A brief history of the scatter plot—data visualization’s greatest invention

Scatter plots are glorious. They allow us to quickly understand relationships that would be nearly impossible to recognize in a table or a different type of chart.

Michael Friendly and Daniel Denis, psychologists and historians of graphics, call the scatter plot the most “generally useful invention in the history of statistical graphics.”

Over 100 Global Cities Powered By 70% Renewable Energy

• 100 cities reporting at least 70% of their electricity is from renewables, including Auckland; Nairobi; Oslo; Seattle and Vancouver.

• Over 40 cities are currently operating on 100% renewable electricity. These include Burlington, Basel and Reykjavík.

Why ‘The China Hustle’ is a finance documentary all U.S. investors need to see

Here is all the data Facebook and Google have on you

The harvesting of our personal details goes far beyond what many of us could imagine. So I braced myself and had a look

With more global conversations, Guangzhou plays a bigger role in China’s opening-up

 Under the China Development Forum 2018 held in Beijing, attracting many political or business leaders, experts and world-renowned media to a heated discussion on how Guangzhou will better engage with the world in its future development.

How Utah’s startups are attracting tech talent from other states

Utah serves as an example to other aspiring tech hubs of what a healthy “talent pipeline” truly looks like.

This is an increasingly important piece of the ecosystem puzzle as tech giants like Google and Amazon look outside the Bay Area to meet large hiring goals.

Ma Yansong: “Some People May Say My Work Is Futuristic, But I See It as Traditional”

Ma Yansong is often miscategorized as an architect of the latter generation of Deconstructivists, interested only in futuristic forms that push the boundaries of technology for the sake of innovation as an end in itself.