Way to use social media is to act like a 19th-century Parisian

If you're not quite ready to quit social media, consider taking a cue from the "urban investigators" who once wandered the boulevards of Paris. | Continue reading


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Addis Ababa Beats Dubai as World's Gateway to Africa

Part of the credit for increased international bookings is being attributed to reforms overseen by prime minister Abiy Ahmed. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 6 years ago

Aristotle's binary philosophies created today's AI bias

We shouldn’t blame Silicon Valley developers for our biased binary system—we should blame Aristotle. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 6 years ago

The richest families in Florence in 1427 are still the richest in Florence

They maintained their wealth through various sieges, Napoleon, Mussolini, and two world wars. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 6 years ago

Kenya will start teaching Chinese to elementary school students from 2020

Mandarin will be taught as a foreign language alongside French, Arabic, and German. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 6 years ago

Every successful relationship is successful for the same exact reasons

I asked 1,500 people for relationship advice, and kept getting the same answers. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 6 years ago

I asked 1,500 people for relationship advice, and kept getting the same answers. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 6 years ago

Most People Don’t Really Want to Be Happy

People are more likely to choose satisfaction—the long-term feeling that comes with achieving your goals. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 6 years ago

Consider it a late Christmas present. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 6 years ago

Gates-led fund is investing in a startup to build a cheap battery

Boston-based Malta thinks it has an answer to the problem of expensive lithium-ion batteries in the form of heat pumps, chilled chambers, and molten salt. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 6 years ago

Taylor Swift used facial recognition to track her stalkers at a concert

She knew you were trouble when you walked in. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 6 years ago

Taylor Swift used facial recognition to track her stalkers at a concert

She knew you were trouble when you walked in. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 6 years ago

US nuclear tests killed far more American civilians than previously thought

Hundreds of thousands of US civilians were poisoned by irradiated milk, raising the previously estimated toll by a huge factor. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 6 years ago

All the books Bill Gates has recommended over the last eight years

Gates has recommended 186 books on his blog since Jan. 2010. So get cracking. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 6 years ago

Loneliness Quartz Obsession

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9 Intriguing Facts about Ingvar Kamprad and His IKEA Empire

Ingvar Kamprad, the founder of IKEA who has just died, was the eighth-richest person on the planet. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 6 years ago

“The Pandora’s Box has been opened. We need to close it before we lose our last chance.” | Continue reading


@qz.com | 6 years ago

US Could Regulate AI Exports

The small number of countries to be potentially targeted includes a big name in AI: China. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 6 years ago

Quartz AI Studio will help journalists with machine learning

We plan to use AI to help research several stories in 2019 | Continue reading


@qz.com | 6 years ago

Chocolate chip cookies: the creation of a culinary classic

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@qz.com | 6 years ago

Quartz's vision for the future-a letter from our editor in chief and publisher

The Quartz app: a new way to talk about the news. Quartz membership: for turning change into competitive advantage. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 6 years ago

The quest to create quality chocolate for a country obsessed with Cadbury (2017)

A bean-to-bar movement is finally taking hold in India, a country obsessed with Cadbury. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 6 years ago

I learned to run 100-mile marathons–thanks to the science of self-control

Once you've built self-control through an activity like running, you have more willpower in other areas of your life, too. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 6 years ago

Amazon’s own published books are quietly taking over the site

But Amazon is not just a fast and efficient bookseller; it's also a book maker. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 6 years ago

The “parenting happiness gap” is real, new research confirms

But there's a pretty simple way to fix it. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 6 years ago

Seattle minimum wage helps experienced workers, reduced opportunities for others

A natural experiment finally gives economists insight into which workers benefit from minimum wage increases. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 6 years ago

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As Saudi Arabia diversifies away from oil, it's pouring money into Silicon Valley. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 6 years ago

Dazed just hired CGI influencer Lil Miquela as its arts editor

"Lil Miquela" is a digital avatar with over a million Instagram followers. But who is Dazed really hiring? | Continue reading


@qz.com | 6 years ago

We’ll soon co-live in apartments in much the same way we co-work

Co-living is the natural step after co-working. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 6 years ago

Uber’s secret weapon is its team of economists

The mission of Ubernomics is to prove the rest of the world should love Uber as much as economists already do. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 6 years ago

Uber's research economics team is its secret weapon

The mission of Ubernomics is to prove the rest of the world should love Uber as much as economists already do. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 6 years ago

Our Reliance on Cellphones Began 35 Years Ago This Week

Happy birthday to your smartphone addiction. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 6 years ago

The highest paid workers in Silicon Valley are not software engineers

Programming is not the only way to climb the Silicon Valley career ladder, and it's certainly the most lucrative. In fact, you might be better off being "non-technical." | Continue reading


@qz.com | 6 years ago

Your Kickstarter idea on sale in China before you’ve finished funding it (2016)

Startups making hardware have no choice but to deal with this new reality. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 6 years ago

Mobile money transactions in Somalia are overtaking Kenya

Household survey data suggests 73% of Somalis above the age of 16 use mobile money services at least once a monththough most use it a few times a month, | Continue reading


@qz.com | 6 years ago

Why women are excited about Dyson’s new $500 hairstyling tool

Quartz is a guide to the new global economy for people in business who are excited by change. We cover business, economics, markets, finance, technology, science, design, and fashion. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 6 years ago

AI and the robot uprising: why isn't the world more prepared?

AI is coming. Policymakers need to start making a plan. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 6 years ago

What does Amazon do? A guide to understanding the e-commerce giant

To call Amazon an e-commerce company feels completely inadequate.  | Continue reading


@qz.com | 6 years ago

Automation may take our jobs, but personal data will save our paychecks

Data is not “the new oil”—but that doesn’t mean that it can’t make us money. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 6 years ago

Help track voting problems for the 2018 midterms

A bot by Quartz will relay reports to journalists across the US. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 6 years ago

Swiss startup Climeworks turns carbon dioxide into stone

The world's top scientists believe that we'll need to commercialize this technology to beat climate change. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 6 years ago

How much longer can Apple avoid making a touchscreen laptop?

It's reneged on just about every other gadget trend—when will be able to touch Macs? | Continue reading


@qz.com | 6 years ago

If you’re not spending 5 hours per week learning, you’re being irresponsible

Not learning at least 5 hours per week is the smoking of the 21st century. This article is the warning label. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 6 years ago

What Happens Next

Welcome to your complete guide to the future of the global economy. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 6 years ago

The problem with Harvard Business School case studies (and b-school)

Even the man who popularized the case method felt it was too indifferent to societal ills, to labor, and to the ideals of economic equality. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 6 years ago

Gitlab, tech's newest unicorn, has no offices

Remote work is reaching unprecedented levels of popularity. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 6 years ago

Hurricane Maria was a manmade disaster. Hundreds of families told us what really happened

A searchable database of Maria's victims, from Quartz, Puerto Rico’s Center for Investigative Journalism, and the Associated Press. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 6 years ago

Why GE killed annual performance reviews

"The world isn’t really on an annual cycle anymore for anything." | Continue reading


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