' 99 second hand smartphones are transported in a handcart to generate virtual traffic jam in Google Maps.Through this activity, it is possible to turn a green street red which has an impact in the physical world by navigating cars on another route…
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Donald G. McNeil Jr.
– Feb 2, 11:35 AM
The Wuhan coronavirus spreading from China is now likely to become a pandemic that circles the globe, according to many of the world's leading infectious disease experts. The prospect is daunting. A pandemic — an ongoing epidemic on two or…
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Richard Sandomir
– Jan 30, 2:35 PM
Leila Janah, a social entrepreneur who employed thousands of desperately poor people in Africa and India in the fervent belief that jobs, not handouts, offered the best escape from poverty, died on Jan. 24 in Manhattan. She was 37. Samasource, one…
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Nicholas Kristof
– Feb 1, 11:30 AM
To understand how some companies have lost their souls, consider what happened after U.S. Bank stiffed a customer before Christmas. Marc Eugenio had deposited a $1,080 paycheck into his account at U.S. Bank. The bank put a hold on most of the sum…
Thanks to the coronavirus outbreak, working from home is no longer a privilege, it's a necessity. While factories, shops, hotels and restaurants are warning about plunging foot traffic that is transforming city centers into ghost towns, behind the…