Tag: stories
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Robot dogs that enforce social distancing. Factory workers who’re drawing millions of views on TikTok. And a duo of fact-checkers fighting against a post-truth dystopia. https://restofworld.org/collection/rest-of-worlds-21-most-engaging-and-popular-stories-in-2021/ more ›
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Some work spaces in central employment districts may become housing, and some housing in residential areas may become work spaces. Coronavirus will not kill the office. If anything, it figures… more ›
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HONG KONG — Of all the problems created by the pandemic, Sisi Wong did not expect that finding parking would be one of them. Travel to Hong Kong was cut… more ›
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Three days ago, a TikTok account going by @deeptomcruise began posting video clips of the Hollywood actor Tom Cruise doing everything from golfing, to tripping and telling a joke in… more ›
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The rise of ghost kitchens and digital restaurants — also known as digital kitchens, cloud kitchens, and virtual restaurants, depending on how deep inside restaurant industry parlance you venture —… more ›
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In my experience, Americans tend to have more awareness of some countries than others. Consider the rich countries of East Asia. The American mental image of Japan, though inaccurate in… more ›
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Stories, not people, rule our world. We’re always telling ourselves a story about how the world works, and this makes stories very powerful. This post explores these connections and what… more ›
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Tim Berners-Lee wants to put people in control of their personal data. He has technology and a start-up pursuing that goal. Can he succeed? “Pods,” personal online data stores, are… more ›
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As tech ecosystems mature around the world, they’re not always following the path laid down by Silicon Valley. 2020 was a more eventful year than anyone could have imagined. What… more ›
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For the mayor of any modern city, an increasingly large part of the job entails managing the public backlash to new technology being deployed in those cities. The COVID-19… more ›