Goldman Sachs is becoming an ally for tech firms like Amazon

US tech giants are looking to expand their reach in financial services—without the burden of becoming a regulated bank. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

A Chinese national trying to smuggle US microchips got caught – Quartz

China, which maintains the most extensive intelligence apparatus in the world, has increased the size and scope of its efforts in recent years. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

How the Super Bowl became an unrivaled US cultural phenomenon

The NFL championship is an unavoidable, quasi-religious spectacle. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

SoftBank’s first bet in energy storage is a startup that stacks concrete blocks

So far, most large investments in energy storage have gone to companies building lithium-ion batteries. SoftBank's newest bet changes that. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

Raytheon engineer arrested for taking US missile defense secrets to China

The case revolves around a laptop on the lam. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

Raytheon engineer arrested for taking US missile defense secrets to China

The case revolves around a laptop on the lam. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

Clayton Christensen taught me patience, showed me love, confidence and hope

To simply call Clay a professor to the many of us who experienced him would be to miss the point of who he was and what he meant to us. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

Uber rival Ola is launching in London next month

Ola is promising drivers 100% of their earnings for the first six weeks. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

An update to 37-year-old MIDI could profoundly change the way music sounds

MIDI 2.0 is live, and it could mean the end of the keyboard's dominance over popular music. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

Lyft lays off 90 people

With record losses on the public markets last year, Silicon Valley companies are setting a new focus on profitability. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

Remembering Xana Antunes, a mentor to just about everyone she met

Xana was an incisive editor, a fierce advocate, and the kind of mentor who would roll her eyes if you called her one to her face. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

Looks like Walmart’s investment in Flipkart is beginning to pay off

Flipkart and Myntra have picked up more online activity than rival Amazon. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

One Indian community turned a barren hill into an evergreen forest land

In the 1990s, the Bengal villagers realised that turning the mountain green could save them from the torment of inclement weather coupled with water shortage issues. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

AI provided early warnings of the Wuhan virus

It would have worked whether Chinese officials were transparent about the outbreak or not. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

Teenagers aspire to the same kinds of jobs they did 20 years ago

Though the nature of work has changed dramatically since the turn of the century, kids' career aspirations have not. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

AMZN takeover of Whole Foods is a fascinating experiment in class identity (‘17)

Whole Foods is the official grocery store of the aspirational class—which means that it alienates a lot of other potential customers. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

"But I wore the juice," he mumbled. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

The US relaxed its meat safety rules at the wrong time

Since 2013, the number of meat recalls in the most hazardous category have jumped by some 85%. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

George Soros: Hong Kong’s protests and Italy’s “sardines” are glimmers of hope

Speaking at Davos, the billionaire warned of the dangers of authoritarianism, but said people everywhere are starting to push back. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

Censorship shackles China's battle against Wuhan virus

It's harder to combat a public health epidemic in a system where people feel constantly tricked and puzzled by the discrepancies in the information they can get. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

How can we create a workforce full of lifelong learners?

The future belongs to those who can learn to learn, learn to unlearn, and learn to relearn, says Infosys executive Ravi Kumar. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

We’re closer than we’ve ever been to the optimum airplane boarding procedure

Research from a team of physicists offers yet more clues. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

Most people think it's impossible to be both ethical and competent

PR agency Edelman has been measuring public trust in people and institutions for the past 20 years. The latest results are out. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

People think it's impossible to be both ethical and competent

PR agency Edelman has been measuring public trust in people and institutions for the past 20 years. The latest results are out. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

How Quartz used AI to sort through the Luanda Leaks

Reporters had a problem: 350 GB of documents is a lot of documents. Enter machine learning. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

Nike shoes face a potential ban from competition for being too fast

Reports conflict over whether they will be outlawed. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

Trump's trade deal with China is communism with American characteristics

Trump is buying into China's authoritarian economic principles | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

The quiz tournament is averaging more viewers than the NBA Finals, World Series, and Stanley Cup. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

Way to make a profit as an aerospace company is to fail

NASA is paying billions to reinforce a system of self-sabotage. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

Scientists discover 10 new bird species

Researchers discovered 10 new kinds of birds in Indonesia, which could open the door to more high-volume bird discoveries. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

Beijing’s man lost by a shocking landslide in Taiwan’s presidential election

Incumbent Tsai Ing-wen's win comes shortly after pro-democracy candidates swept local elections in Hong Kong, as voters in both places firmly reject Beijing. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

Feces from a giant kettle of vultures is disrupting CBP communications on the US-Mexico border

A US Customs and Border Protection radio tower has become home to some 300 vultures. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

A US Customs and Border Protection radio tower has become home to some 300 vultures. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

DuckDuckGo is the big winner of Google’s Europe Android auction

Some search providers boycotted the auction, calling it an unfair solution to anticompetitive practices. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

New US building codes will make every home ready for electric cars

An EV in every garage? | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

League of Legends gamers could become California’s newest workforce

California’s latest labor law could uncover a new workforce: League of Legends video gamers. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

Having the “world’s most powerful passport” is lost on Japan

Only 23% of Japanese citizens have a passport; many of them consider foreign countries dangerous. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

Robinhood plans to make money on US stock trading in the UK

The fintech's cut-rate fees have roiled the brokerage industry in the US. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

The OnePlus Concept One smartphone can make its camera disappear – Quartz

For its new concept device, Chinese smartphone company OnePlus borrowed from sleek car design. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

Thailand’s beloved pad Thai dish has a strange political history

Before a state decree, pad Thai wasn't widely eaten. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

The World in 50 Years

We asked some of the boldest thinkers what the world will be like in 50 years. Here’s what their answers tell us about the future. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

Poorly nourished pregnant women are also badly overworked in rural India

Extreme hardship. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

The radical immigration changes under Trump that went unnoticed

It's not just a tough southern border policy: Green card holders and citizens have a harder life, too | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

The UK’s new parliament is its most diverse ever

Parliament now has a historic number of women, ethnic minorities, and LGBTQ members. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

AI is breathing new life into artificial limbs for India’s amputees

India has more than half a million amputees. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

Merger that paved the way for the Boeing 737 Max crisis

Only now, with the plane indefinitely grounded, are we beginning to see the scale of its effects.  | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

Learning how to give healthy feedback changed my entire leadership approach

Good leadership means instilling better collaboration and trust, of one’s self and of others. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago

The Quartz India Pros

The latest members of a community of top thinkers and doers in business who are shaping the conversation around the global economy. | Continue reading


@qz.com | 5 years ago