Netflix is now bigger than Comcast and can set its sights on Disney. When the web-video giant began renting movies by mail 20 years ago,…
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A nearly complete list of the 238 places that bid for Amazon’s next headquarters
Amazon received 238 bids to host its much-anticipated new headquarters, HQ2. Wondering if your town or city was among the applicants? Amazon declined to share…
A nearly complete list of the 238 places that bid for Amazon’s next headquarters
Amazon received 238 bids to host its much-anticipated new headquarters, HQ2. Wondering if your town or city was among the applicants? Amazon declined to share…
Tech companies are redefining how we respond to natural disasters—in a good way
A few days before Irma made landfall in Florida, Airbnb activated its disaster response program in the region, encouraging hosts to list their homes for…
Tech companies are redefining how we respond to natural disasters—in a good way
A few days before Irma made landfall in Florida, Airbnb activated its disaster response program in the region, encouraging hosts to list their homes for…
Tech companies are redefining how we respond to natural disasters—in a good way
A few days before Irma made landfall in Florida, Airbnb activated its disaster response program in the region, encouraging hosts to list their homes for…
A new postage stamp reveals a rare astronomical phenomenon when you touch it
On August 21, millions in the US will witness a rare celestial event. For the first time in 38 years, the moon will completely block…
The one thing video can’t fix about American policing
On the 25th anniversary of the Los Angeles riots, video footage from those April days easily brings to mind a war zone, where buildings are…
Twenty five years after the Rodney King riots, American policing hasn’t come far enough
On the 25th anniversary of the Los Angeles riots, video footage from those April days easily brings to mind a war zone, where buildings are…
Buy and hodl, just don’t get #rekt: The slang that gets you taken seriously as a bitcoin trader
Bitcoin has been on a rollercoaster in the last few days. On Jan. 5 it came within a hair’s breadth of surpassing its all-time high;…