21 Essential Tools You Should Have at Home
“A service technican will be at your home between the hours of 8 AM and 5 PM.” Ugh. How often have you heard those words when you’ve needed something repaired…
The Genre-Transcending Mastery of The Staircase
A stack of DVDs landed on my desk one spring afternoon in 2005, when I was working as a television critic at The New York Times. The discs comprised The…
A handy checklist for fintechs considering international expansion
So you’re thinking of expanding your fintech company to another market? Congratulations, you’re in for an interesting ride. While 2022 has seen a slight slowdown in fintech investments, Q1 investments…
TNW Conference speakers not to miss: Boyan Slat is on a mission to clean up our oceans
We’ve made a mess of the Earth’s oceans. That’s something Boyan Slat, founder and CEO of The Ocean Cleanup, has spent the better part of a decade trying to fix.…
Whether you’re a scaleup or an individual, here’s how you can support victims of the war in Ukraine
Meet the People for People team in person at this year’s TNW Conference to find out more about how you or your organization can help support victims of the war…
Why It’s Impossible to Rent a Car Right Now
Peer-to-peer car-sharing platforms are—cliché though it is—exactly like Airbnb for cars. But, unlike Airbnb, which is currently valued at $78.8 billion, car sharing has yet to take off—despite cars sitting…
Streaming Is Too Big for Its Own Good
By the time I finally got around to watching, and quickly falling in love with, Reservation Dogs—the ethereal dark comedy on FX about four rebellious Indigenous teens who stir up…
How Ukraine Is Winning the Propaganda War
It took two months for Ukrainian officials to acknowledge the story was a myth. “The ghost of Kyiv is a superhero-legend, whose character was created by Ukrainians,” Ukraine’s Air Force…
Shanghai’s Censors Can’t Hide Stories of the Dead
ZHOU SHENGNI NEEDED a doctor, and fast. The 49-year-old, who was having an asthma attack, was being driven by her family to Shanghai East Hospital, where she worked as a…
Canada Moves to Decriminalize Possession of ‘Hard’ Drugs
On Tuesday, May 31, the Canadian government made a ruling that was the first of its kind for the country. Starting on January 31, 2023, the province of British Columbia…