What Hong Kong’s Pandemic Experience Taught Uber About Other Cities
OAKLAND, Calif. — In late February, Uber executives were set to gather in San Francisco to form business plans for
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The #Vanlife Business Is Booming
I do not own a car or a house or even a bicycle. Nor am I prone to following Instagram
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Can an Algorithm Predict the Pandemic’s Next Moves?
The Google Flu Trends algorithm, as it is known, performed poorly. For instance, it continually overestimated doctor visits, later evaluations
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Goodbye to the Wild Wild Web
More recently, the hallmark of the Wild Wild Web became a kind of shoot-first, aim-later approach to corporate strategy. Terms
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New ‘TV’ Is a Lot Like TV
There are understandable reasons for most of this. Netflix and most other internet video services grafted existing business approaches or
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How Infrared Images Could Be Part of Your Daily Life
In a post-quarantine world, heat sensors could help spot sick people with elevated temperatures as they enter public places. But
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Four Top Tech C.E.O.s Will Testify on Antitrust, Panel Says
WASHINGTON — The chief executives of four of the world’s biggest technology companies will appear before Congress this month as
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Bogus Ideas Have Superspreaders, Too
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F.C.C. Designates Huawei and ZTE as National Security Threats
WASHINGTON — The Federal Communications Commission on Tuesday designated the Chinese telecommunications firms Huawei and ZTE as national security threats, cutting
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Burrito Delivery Makes No Sense
This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays. It’s annoying
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