As with the business of logistics, where having multiple routes to deliver goods to the same destination raises reliability, network-dependent consumerism depends on multiple networks having a host computer with multiple ...
Economics & Business
Nov 22, 2023
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Yanis Varoufakis grew up during the Greek dictatorship of 1967–1974. He later became an economics professor and was briefly Greek finance minister in 2015.
Economics & Business
Nov 9, 2023
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At first glance, the term "digital hug" might seem paradoxical. After all, how does the physical act of embracing one another have anything to do with the digital world in which we are so often physically distant, even worlds ...
Social Sciences
Aug 23, 2023
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Buying a home is a time-consuming process, in part because it requires balancing financial realities with a long checklist of expectations and desires. People care about a solid foundation and certain number of bedrooms. ...
Economics & Business
Aug 22, 2023
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In May 2023, the World Meteorological Organization called for more observations and research on the cryosphere—those areas where the Earth's surface is covered by ice and snow. Greenland's ice sheet is the second largest ...
Earth Sciences
Aug 4, 2023
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Heavy reliance on technology in education may be unproductive, or even detrimental, if it interferes with the acquisition of basic skills such as reading, the UN warned on Wednesday.
Education
Jul 26, 2023
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Have you ever wondered what the terms digitalization and digital transformation really mean? Are you unsure about when to use these terms and what they mean to you? And, more to the point, what's the difference?
Economics & Business
Jun 9, 2023
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The web is an informational paradise and a hellscape at the same time.
Social Sciences
Feb 2, 2023
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For many fans, sports betting is most associated with the glare of television screens broadcasting every sporting event imaginable in a glitzy casino in Las Vegas—for decades, one of the only places in the U.S. where spectators ...
Social Sciences
Jan 31, 2023
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A few weeks ago, Zara, the Spanish fashion chain with stores all over the world, announced that it was branching into the second-hand market. With a pilot test in the United Kingdom, through the Zara Pre-Owned platform, it ...
Social Sciences
Jan 19, 2023
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