Quartzadded this to The Talent QuotientAfrica Cup of Nations AFCON 2019: Egypt visa hurdles keeping African football fans homeQuartz - Yomi KazeemMillions of African soccer fans dream of being at the African Cup of Nations (AFCON) to support their national teams, but not everyone can afford to do so. As it turns out, even those who can afford it
Quartzadded this to The Talent QuotientFoodies Claire Saffitz is the ultimate life coachQuartz - Daniel WolfeEven if you’re not interested in making Twix or Peeps at home, Gourmet Makes, the Bon Appétit Test Kitchen video series about recreating processed foods from scratch, is jam-packed with strategies to your
Quartzadded this to Rewiring Small BusinessVenmo Venmo is sharing your payments with everyone—except MintQuartz - Matthew De SilvaEvery time I use a credit card to buy a cheeseburger at In-N-Out Burger, Mint dutifully subtracts $3.12 from my net worth. When I receive my biweekly paycheck, the money management platform automatically
Quartzadded this to The 2050 ProjectTariffs The US gets nearly all of its soccer balls from China. But the goal posts are movingQuartz - Dan KopfThe US-China trade war and the 2019 Women’s World Cup each have the world captivated at the moment. And they are surprisingly related. The US is the greatest force in women’s soccer. The American team,
Quartzadded this to CES 2019Burnout Young female doctors are at high risk for burnout and “self-care” is not the answerQuartz - Caroline Yao“Eat when you can, sleep when you can, pee when you can, and don’t mess with the pancreas.” Every surgeon trainee knows this phrase. It’s the mantra passed down through generations of surgeons trying survive
Quartzadded this to CES 2019 Bill Nye the Science Guy holds up after 26 yearsQuartz - Katherine Ellen FoleyIn this mini-series, we return to movies and TV we’ve loved to see how they depict gender. Does it hold up in 2019? Warning: contains spoilers. In the US, Bill Nye inspired an entire generation of scientists
Quartzadded this to Redesigning Fashion The US is picking a fight with Canada over an Arctic shipping routeQuartz - Zoë SchlangerThe Northwest Passage is one of just two possible shipping routes through the Arctic. “Possible” is generous: The icy landscape is treacherous for all but the burliest ships. Because the passage is of
Quartzadded this to United Nations General AssemblyFacebook Facebook's Libra cryptocurrency could shape online commerce and identityQuartz - Matthew De SilvaIt’s been nine days since Facebook announced the Libra, a new currency for the world, and we’re still alive. Nothing has launched, and it won’t until at least 2020. Despite ominous warnings, terrorists
Quartzadded this to CES 2019NYSE New York-listed NIO recalling ES8 SUV following fire incidentsQuartz - Echo HuangChinese electric-car manufacturer NIO, which went public in New York last year, is recalling around 4,800 units of its flagship electric SUV after the model caught fire or sputtered smoke in multiple in
Quartzadded this to The 2050 ProjectPanasonic Tesla wants to make its own batteries, like China's BYDQuartz - Echo HuangIt’s getting obvious Tesla wants to move deeply into the battery business. The California carmaker is now developing its own battery cells at a “secret lab,” CNBC reported yesterday (June 26). Employees
Quartzadded this to Davos 2019Credit Cards Should I pay in local currency? A travelers’ guide to credit card useQuartz - Rosie SpinksIt makes sense for most people to use credit cards as much as possible when spending money abroad. You can minimize fees that come from frequent cash withdrawals, feel less concerned about being robbed
Quartzadded this to CES 2019Money Should I exchange money before I travel? A guide to using cash or cards on vacationQuartz - Rosie SpinksPlanning a trip takes quite a lot of administrative grunt work. Once you’ve jumped through the hurdles of booking flights, getting a visa, choosing accommodation, and getting yourself to the airport on
Quartzadded this to How We'll WinRacism “Liberal racism” continues to plague Britain’s universitiesQuartz - Katy Sian“So how’s it going at work?” It’s a common question. The kind of question which normally opens a nice warm catch up between friends. But if you are a non-white academic, the question carries a different
Quartzadded this to The Talent QuotientTaiwan Taiwan, home of bubble tea, is latest to ban plastic strawsQuartz - Isabella StegerBubble tea is ubiquitous in Taiwan, but so are the thick, colorful straws used to slurp the drink. That’s not stopping the country from joining a growing number of places across the world implementing
Quartzadded this to CES 2019Used Cars India's pre-owned cars boom has OLX, CarDekho, Cars24 droolingQuartz - Niharika SharmaAt a time when India’s auto sector is facing its worst slowdown in years, the second-hand market is booming. The pre-owned car market clocked a year-on-year growth of up to 12% in financial year 2019,
Quartzadded this to The 2050 ProjectHuawei Bloomberg: Huawei staff did AI research with China's militaryQuartz - Jane LiSome employees of Chinese tech giant Huawei reportedly collaborated with Chinese military personnel on at least 10 research projects, which ranged from using artificial intelligence to identify emotions
Quartzadded this to Davos 2019The Arts An IISc Bengaluru teacher is mapping India with folk artsQuartz - Bitasta DasThis year, I am teaching the sixth edition of the undergraduate humanities course “Mapping India with the Folk Arts.” In this course, we delve into indigenous knowledge, or common people’s knowledge, on
Quartzadded this to Redesigning FashionVietnam Vietnam might be Donald Trump's next trade war targetQuartz - Mary HuiIn an a wide-ranging—and what some deemed unhinged and rambling—interview with Fox Business Network yesterday (June 26), US president Donald Trump talked about everything from Google, the Fed, migrants,
Quartzadded this to How We'll WinVictorian Era How Kamasutra was first published in English against normsQuartz - Manu S PillaiIn 1883, when the Kamasutra first made its appearance in English, European readers of Vatsyayana’s treatise hadn’t the faintest idea that its publisher—the wordily nomenclatured Hindoo Kama Shastra Society—was,
Quartzadded this to Davos 2019Elizabeth Warren Democratic Debate: Biden and Warren almost tied for 2020 nominationQuartz - Justin RohrlichMassachusetts senator Elizabeth Warren and former vice president Joe Biden have an equal chance of being the Democratic nominee for the 2020 US presidential election, according to PredictIt, a political-prediction
Quartzadded this to Davos 2019Millennials Infosys HR chief's three keys to a millennial-ready Indian officeQuartz - Richard LoboIf you were asked to speak to a class of freshmen students about the future of work, what would you tell them? About a scenario that involves the continuing march of technology, automation and artificial
Quartzadded this to The 2050 ProjectAbortion At primary debate, Warren calls for federal law on abortionQuartz - Annalisa MerelliAbortion has been a hot topic in America in the past few months, and so it wasn’t surprising when it came up on the democratic primary debate’s first night. What was a surprise was the position of Massachusetts
Quartzadded this to Rewiring Small BusinessChina Kenya court stops China-backed Lamu coal plant projectQuartz - Abdi Latif DahirThe scheme to build Kenya and east Africa’s first coal plant has been stopped. Kenyan judges at the National Environmental Tribunal on Tuesday (June 25) said officials had failed to conduct a thorough
Quartzadded this to CES 2019Play buttonAlia Bhatt Bollywood's Alia Bhatt joins Priyanka Chopra, Devgn on YouTubeQuartz - Ananya BhattacharyaA robust social media presence has for a while been a sure ticket to other mediums. The first Indian YouTuber to garner 10 million subscribers, Bhuvan Bam went from musician to comedian to writer-actor
Quartzadded this to Redesigning FashionDemocratic National Convention Tulsi Gabbard was a surprise breakout in first Democratic debateQuartz - Heather TimmonsTen people vying to be president on one stage was always going to be messy, and the first Democratic primary debate was just that. Candidates talked over one another, MSNBC had technical problems, moderators
Quartzadded this to United Nations General AssemblyAviation FAA says Boeing Max needs additional software fixQuartz - Tripti LahiriBoeing’s software fix for its troubled 737 Max plane was supposed to arrive in April, but was delayed due to the complexity of the task. And now it’s being delayed further. In its tests of Boeing’s software
Quartzadded this to Davos 2019Politics Democratic primary debate: Candidates name greatest threat to USQuartz - Ephrat Livni• John Delaney; China is a challenge. Nuclear weapons are the greatest threat. • Jay Inslee; Trump. • Tulsi Gabbard; Nuclear war. • Amy Klobuchar; China and Iran. • Beto O’Rourke; Climate change is the
Quartzadded this to PoliticsBeto O'Rourke Multiple Democratic presidential candidates duel in SpanishQuartz - Ana CampoyDemocrats vying for the US presidency held their first debate tonight. Part of it was in Spanish. In a sign of how coveted Latino votes have become, former US congressman Beto O’Rourke made part of his
Quartzadded this to Redesigning FashionKevin McAleenan DHS head McAleenan could be out after a right-wing assaultQuartz - Heather TimmonsAfter another tumultuous shakeup, all three US agencies responsible for immigration policy are being led by new officials. Now there’s growing concern that the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), which
Quartzadded this to The Talent QuotientDemocratic National Committee Democratic primary debates are basically speed datingQuartz - Ephrat LivniAre you looking for a new political true love but unsure who deserves your heart and vote in the 2020 US presidential elections? Well, the Democratic National Committee (DNC) knows a bunch of people who
