Sears screwed over a small-time wrench inventor — but he fought back Dan Brown invented an award-winning tool that sold millions of units. Then he got in bed with the wrong hardware store.
How the sharing economy makes us trust complete strangers The sharing economy relies on the moral righteousness of strangers. And we deeply trust it — even when everything goes to hell.
The rise and demise of the AAirpass, American Airlines’ $250k lifetime ticket In the 1980s, American Airlines sold an unlimited, first-class ticket for life. But they didn't account for super-travelers like Jacques Vroom and Steve Rothstein.
A US city just banned crypto mining for the first time The ban will place an 18-month moratorium on all new crypto mining operations in Plattsburgh, NY.
Japan and South Korea are embroiled in a heated dispute over… strawberries How an Olympic curler reignited a decades-old fight between Japan and South Korea over fruit copyrights.
The tech that allowed Stephen Hawking to communicate his ideas with the world As we mourn the loss of the man, let’s take a look at the technology that empowered him to share his genius theories with the public.
Advertisers are using new verification software to weed out Instagram bots A cottage industry of Instagram verification software companies is popping up, enlisting algorithms to give advertisers a better bang for their buck.
Commercial delivery drones are “a lot closer” to reality than skeptics think The FAA has approved “at least 10” drone initiatives, which could result in operational commercial delivery drones as early as May.
Why are millions of clocks in Europe suddenly running slow? Throughout Europe, a dispute between Serbia and Kosovo has clocks that rely on alternating current running up to 6 minutes behind.
How a holding company that sold pool chemicals pivoted into a $20B coffee empire JAB owns everything from Keurig to Peet’s Coffee and has a hand in “every form and venue” of the coffee game.
Coca-Cola is releasing an alcoholic drink in the world’s most adventurous market: Japan Japanese consumers place a very high premium on “trying new things” -- including, apparently, fruity alcoholic drinks.
For the first time in 13 years, LEGO has reported a decline in revenue and profit LEGO’s castle falls after overspending on branded marketing and failing to sell enough of its bricks.
