May 20, 2016

Weekly Business Newsletter

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Experts from a place that should be underwater sell their know-how on managing rising seas

For the Dutch masters of water management, climate change is a boon.

 
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Elon Musk’s Hyperloop sounds impossible, but this company is making impressive progress

Startup Hyperloop Technologies has started shooting magnetically levitated capsules along a track in Las Vegas to show off a radical idea for the future of freight and mass transit.

 
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How to win the evolutionary arms race against superbugs

An exhaustive new report on the state of drug-resistance in microbes has found that by 2050, infections could kill more people a year than cancer.

 
 

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“Autonomous” investment fund the DAO has $130 million to spend—but probably won’t be very smart

Software that crowdsources investment decisions among cryptocurrency enthusiasts is unlikely to yield returns.

 
 

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The Best of the Physics arXiv (week ending May 14, 2016)

A selection of the most interesting and intriguing arXiv papers from the past week.

 
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The intriguing motivation behind Apple’s billion-dollar bet on a Chinese ride-sharing company

Apple’s unusual move may be part of a bigger strategic shift to get more involved in the Chinese market.

 
 

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Seven Must-Read Stories (Week Ending May 14, 2016)

Another chance to catch the most interesting, and important, articles from the previous week on MIT Technology Review.

 
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