Tag: business

• How These 4 Countries Are Designing Futuristic Cities—From Floating Neighborhoods to Mega-Metropolises

  September 12, 2022

  For nearly as long as there have been cities, there have been efforts to create ideal cities. The Italian Renaissance saw the birth of places like Pienza and Palmanova, exquisitely… more ›

• The Uncertain Rhythms Of Life For China’s Migrant “Bosses”

  August 6, 2022

  GUANGZHOU, China — As I walked through the narrow alleyways of the garment district here in China’s third-largest city one afternoon, I saw a woman I’ll call Wong Yip sitting beside… more ›

• A day in the life of a Chinese robotaxi driver

  August 6, 2022

  When Liu Yang started his current job, he found it hard to go back to driving his own car: “I instinctively went for the passenger seat. https://www.technologyreview.com/2022/07/27/1056472/life-of-chinese-robotaxi-driver/ more ›

• The End of Social Media

  August 5, 2022

  Last week, Meta announced that the Facebook newsfeed would be shifting towards an algorithmic, recommendation-based model of content distribution. Platforms like the massively popular (and still growing) TikTok and YouTube put far… more ›

• ‘An engine for the imagination’: the rise of AI image generators

  August 4, 2022

  If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. AI-generated artwork is quietly beginning to reshape culture. https://www.theverge.com/2022/8/2/23287173/ai-image-generation-art-midjourney-multiverse-interview-david-holz more ›

• The Changing Face of Compute

  August 2, 2022

  Once upon a time chip companies all specialized on designing one type of chip: Intel made CPUs; Qualcomm made modems; Nvidia made GPUs; Broadcom (pre-Avago) made networking chips. That age… more ›

• Review: Beyoncé’s HOMECOMING Film Is Her Latest Act of Meticulous Archiving

  July 31, 2022

  Beyoncé has an elaborate, painstakingly updated personal archive. Writer Amy Wallace described a “long, narrow room [in Manhattan] that contains the official Beyoncé archive, a temperature-controlled digital-storage facility.” Its contents… more ›

• A Crypto Game Promised to Lift Filipinos Out of Poverty. Here’s What Happened Instead

  July 31, 2022

  Samerson Orias was working as a line cook last year in the rural Philippines when his friend told him he could make way more money playing a new video game.… more ›

• We toured Intel’s advanced chip making site in Oregon. Here’s how it works.

  July 30, 2022

  HILLSBORO, Ore. — To create a beam of ultraviolet radiation precise enough to print the world’s most advanced microchips, one of the most expensive tools in the world sprays microscopic… more ›

• S06 E09: Billy Reid, Fashion Designer at Billy Reid

  July 29, 2022

  Scott Kerr sits down with American fashion designer Billy Reid for a fascinating conversation about his eponymous label and how cataclysmic setbacks in the early stages were instrumental to the… more ›