burgundy’s hottest summers in 600 years are changing the region’s famous wines
9/2/2019 - Why do male tennis players at the US Open reject balls more often than the women do?
9/2/2019 - A new AI-powered smartphone app scans banana crops for early signs of disease
9/2/2019 - The problem with making “white” synonymous with “America’s working class”
9/2/2019 - Japan has a plan to challenge China’s influence in Africa
9/2/2019 - The Race to Zero Emissions: India meetups, unintended consequences, youth empowerment
9/2/2019 - What kind of future of work will we choose for America’s working families?
9/2/2019 - Photos: Hong Kong’s students went on strike in support of protests
9/2/2019 - China says Taiwan was always part of it, but an old stamp shows a telling propaganda snafu
9/2/2019 - A guide to the most important chants of Hong Kong’s protests
9/2/2019 - Dorian’s path, more trade tariffs, Netflix binge-ban
9/2/2019 - A Hong Kong protester site says cyber attacks against it piggy-backed off China’s Baidu
9/2/2019 - Stop the Coup rallies, Israel-Hezbollah clashes, Netflix binge-ban
9/1/2019 - Hong Kong’s fast-learning, dexterous protesters are stumped by Twitter
9/1/2019 - Hong Kong strike, tariffs bite, voice fraud
9/1/2019 - Are great white sharks messing with us?
9/1/2019 - An ingenious Filipino artist creates mosaics with dead leaves and garlic peels
9/1/2019 - Hong Kong protestors are using pop culture memes to stay visible to the world
9/1/2019 - To insulate yourself from the trade war, stop buying new stuff
9/1/2019 - Hong Kong is having flashbacks to the bad old days of police corruption and mafia ties
9/1/2019 - Netflix won’t let you binge-watch this show’s latest season, and it’s doing you a favor
9/1/2019 - Union pushes at places like YouTube and WeWork could transform white-collar work
9/1/2019 - Nigerian visas vs US visas, Africa’s most lucrative flights, China-Africa recap