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A guide to effective emotional design
A curated list of top 100 innovations by TIME, highlighting inventions that are making the world better, smarter and a bit more fun.
After early tests in select markets, Netflix announced today its debut lineup of exclusive mobile games will begin rolling out to all members globally on Android devices, starting this week.
Falguni Nayar, the founder, became the richest self-made female billionaire of India. It's made sweeter by the fact that Nykaa remains India’s first unicorn start-up founded by a woman to match up to industry giants, including Britannia, Godrej and IndiGo.
Opinion: The Multiverse Idea Is Rotting Culture
What looks at first glance like an opening up of possibilities is actually an attack on the human imagination.
THE BENTHIC ROVER II, with its two googly-eye-like flotation devices on its front, gives it a sort of WALL-E vibe. Only instead of exploring a garbage-strewn landscape, BR-II roams the Pacific seafloor, 13,000 feet deep with a different mission.
Chip shortage drags on and on … and on
The seminconductor industry lives at the cutting edge of technological progress. So why can’t it churn out enough chips to keep the world moving?
Understanding influencer-led 'live commerce'
An explainer on influencer led live commerce and how Myntra is capitalizing on the trend.
Singapore’s tech-utopia dream is turning into a surveillance state nightmare
In the "smart nation," robot dogs enforce social distancing and an app can claim to neutralize racism. The reality is very different.
A Former Facebook VP Thinks Investing in Humans Is the Future of VC
Sam Lessin has been ruminating on an idea: What if instead of investing in companies, you could invest in people? What if Lessin could apply the venture capital model to human beings.
Tiger Global is venture capital's winning machine
Tiger Global is the best blitz chess player in the world of venture capital today. The near-$100 billion crossover fund moves at a pace that no other firm can compete with, allocating around the world, on virtually a daily basis.
Honorary mentions
Metaverse much? Introducing 'Icelandverse'
What happened to American gun culture?
LA’s Staples Center will be renamed ‘Crypto.com Arena’
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