According to an official statement filed with the SEC last week, Tim Cook’s job of leading the world’s most valuable company paid off handsomely in 2021. Cook, who succeeded Steve Jobs as Apple CEO in 2011, saw his pay package swell to $98.7 million la…
As 2021 drew to an end and the Covid-19 pandemic heads into its third year, the world is facing an unprecedented surge in new cases, threatening to test the limits of health systems across the globe. According to Our World in Data, the seven-day averag…
According to insurer Aon, natural disasters in 2021 caused economic losses of $283 billion – only 38 percent of which was covered by insurance. Back in October Steve Bowen, meteorologist & Head of Catastrophe Insight at Aon, predicted that 2021 would b…
The average song released on Spotify in 2020 clocked in at three minutes and 17 seconds – just two seconds more than songs from 1930. According to data scientists at UCLA, this is evidence of a growing trend to shorten song lengths starting in 1990. Bu…
Back in September 2019, Bitcoin miners in China accounted for a massive 76 percent of all computer energy used in the mining of the cryptocurrency. Since the country’s crackdown on crypto though, the landscape has been dramatically changed. In the same…
While the coronavirus pandemic is still ongoing, the economies of most OECD countries have started to bounce back from the effects of 2020. According to data accumulated by The Economist, Ireland is the nation with the highest GDP uptick between Q4 201…
Polestar, Lucid, Rivian: When talking about manufacturers exclusively producing battery electric vehicles (BEV), most of Tesla’s direct competitors have a long way to go before they’ll be able to reach the U.S. automaker’s standing and success. Even th…
When it comes to performance on the U.S. stock markets, the Big Tech, semiconductor and asset management sectors have been among the best performing in 2021 according to an analysis of the S&P 500 stocks conducted by Visual Capitalist with data from fi…
The UK and the U.S. are leading the way when it comes to procuring real champagne with 21.3 and 20.8. million 750 milliliter bottles, also called bouteille, imported in 2020, respectively. As our chart based on data by the trade association Comité Cham…
Christmas traditions vary greatly across the world. While some countries hold the main celebration on Christmas Eve, others wait until Christmas Day to get festive and, most importantly at least to kids, to open presents. In the United States, most fam…