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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