Why the net giants are worried about the Web 3.0

Blockchain and crypto enthusiasts are calling it the Web 3.0 and it’s looking to make all traditional business models defunct. (MAP)

Done in 60 Seconds

Here is an infographic of things up and downloaded, posted and searched for, sent and received, listened to and watched in bits and bytes. (Netflix, Facebook, etc.)

What’s ‘the Price’ of China’s Influence in Latin America?

China offers the appearance of an attractive path to development.

But in reality, this often involves trading short-term gains for long-term dependency.

The history of US protectionism, in one 230-year chart

The chart shows the share of taxes collected on US imports since the country’s inception, a good proxy for protectionism.

Way back in 1899 was the last time this number reached 30%. It was only 1.5% in 2016.

Considering the Rise of the Super Short Rap Song

More and more rap hits are under two and half minutes long, ostensibly to placate the shorter attention spans of young listeners online—or as a result of being made by those young listeners.

Short songs are becoming a hallmark of a new class of rapper online. They don’t just signify the coming of a new age—they’re a shift in the ways we think about hip-hop.

Explaining Gentrification: Geography of Knowledge Hubs

UPenn has become a conduit of globalization and major knowledge-hub .

It’s not the sheer number of Penn employees causing gentrification, it’s the salaries and cosmopolitan tastes.

The conflict of interest is more socioeconomic than political.

Microsoft Develops AI That Can Translate from Chinese to English Just Like a Human

A team of Microsoft researchers has created AI which can translate sentences of news articles from Chinese to English as accurately as a human.