TechDuring COVID, e-sports have been big business
Call of Duty held a championship in August 2020 that ended up being the most watched Call of Duty e-sports event ever.
February 26, 2021
From Worksheet, our new newsletter about productivity
FinanceThis A.I. company has discovered how to unlock creativity—even with employees stuck at home
Companies are struggling with how to foster creative collaboration when many employees are virtual.
February 24, 2021
COVID-19 vaccine
The Biden administration
PoliticsRepublicans’ $10 minimum wage pitch likely won’t be the compromise they were hoping for
Given the lack of consensus on the issue, it’s no wonder that Congress hasn’t managed to raise the federal pay floor in 12 years.
February 25, 2021
Brainstorm Reinvent
From the magazine
MagazinePfizer’s CEO thinks a vaccine-resistant COVID variant is ‘likely’—but that’s not as scary as it sounds
Albert Bourla talks about responding to mutant strains, managing the vaccine rollout, and getting stuck in the middle of the political crossfire.
February 3, 2021
Unemployment
Quarterly Investment Guide
FinanceHow tech stocks ‘ate’ the stock market
JPMorgan estimates the true weighting in the market for tech stocks is closer to 40%—while those companies account for 6% of nominal GDP and employ just 2% of the country’s workers.
January 21, 2021
Leadership
Features
TechKnow when to fold ’em: How a company best known for playing games used A.I. to solve one of biology’s greatest mysteries
DeepMind, a sister company of Google, has achieved a breakthrough that’s likely to accelerate the discovery of new medicines and vaccines. It’s also a glimpse of how A.I. is starting to revolutionize science.
November 30, 2020