The New York Stock Exchange floor has a screen that traders look at more than any other. Not because it displays the most complete information. Not…
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Behind the scenes of YouTube’s wealthiest circles, something subtly peculiar is taking place. The subscriber numbers continue to rise, the cameras continue to record, and the…
Recently, a friend declined a job that most people her age would consider ideal. A well-known name on the business card, a good salary, and good…
Microsoft announced more than 6,000 layoffs last month, the second-largest in the company’s history. As these announcements usually do these days, it came in quietly. A…
The damage had already been done by Monday morning when the majority of people checked their phones. Before most Americans had had their first cup of…
The concrete at Launch Complex 39B has a subtly unsettling quality. It has been blasted by Space Shuttle main engines, scorched by Saturn V rockets, and…
The behavior of Goldman Sachs stock is almost theatrical. After rising 47% over the course of a year, garnering praise and media attention, it returns 17%…
There is a period in Microsoft’s history that is rarely discussed. A tiny apartment in Albuquerque, New Mexico, in March 1975. Bill Gates and Paul Allen,…
When most people think of fungi, they picture something rather harmless, like a portobello mushroom, a jar of yeast on the kitchen counter, or perhaps a…
The image of rows of humming server containers parked in a converted gemstone mine deep in the Norwegian mountains, silently churning through cryptographic puzzles while fjords…