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The Outlandish Story Of Ollie’s: A $5 Billion Retail Empire That Sells Nothing Online (But Is Beating Amazon)

The sheriff’s deputy arrives early, assuming his position before 9 a.m. He stands silently, in a dark uniform beneath a bulletproof vest, and waits, sipping a small cup of thin coffee. As time rolls on, it becomes apparent he isn’t much needed here, stationed in a big, glassy store alongside a highway in Sterling, Virginia, by Washington’s Dulles International Airport

02 апреля 2019 14 мин. 12472

How to Govern a Digitally Networked World

WASHINGTON, DC – Governments built the current systems and institutions of international cooperation to address nineteenth- and twentieth-century problems. But in today’s complex and fast-paced digital world, these structures cannot operate at “Internet speed.”

01 апреля 2019 5 мин. 10323

Matternet Partners With UPS As It Launches First Regular Drone Delivery Service In U.S.

A Matternet quadcopter carrying lab specimens will fly a third of a mile Wednesday across the campus of WakeMed Hospital in Raleigh, N.C., kicking off service on the first regular commercial drone delivery route in the United States

29 марта 2019 3 мин. 6623

Once-Hot Startup At Center Of Fraud Allegations Changes Its Strategy - And Its Name

In December 2018, a company called Fintiv filed a lawsuit against Apple claiming the tech giant had infringed on a patent for a mobile wallet management system

28 марта 2019 4 мин. 9707

Let’s Talk About Geoengineering

CAMBRIDGE – Negotiations on geoengineering technologies ended in deadlock at the United Nations Environment Assembly in Nairobi, Kenya, last week, when a Swiss-backed proposal to commission an expert UN panel on the subject was withdrawn amid disagreements over language. This is a shame, because the world needs open debate about novel ways to reduce climate risks

27 марта 2019 5 мин. 8080

Kazakhstan startup-team spoke at the International Global forum in Dubai

Kazakh winners of "Technovation Challenge-2017" spoke at panel session at the Global Education and Skills Forum (GESF)

26 марта 2019 2 мин. 5827

What’s Wrong with Contemporary Capitalism?

PRINCETON – Rather suddenly, capitalism is visibly sick. The virus of socialism has reemerged and is infecting the young once more. Wiser heads, who respect capitalism’s past achievements, want to save it, and have been proposing diagnoses and remedies. But their proposals sometimes overlap with those who would tear the system down, making nonsense of traditional left-right distinctions

26 марта 2019 6 мин. 8484

Think Local, Develop Better

ISLAMABAD – In October 2018, Pakistani television news channels reported on how the local authorities in Pishin, a district in Balochistan province, were building a small dam to cope with frequent droughts in the area. Instead of accepting the government’s proposal to build the dam at a cost of PKR10 million ($71,000), the local community decided to build one itself for just PKR2.1 million under a European Union-funded rural-development program