Tag: business

• Mushroom Leather Is Here. Will Shoppers Care?

  July 29, 2022

  Early adopters like Stella McCartney are pitching sustainability and innovation in swapping cowhides for mushroom roots. In a warehouse outside Oakland, California, the air smells like decaying trees. Workers toss… more ›

• How Lifelogging is Transforming the Way We Remember, Track Our Lives

  July 28, 2022

  Once explored by only an elite few, the practice of lifelogging refers, quite literally, to logging or registering your daily life with technical tools and services. When lifelogging first emerged… more ›

• Is the metaverse going to suck? A conversation with Matthew Ball

  July 20, 2022

  If you buy something from a Verge link, Vox Media may earn a commission. See our ethics statement. Let’s talk about the metaverse. https://www.theverge.com/23269170/what-is-the-metaverse-matthew-ball-interview-decoder-podcast more ›

• MBS’s $500 Billion Desert Dream Just Keeps Getting Weirder

  July 16, 2022

  Neom, the Saudi crown prince’s urban megaproject, is supposed to have a ski resort, swim lanes for commuters, and “smart” everything. It’s going great—for the consultants. The chosen site in… more ›

• Why America Will Lose Semiconductors

  July 10, 2022

  The US has always been the world leader in semiconductors: design, manufacturing, and the tools to produce them. Semiconductors are the base of all technological innovation in computing and information… more ›

• Cryptocurrency Titan Coinbase Providing “Geo Tracking Data” to ICE

  June 30, 2022

  Coinbase, the largest cryptocurrency exchange in the United States, is selling Immigrations and Customs Enforcement a suite of features used to track and identify cryptocurrency users, according to contract documents… more ›

• What Chinese media reveals about Shein’s secretive operations

  June 27, 2022

  In fast fashion, there’s something known as the “impossible triangle.” It’s the perfect production scenario, where a company can 1) quickly onboard lots of new styles at 2) low prices,… more ›

• The Number Ones

  June 4, 2022

  https://www.stereogum.com/category/columns/the-number-ones/ more ›

• The Root of Haiti’s Misery:Reparations to Enslavers

  May 21, 2022

  Violence. Tragedy. Hunger. Underdevelopment. These bywords have clung to Haiti for more than a century. Kidnappings. Outbreaks. Earthquakes. The president assassinated — this time in his bedroom. How is it… more ›

• Ukraine’s War Has Already Changed the World’s Economy

  April 19, 2022

  For NATO and the West’s relations with Moscow, Russian President Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine is clearly a historic turning point. The atrocities committed in occupied Ukrainian communities mark a… more ›