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Groupon Made Eric Lefkofsky A Billionaire—His Cancer-Fighting Startup Is Worth Far More

01 августа 2019 4 мин. 10228

BALTIMORE – Puerto Rico is once again in crisis, both politically and economically. A United States territory with more than three million people, it has a larger population than many US states. But its population and real (inflation-adjusted) output have been falling since 2006. More than half of native-born Puerto Ricans alive today have left the island, most of them for the US mainland. The territory’s per capita income is around half that of the poorest US state, Mississippi

31 июля 2019 5 мин. 8783

Inside The Winning, Spinning World Of Steve Aoki, Music’s $30 Million DJ

Deep inside a hilltop hideaway on the outskirts of Las Vegas, an elusive engine of perpetual motion thrums to a beat: not in mechanical form, but in the person of Steve Aoki

30 июля 2019 6 мин. 9362

Boris’s Brexit

LONDON – Now that Boris Johnson has achieved his lifetime ambition to become the United Kingdom’s prime minister, the tragicomedy of Brexit is approaching its climax. While the rest of the European Union has viewed this with barely disguised horror, there is good news and bad news in Johnson’s apotheosis

29 июля 2019 6 мин. 10810

Who’s The Face Behind FaceApp? Meet The Rich Russian Who Built The Wildly Viral App

He's worked on Windows Mobile for Microsoft. He was cofounder of a company that sold to Russia's Google, Yandex, in a reported $38 million deal that made him wealthy

26 июля 2019 7 мин. 10552

Trump’s Newest Shelter For Migrant Youth Is Being Shut Down

Anticipating an increase in the number of migrant children in federal custody, the U.S. government opened its second temporary influx shelter on June 30 in Carrizo Springs, Texas, a small town an hour away from the border

25 июля 2019 4 мин. 7133

Game of Tongues: How Duolingo Built A $700 Million Business With Its Addictive Language-Learning App

Beg for your life in Spanish,” demands Duo, a plump green owl. The viral meme circulating on Twitter stars the mascot for Duolingo, the hugely popular language-learning app, downloaded by more than 300 million people worldwide. While the meme is a joke, the real app is plenty insistent

24 июля 2019 11 мин. 12483

A Digital Path to Health for All

BASEL/SEATTLE – Global leaders at the recent annual gathering of the World Health Assembly in Geneva expressed worry and optimism in almost equal measure. Delegates at the Assembly – the decision-making body of the World Health Organization – likened the scope of the world’s health crisis to that of the threat posed by climate change. They also agree, however, that digital technology and data will play a crucial role in accelerating efforts to achieve health for all