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TikTok’s Viral Challenges Keep Luring Young Kids to Their Deaths
Children are dying from the blackout challenge. Why isn’t the world’s most popular app doing more to protect them?
Shopify Tells Employees to Just Say No to Meetings
The e-commerce firm is canceling all recurring meetings with more than two people and encouraging staffers to decline invitations and detach from big internal chat groups.
Meet the Climate Quitters
An ever-growing roster of people are leaving their jobs to pursue careers combating climate change.
Higher Education Is Headed in the Wrong Direction
The controversies over language and free speech on US campuses distract from deeper, more slow-moving problems.
School of Quant: At $29,000, a Public NYC College Outclasses Princeton
The century-old college, named after the American financier and statesman, lacks the trappings of the nation’s prestige mills.
Bloomberg on Ecommerce
America's ‘retail apocalypse’ is about to spillover to the rest of the economy
The spillover from retailer debt will flow far and wide across the economy.
Instagram Killed the Retail Store
The members of Gen Z are rewriting the rules of selling fashion.
Bloomberg on Elon Musk
Sure Elon Musk Might Buy Twitter
Shared by 128, including Casey Newton, Kara Swisher, Ben Dreyfuss, Matt Navarra, Claire Cain Miller
We’re Tracking Every Project Elon Musk Has Dreamed Up.
What’s on track, late, and ahead of schedule.
Bloomberg on Finance
Anyone Seen Tether’s Billions?
In the speculative and volatile universe of cryptocurrencies, stablecoins appear to offer an attractive proposition: Their value pegs to an underlying asset, such as the US dollar or a basket of securities. Tether is the most recognized stablecoin, with one Tether purportedly backed by one US dollar. But detractors are not convinced. In this intriguing narrative, journalist Zeke Faux investigates Tether and its somewhat shady valuation dynamics. Investors, regulators and cryptocurrency holders might find some valuable clues here to the mystery of Tether.
«Tether had gotten so large that it threatened to put the U.S. financial system at risk.»
Hedge Funds Gave Startups Billions. What Are They Worth?
A tech rout has frustrated investors trying to pinpoint the value of private companies. A Bloomberg analysis offers clues.
Bloomberg on Food
How Changing Diets Leave Us Exposed to War, Extreme Weather and Market Turbulence
The convergence of global diets means just three crops provide 50% of the world’s calories. When shocks come, they hurt.
Fake Meat Was Supposed to Save the World. It Became Just Another Fad
Beyond Meat and Impossible Foods wanted to upend the world’s $1 trillion meat industry. But plant-based meat is turning out to be a flop.
Bloomberg on Future Of Cars
The First Person to Hack the iPhone Built a Self-Driving Car. In His Garage.
George Hotz is taking on Google and Tesla by himself
Uber’s First Self-Driving Fleet Arrives in Pittsburgh This Month
The company’s fleet of robotic cars will be supervised by humans in the driver’s seat.
Bloomberg on Mobility
The Cities Keeping Their Car-Free Spaces
The open streets of the pandemic reclaimed public space for pedestrians and bicyclists. From Bogotá to New York to Stockholm, some of those changes have become permanent.
How Jersey City Got to Zero Traffic Deaths on Its Streets
This bedroom community outside of New York City scored the biggest traffic safety success story of 2022. Here’s how they did it.
Bloomberg on Tesla
Elon Musk’s wild ride
Biographer Ashlee Vance examines the troubles at Tesla, SpaceX, and SolarCity.
Elon Musk’s Epic Quest for LOLs Is Only Hurting Tesla
Amid falling demand and sudden price cuts, the CEO seems determined to take a blowtorch to his company’s brand.
Bloomberg on Tim Cook
Tim Cook on Donald Trump, the HomePod, and the Legacy of Steve Jobs
The head of the most valuable company in the world talks to Bloomberg Businessweek Editor Megan Murphy.
Tim Cook Speaks Up
“I don’t consider myself an activist, but I realize how much I’ve benefited from the sacrifice of others”
Bloomberg on Voice Computing
Silicon Valley Is Listening to Your Most Intimate Moments
Bloomberg connects decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas. Read this story on Bloomberg.
Amazon’s Alexa Stalled With Users as Interest Faded, Documents Show
Bloomberg connects decision makers to a dynamic network of information, people and ideas. Read this story on Bloomberg.
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What Is Code?
If you’re not a professional programmer but you’ve ever used a computer, this article is for you – seriously. You will learn what code is, what software is, how apps get written, and what different programming languages do and why they matter. Plus you’ll get details about other technical issues. Along the way, Bloomberg Businessweek reporter Paul Ford explains the culture and some of the psychology of programming. This delightfully animated article is essential for anyone not in the programming field who uses computers. getAbstract recommends it to everyone interested in learning more about programming, its culture and its principles.
Palantir Knows Everything About You
Facebook may currently be the black sheep when it comes to privacy and data violations, but it isn’t the only company capable of watching every step you take. Bloomberg Businessweek writers Lizette Chapman, Jordan Robertson and Peter Waldman profile the big-data firm Palantir Technologies, which has evolved from helping the US government catch terrorists to assisting companies monitor their employees and helping law enforcement detect possible offenders. A common thread that runs through both companies is their desperate need to make money and please investors – which, as it turns out, is at odds with protecting people’s privacy.
The Only Crypto Story You Need, by Matt Levine
Where it came from, what it all means, and why it still matters.
How the World’s Richest People Are Driving Global Warming
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Facebook Is Why We Need a Digital Protection Agency
It’s not just the Cambridge Analytica debacle. Ethics don’t scale.
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