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A year of COVID

MY OH MY, HOW THINGS HAVE CHANGED

It's Not Just the Confetti

How Robinhood made stock trading easy, approachable— and maybe too hard to resist

Not-So-Great Green Jobs

Clean energy isn’t a wellspring of the better-paying union jobs Biden has been touting

THE COLLAPSE OF COPERNICUS

The implosion of Curt Schilling’s video game empire was a $150 million reminder that the industry’s workers are always on the verge of disaster

Drivers Wanted

○ Riders are flocking back to ride-hailing, but drivers need more nudging

Making That Money

For music executives like Kevin Liles, of the hip-hop label 300 Entertainment, the pandemic has mostly made a good life better. A lot of musicians, however, are experiencing something different

Hands Off My Football Team!

The European Super League followed a model shaped in the U.S. Opposition from fans scuttled the idea

Can Aluminum Really Go Green?

Alcoa and Rio Tinto —with a push from Apple—are trying to clean up production of one of the dirtiest metals

Unending Pandemic. Global Anxiety. Travel Restrictions. Perfect Time To Start An Airline!

David Neeleman, airline savant (think Jetblue) and perpetual optimist, is at it again with a new budget carrier called Breeze

Go Big or Go Home

Joe Biden tackled Covid and an economic crisis in his first 100 days. It won’t get easier from herea

Travel

01 Hipcamp

Robotics

01 DroneSeed

Energy

01 SparkMeter

Security

Camille François Chief innovation officer at Graphika

Health

01 Ping An Good Doctor

The World's 50 Most Innovative Companies – Food

Crop genetics company Puris launched a high-protein pea variety that’s viable in six climate zones (even in Arizona) and can be grown almost year-round.

The World's 50 Most Innovative Companies – Space

01 / SpaceX For flying past competitors in the space race by launching astronauts for NASA

The World's 50 Most Innovative Companies – Wellness

Despite being the most common form of contraception in the U.S., the birth control pill has a 9% failure rate from missed doses

The World's 50 Most Innovative Companies – Biotech

Mariana Matus Cofounder and CEO of Biobot Analytics

AI has a Big Tech Problem

A handful of companies dominates not only how artifical intelligence is developed but critiqued. It's time for that to change

Beyond Resiliency

It’s not enough, in 2021, for businesses to be resilient. As many search for ways to manage the ongoing disruptions caused by COVID-19, a growing number believe that disorder is the new normal. They are embracing it and making it part of their processes.

TRIED AND TESTED HOTEL: ME Cabo, Cabo San Lucas, Mexico

BEST FOR World-famous views of El Arco with a beautiful stretch of beach and oceanfront pool

TRIED AND TESTED HOTEL: W South Beach, Miami Beach

BEST FOR Playfully chic interior décor and a happening pool scene

TRIED AND TESTED HOTEL: Summit at Big Sky Big Sky, MT

BEST FOR Two easy-access ski lifts and perfect views of Lone Peak

Tipping around the world

Who and how much should you tip when abroad?

Think Local, Eat Global

The culinary scene in Miami’s South Beach is an international adventure

The Food Fight in Fake Meat

Beyond Meat was an early leader. But rival Impossible Foods and others want to eat its lunch

The U.K. Wants to Clean Up Space

The amount of debris in orbit is an increasing danger—and a potential market opportunity

Peak Pallet

Prices for a warehouse staple are at a record, buoyed by the boom in e-commerce

THE MAN WHO KEEPS THE FAR RIGHT ONLINE

While Amazon and its peers have stopped supporting certain prominent White supremacists and conspiracy theorists, Nick Lim has stepped in