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What Higher Gas Prices Could Do to the Economy

With the average price of gas nationwide topping $5 per gallon Saturday, surging fuel prices across the United States are creating new strains for...

Dystopian Virtual Reality Is Finally Here. Stranger than science fiction.

Today Oculus VR, the virtual-reality hardware company Facebook acquired for $2 billion in 2014, releases its flagship headset, the Oculus Rift. In so doing,...

Are Tote Bags Really Good for Nature?

For at least a few decades, Americans have been drilled in the superiority of tote bags. Reusable bags are good, we’re told, because they’re...

Update roundup on Jay-Z’s recent music streaming venture ‘Tidal’

Tidal, Jay Z's streaming service that launched in March 2015, released several numbers touting its exclusive offerings that have appeared on its site in...

What Facebook’s status as a media company means for media

Facebook’s announcement that it is ramping up its investments in video content would only be a shock to Inspector Louis Renault of Casablanca. Renault...

This founder says Africa is a better place for entrepreneurs

Danish entrepreneur Martin Nielsen never planned to live in Africa. He travelled from his base in London to Kenya in 2012 to spend three...