Up until Wednesday, actor William Shatner only pretended to explore the final frontier in front of a camera in his role as James Tiberius Kirk, captain of the USS Enterprise. With his participation in the latest Blue Origin suborbital space flight, he …
At the end of last month, TikTok announced that it had reached one billion monthly active users. The popular short video platform joined other social media applications such as Facebook, YouTube, WhatsApp and Instagram, which have already surpassed thi…
Berlin attracts many talented people. As shown in this infographic made in collaboration with Berlin Partner, more than 60,000 young people between the ages of 18 and 30 relocate to the German capital every year. There is an increased availability of t…
Even though Delta Airlines’ financial results from the quarter ending September 30 surpassed analysts’ expectations with an operating revenue of roughly $9 billion and a net income of $1,2 billion, the airline still isn’t completely out of the weeds ye…
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…
Tests with driverless taxi services have been underway in China’s major cities, also called tier one cities, including Beijing and Shanghai. Still a novelty today, robotaxis are expected to experience a quick rollout in China’s main metropolises. Numbe…
The already ambitious global carbon emission reduction goals were dealt a significant blow this week as China, having recently pledged to end all future foreign coal power projects, announced that they would be further committing to domestic coal expan…
As the coronavirus crisis is wearing off in many parts of the world, supply chain troubles are increasing once more for many companies, mainly concerning the U.S. and the Eurozone. Components of the International Monetary Fund’s purchasing managers’ in…
Over the span of just five years, tech companies have taken over all of the top 8 spots of the World’s Best Employers ranking. In 2017, the first year the ranking was published by Forbes in collaboration with Statista, half of the top 8 companies were …
When it comes to the potentially devastating results of natural disasters, Oceania is the most susceptible. Not only does it show the highest median World Risk Index (WRI) figure, the place with the highest number on the index overall, Vanuatu, is also…