Reusable plastic shopping bags are making the problem worse, not better

UK supermarkets are handing out more plastic now, not less. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

Whistleblower alleges Walmart engineered $2B tax dodge

Walmart’s history of dodging taxes presents a challenge to its efforts to rebrand itself as an exemplar of conscious capitalism. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

There’s a dark side to meditation that no one talks about

The practice is not all peace, love, and blissful glimpses of unreality. | Continue reading


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The Twitter CEO's plans in Africa are a strong endorsement of the continent's burgeoning tech hubs. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

Former Facebook employees created Cocoon, a social media network for your family

Just in time of Thanksgiving. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

Walmart dodged US tax on $2 billion by routing cash through multiple countries, whistleblower says

Walmart’s history of dodging taxes presents a challenge to its efforts to rebrand itself as an exemplar of conscious capitalism. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

Smart cities will always have a data privacy problem

Smart cities rely on residents' valuable personal data to succeed, but we haven't found a way to protect the people who generate it. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

Harnessing the sun’s heat for industry could cut 10% of global carbon emissions

Concentrating solar energy to capture its heat is nothing new. But no plant had achieved temperatures in excess of 1,000°C. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

Intermittent fasting has become a productivity hack for men

Is intermittent fasting a wellness practice or just another double standard? | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

What’s in an E-Cigarette?

There are broadly four main components—but within those, a ton of variety. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

From dial-up to 5G: a complete guide to logging on to the internet

What was once a method for the US military to communicate top secret messages across continents has now morphed into the omnipresent connection that brings you cat videos. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

US Supreme Court Holds Innovation in the Balance in Google vs. Oracle

The US Supreme Court has agreed to review an epic dispute between Google and Oracle that could revolutionize the software industry. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

The new Tesla truck is a Hummer for millennials

The Hummer for a new generation. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

Why tech companies need to hire philosophers

A collective called Transformations of the Human are helping big tech and AI labs to hire philosophers and artists. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

Indian employers are stubbornly obsessed with elite students–& it's hurting them

IITs and IIMs produce the best students but not the best employees | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

Silicon Valley founders who grew up poor can’t shake “mindset inequality”

The world is clearly not a level playing field. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

How Facebook fueled a precious-metal scheme targeting older conservatives

Millions of dollars worth of retirement-themed ads from pages like “Retired Republicans” and “Fox News Insiders” ran on Facebook throughout the past two years. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

“Facebook ads targeted Fox News fans for shady silver coin scheme”

A Quartz investigation found that dozens of older conservatives drained their retirement savings into a silver coin scheme supercharged by fear-mongering Facebook ads. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

Two of America's biggest coal plants closed this month

Yet the industry burns on. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

Facebook ads targeted Fox News fans for shady silver coin scheme

A Quartz investigation found that dozens of older conservatives drained their retirement savings into a silver coin scheme supercharged by fear-mongering Facebook ads. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

Why millennials never want to leave their apartment anymore

On the public performance of solitude. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

Africa is the world’s fastest-growing continent for software developers

Among African countries with established developer communities, Morocco accounted for the most growth on the continent.  | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

Facebook knows how many times you’ve searched for your ex

There's good news: you can delete your queries. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

The future of live music lives on your smartphone

A new app could revolutionize the way we experience live events. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

It's Big Tech Too Big?

The question is no longer whether something needs to be done, but what, how soon, and whether it will be enough. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

Edward Snowden blew the whistle on how Chinese censors scrubbed his book

China's complex feelings about whistleblower Edward Snowden might shift now that he's calling out Chinese censorship. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

VC funding for startups with at least one female founder more than doubled in 2018

The VC world has historically been a boys’ club, but progress is being made. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

Forcing vegan diet upon kids can lead to jail time in Belgium

The Royal Academy of Medicine of Belgium determined that it's "not ethical" to impose a strict vegan diet on kids. Opinions vary worldwide. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

Blizzard banned a Hong Kong Grandmaster gamer for shouting a protest slogan

Blitzchung, a professional Hearthstone gamer, was given a one-year suspension and had his prize money retracted. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

Electric cars are changing the cost of driving

The economics of driving seven Teslas for 2.5 million miles. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

US government holds balloons to stricter standards than it does voting machines

Voting machines and their manufacturers are “largely free” from US government supervision. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

How to know which Trump impeachment polls to believe

Tracking the changes in the president’s support in the polls is so important. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

A new platform for immigrants mimics centuries-old behavior

Can Homeis capture the complicated experience of being an immigrant in America in 2019? | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

RealReal’s promise of authenticated luxury goods may not be so real

The luxury resale site is pushing back against investigations that claim copywriters with minimal training are authenticating many of the items it sells. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

Ancestry’s genetic tests can now tell you about your health

AncestryDNA, the leading consumer genetic testing company, is expanding beyond genealogy. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

The futility of recycling most plastic

Plastic is the substrate of modern life, and the planet is paying for it | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

Britain’s digital payments have gotten too fast

Parliament thinks certain transactions may need to slow down to fight fraud. It is a sign of things to come in other countries trying to speed up payment systems. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

Microsoft wants anyone to be a developer, whether they code or not

There's a shortage of developers in the world, and you could help fill the gap. Yes, you. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

Japan's Softbank, others invested billions in Indian startups

SoftBank is one of the 50-plus active Japanese investors in India. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

How “OK” became the most spoken word on the planet

Of all the words in the English language, the word “OK” is pretty new: It’s only been used for about 180 years. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

What companies don’t tell you about extended warranties

The extended warranty market has a profit margin of around 50-60% for retailers. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

Brace yourself Delhi, it may only be the beginning of the toxic air season

The deterioration in air quality in the past few days offsets the gains clocked in October. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

Why are people getting worse at “The Price Is Right”?

The typical guess is much worse today than it was in the 1970s. It could be because people don't really need to keep track of prices anymore. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s proudest professional moment was a loss

The justice understands personally how great victories can be snatched from the jaws of devastating defeats. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

The fight against financial advertisers using Facebook for digital redlining

As bank branches close and online finance advances, it's harder to tell if groups of people are being excluded from financial opportunities on the digital main street. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

Stock trading is virtually free – why isn’t crypto?

Cryptocurrency exchanges still earn billions in commissions. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

YouTube’s algorithm helped a Chinese propaganda video on Hong Kong go viral

“You can go from more radical video to more radical video,” says Guillaume Chaslot, who runs a YouTube watchdog site. “There’s a rabbit-hole effect.” | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

The blacklist Apple uses to censor the internet in China

In mainland China, Apple's Safari browser blacklists "content that undermines the principles of the Chinese constitution." | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago