Netflix Disney to crackdown on password sharingQuartz - Sangeeta Singh-KurtzIt’s not uncommon for someone to be logged into their ex-boyfriend’s-mom’s-Netflix account years after a break-up. You’ve probably also noticed viewing discrepancies in your own accounts because that who
Programming Languages Hadley Wickham on the future of R, Python, and the tidyverseQuartz - Dan KopfJust like spoken languages, programming languages evolve. Popular languages like C++, Java, and Python have all changed dramatically over time. As the needs of programmers change, languages adopt new or
Recession Inverted yield curve doesn't necessarily signal recessionQuartz - Allison SchragerThere was a time bonds were considered the boring, predictable asset—all the action was in stocks—but this week was an exciting one for fixed income. The US yield curve inverted. This is when short-term
Barack Obama All of Barack Obama’s summer reading lists, combinedQuartz - Sangeeta Singh-KurtzAnother summer, another list of summer reads from Barack Obama. The 44th US president recommended dozens of books during his two terms, but Obama only started sharing summer reading lists—often alongside
Apple Watch Apple is going to be the company that kills the walletQuartz - Mike MurphyEarlier this week, I managed to do something that’s generally been impossible in New York City: I didn’t take my wallet out for two days straight, and still managed to pay for food, get around, and live
Adolf Hitler What Hitler's rise to power teaches us about modern extremistsQuartz - Klaus MeyerThe 80th anniversary of the beginning of the Second World War is on September 1. It’s important to understand how the conflict and the Holocaust could have happened—and how we can prevent such atrocities
Kroger Plant-based eggs are starting to compete with the real thingQuartz - Chase PurdyThe change was swift. In the last year, plant-based foods have suddenly snapped up market share in both the dairy and meat markets with alternative versions of milks, yogurts, and convincing faux beef
Convergence 10 questions about the fashion resale market, answeredQuartz - Marc BainThere’s never been a better time—or more need—to buy your clothes used. At least that’s the case I made in a recent story on the burgeoning fashion resale market. On Aug. 16, I joined Quartz members on
Greenland Trump's idea of buying Greenland is not that crazyQuartz - Ephrat LivniDonald Trump loves property. He made his name in his family’s real estate development business, after all. So it’s no surprise that, in his capacity as US president, Trump has reportedly expressed an in
African Studies Social media is reinforcing political power structures in Africa more than it's challenging themQuartz - Maggie DwyerIn mid-July Chad lifted its 16-month social media ban. This ended the longest social media blockage seen in any African country. The government argued that the lengthy ban was necessary for security reasons.
University of Cape Town Cape Town's gang violence is bound up in its racist historyQuartz - Don PinnockWhen the apartheid government decided to evict people it called Coloured from Cape Town’s inner city, it set off a chain reaction that now requires military intervention. More than 50 years on from the
Israel Why Israel banned US congresswomen Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan OmarQuartz - Adam RasmiIsrael’s decision to bar two sitting members of the US Congress is grounded in a 2017 law that blocks anyone who has publicly expressed support for a boycott of Israel from entering the country, at the
Magic Mushrooms Oregonian activists want to legalize therapeutic magic mushroomsQuartz - Olivia GoldhillThe first states in the United States are working to legalize magic mushrooms. The movement is in its nascent stages, but following the path of the cannabis in the US, different models of decriminalization
Walsh Being a successful leader in the age of automation comes down to a simple mantraQuartz - Georgia Frances KingIn 1960, American career submarine officer Don Walsh and Swiss oceanographer Jacques Piccard—son of famed hot-air balloonist and scientist Auguste Piccard—were the first two people to reach the bottom
House of Lords Failed Northern Rock is still making money for former auditor PwCQuartz - Max de HaldevangIn 2011, Britain’s House of Lords accused accounting firm PwC of “disturbing” complacency (pdf) in failing to flag elements of Northern Rock’s “dangerously risky business model” when it was the bank’s
Aquariums Are aquariums ethical?Quartz - Georgia Frances KingOn the one hand, aquariums provide educational opportunities. They can teach kids and adults alike about the wonders of our oceans and the life contained within them. This awe can then hopefully be translated
Old Town Road "Old Town Road" is not popular in AsiaQuartz - Dan KopfLil Nas X’s “Old Town Road” is one of the biggest hits in American music history. It has been number one song on the Billboard Hot 100, the influential US music chart used to rank the country’s most popular
Glyphosate Syngenta just funded a study on the best way to spray glyphosateQuartz - Zoë SchlangerAgrochemical giant Syngenta funded a peer-reviewed paper published Friday that suggests glyphosate, an herbicide at the center of a worldwide public health controversy, would be better at killing weeds
Fabrics The importance of clothing resale to sustainable fashion in 2019Quartz - Marc BainWhen I first started buying used clothes, it had nothing to do with sustainability. I was learning about fashion through online forums, and browsing the buy-and-sell marketplaces they had for members.
Russia Russian Gerasim Lebedev pioneered Bengali theatre in the 1700sQuartz - Karen StapleyWhilst browsing through a list of inhabitants of Calcutta (Kolkata today) in the 1790s, one particular entry caught my attention. In June 1794, a Russian musician by the name of Gerasim Lebedev was listed
Open Access No manels at IISc Bengaluru, women mandatory in panel discussionsQuartz - IISc ConnectB Chagun Basha is a science, technology and innovation policy fellow at Bengaluru’s Indian Institute of Science’s (IISc) Centre for Policy Research established by the department of science & technology
Reserve Bank of India Only structural reforms by Modi 2.0 can arrest Nifty, Sensex fall.Quartz - Anand JamesIndia’s stock markets are in the throes of a bear hug. The National Stock Exchange’s (NSE) Nifty 50 index has shed nearly 11% of its value since July 5, when finance minister Nirmala Sitharaman announced
Paypal FBI used PayPal verification history to track cybercriminalQuartz - Justin RohrlichAt the beginning of May, a San Francisco-based tech firm called Scale AI contacted the FBI after discovering its internal computer network had been hacked. Roughly $40,000 had been drained out of its $140
NRA After recent mass shootings, NRA approval rate falls to new lowQuartz - Annalisa MerelliIt took at least 87 mass shootings and 725 fatalities, but for the first time in 19 years, American opinion has finally turned on the National Rifle Association (NRA). According to a poll by Fox News p.5)
Givenchy Tiffany launches its first full men's jewelry and lifestyle lineQuartz - Marc BainPicture Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly in Breakfast at Tiffany’s, staring through the Tiffany window in a black Givenchy dress with her coffee and pastry. Now swap her out for a guy in a black Givenchy
Play buttonArtificial Intelligence Georgia Tech is teaching robots to build their own toolsQuartz - Mike MurphyWhen the robot revolution comes, the weapons robots use to destroy us could be cobbled together from the scraps of our own society. You’ve been warned. More realistically, though, researchers like a group
WeWork WeWork’s co-founders must give $1 billion to charity over 10 years or lose some control of the companyQuartz - Natasha FrostWeWork wants you to know it loves the planet. The co-working company has banned meat and disposable cups from its US locations, pledged to donate $30 a month for each fruit water dispenser in its New officers
Rashida Tlaib Israel just denied entry to US congresswomen Omar and Tlaib, bowing to TrumpQuartz - Ephrat LivniIsrael will deny entry to Rashida Tlaib and Ilhan Omar, US congresswomen who are Muslim and members of the progressive Democrats’ “Squad.” Targets of Donald Trump’s ire for weeks, Tlaib of Michigan and
