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Can Adobe Change?
The company wants to transform itself by buying Figma, but customers and regulators have concerns
Chess Faces Its Al Crisis
High-stakes cheating allegations illustrate how technology complicates ideas of human mastery
Europe's Wageflation Hangover
The recent season of strikes at big companies shows workers are determined to boost pay in 2023
Can Cineworld Find A Happy Ending?
A costly pre-pandemic expansion landed the world's No.2 theater chain in bankruptcy. Now streaming and a dearth of may seal its fate blockbusters
Peter Thiel's far-right crusade is just getting started
In mid-September, Peter Thiel appeared at the National Conservatism Conference in Miami to offer a bit of advice to the far-right movement that he helped create and for which he serves as the key financial patron. During the speech, Thiel complained that the Republicans had failed to offer a policy agenda to voters.
Support for abortion rights turned out to be a key issue after all
Signs from a protestin Washington, DC, on Oct. 8
Florida doesn't belong just to Trump anymore
There was one surprise loser on election night, and he wasn’t even on the ballot: Donald Trump and his extremist brand of politics.
Remember the debt ceiling fights? Now add a recession
Americans were already unhappy with the economy of 2022. Republican control of the House threatens to make 2023 worse.
Governing Just Impossible Again
●The new era in Congress through the lens of the GOP speaker-in-waiting
How Purpose Boosts Performance
Basketball’s top shrink says self-reflection can help workers deal with emotional baggage
A New Weapon To Fight Dengue
When Sanofi hit a snag, Takeda doubled down on a vaccine coming to market next year
Prognosis
The Hunt fora Nonaddictive Painkiller
Brazil's Economic Reality Check
Lula has made his way back from a prison cell to the presidency, but his challenges are just beginning
A Big Fund Faces a Real Estate Crunch
Blackstone's portfolio is a hit with small investors, but it's headed into tougher markets
Meta’s Flop Is the End of FAANG
Suddenly, it’s clear that Big Tech stocks really can lose— even in the long run
HBO and Netflix Went to War and Remade TV
Streaming television’s defining rivalry began with an insult and a sneak attack. An exclusive adaptation from It’s Not TV: The Spectacular Rise, Revolution, and Future of HBO
This Flameout Shouldn't Have Been a Surprise
The Yeezy shoe collaboration was incredibly lucrative. But partners Adidas and rapper Ye had been bickering for years
To Each Their Own
China and America are focusing more on guarding what they have instead of expanding the global economic pie
EI Salvador’s Crypto Wipeout
In the year since President Nayib Bukele went full YOLO with his country’s economy, Salvadorans have embraced Bitcoin wholeheartedly and laid the foundation for a prosperous, egalitarian society.Just kidding. It's going exactly as you'd expect
Out of Fashion
Here's one way the apparel industry is not keeping up with the times: It barely recycles
The Fertility Predicament
Lowering birthrates is the key to making Africa's economies stronger and reducing poverty
Cracking Long Covid
These five women have similar symptoms. But there’s no single explanation—and no one magic cure
Coming Soon On Netflix: A New Netflix
The company changed the entertainment industry forever. Now some real streaming competition is forcing it to change itself
Il The Crypto Financial system
But for now, I want to set this objection to the side. If you’re a certain sort of financial person—a financial engineer, an arbitrageur, a market-structure enthusiast, a builder of high-frequency trading systems—this abstract set of facts is incredibly, incredibly beautiful.
IV Trust, Money, Community
Where does crypto go from here? Read this part when you're ready to find out. In the meantime, ponder those words: trust, money, and community. Also, Ponzi.
II What Does It Mean?
Bitcoin was a genuine technological accomplishment. But it's not even close to the whole story. There's much more to understand: Ethereum, yes, and web3, sure. And expensive pictures of monkeys.
Ledgers, Bitcoin, Blockchains
Much of your life is recorded on a ledger kept by an institution you have to trust: your bank, your broker, your government. In 2008, a new form of digital currency changed how people think about trust.
Capturing the Rain in Mexico
Startup Isla Urbana says its technology can address chronic water shortages in cities
TikTok Steers Its Charm Offensive Around Critics
The company is trying to win support in Washington but acknowledges it has a "trust deficit"
What Beats Uber Eats
Two apps test the appetite for home-cooked meals, delivered