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Bask in the Joy of These Holiday Displays

It's the holiday season! Around the globe, cities are transforming into cozy winter wonderlands, chock-full of old traditions, glittery light shows, and end-of-year celebrations. From a floating tree in Brazil's Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon to a menorah lit by ice-skating rabbis in Budapest, to Thailand's lantern festival, here are some of the world's most festive holiday displays to bring cheer to chilly winter days. —Meghan Gunn

Staying Relevant

The pandemic has had widely different effects on executives around the world. There are some strategies, however, that anyone can use to adapt to rapid changes

Jake Cohen

PARTING SHOT

LOSING WITH LATINOS?

In the race for Texas governor, Beto O'Rourke's own words are being used-sometimes deceptively-against him

22 Things to Look Forward to in 2022

A look at the events, innovations, technology, sports and arts that will bring us joy next year

Is This Drone Really a Spy?

China’s DJI rules the global market for unmanned aerial vehicles. That has the U.S. worried about national security

In Search of A Greener Mask

Expanded use during the pandemic has companies racing to develop biodegradable face coverings

Iran's Water Crisis

Climate change has exposed decades of policy failures, igniting protests

Low-Visibility Mission

Data-tracking failures at the CDC are fueling political support for an overhaul of the agency

Realtors Are Sorry About All the Discrimination

The National Association of Realtors wants to make amends. As long as it doesn’t have to talk about that 6% commission

The Ethical Lock-Picker

Dominic Villeneuve figured out a simple way to bypass a widely used door lock, and he told the manufacturer how he did it. A year and a half later, he’s telling the world

The Big Quit

How workers got fed up and bosses got scared

Ola's Scooter Factory Isn't Making Many Scooters

Trouble at such a high-profile project is a bad sign for India’s electric vehicle industry

How Shopify Became the Everywhere Store

Tobi Lütke transformed the Canadian upstart into an e-commerce giant by being the anti-Amazon. How long can the formula keep working?

Alexa, Why Are You Still Here?

Amazon is good at selling smart speakers but is struggling to keep users engaged.

MIND BLOWERS

A Membrane That Sucks Impurities From Water

PARADIGM SHIFTERS

Globalizing Streaming Content

MEDICAL MARVELS

An Affordable Bionic Hand

ENTERPRISING IDEALISTS

Collaborative Tech to Develop New, Affordable Drugs

How the Queen of Christmas Got Her Crown

It seems to be an accepted fact that Mariah Carey is the Queen of Christmas.

How a revered vegetarian restaurant barely avoided disaster to do better than ever, despite everything

Dirt Candy’s pandemic survival story

What You Get When You Cross a Frog - With an Algorithm

The creation of “living machines” is a new, odd frontier in robotics

Tesla Takes Its Critics to Court

Chinese customers and bloggers who complain about its cars are increasingly the targets of lawsuits

Luxury Companies' Pandemic Lessons

Covid lockdowns and the growth of e-commerce are changing merchants’ playbooks

FEAR GREED - Fascination

A wild, emotional year drew investors to meme stocks and Bored Ape NFTs—and changed markets

Power to the People, Not the Platform

India’s gig workers are using social media to demand better treatment. Is the ballot box next?

I'll Have What He's Making

Employees can make more when they know what their peers pull in

The Travel Recovery That Wasn't

Most of us did leave the house this year—we just didn’t go very far.

A Labor Enforcer Readies Her Arsenal

The NLRB’s Jennifer Abruzzo wants more injunctions against employers who violate the law

What a Difference A Year Makes

Halo Infinite was far off track last summer. Now a risky delay seems to have paid off