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One of Bollywood’s most-watched couples made an interesting choice when it came to naming their newborn baby. On Dec. 20 actors Kareena Kapoor and Saif Ali Khan welcomed their first child, a baby boy, in Mumbai, naming him Taimur Ali Khan Pataudi. But the name Taimur sparked a raging debate online over its close connection […]

Camera-equipped drones have captivated photographers and viewers alike with breathtaking views of humanity and the natural world. They’ve introduced breathtaking professional-quality ariels into amateur vacation videos, while also allowing those around the world to witness the destruction in Aleppo with disturbing clarity. The drone photography community Dronestagram just released a collection of their favorite drone […]

Americans love their sneakers, and are willing to pay a high price for a pair they love. But what many shoppers don’t know is that a large portion of the markup they’re paying is the result of steep import tariffs imposed by the US government. On a pair of $120 rubber-soled athletic shoes, for example, […]

Blade Runner fans, fear not: You have every right to be protective of the legendary 1982 sci-fi film’s legacy, but know that its sequel is in very good hands. And the first trailer for the follow-up, released yesterday, proves it will feature an aesthetic much like the Ridley Scott original. Directed by Denis Villeneuve, whose […]

The assignment was simple—to write a persuasive essay defending the actions of the Ku Klux Klan—yet the reactions to it were anything but. Parents of the 12- t0 14-year-old students who were given the essay prompt at the Business and Economics Academy of Milwaukee (BEAM), a charter school in Wisconsin, were startled enough by the […]

Day 19 of Quartz’s 25 Days of Exchange (Jordan Coelho for Quartz) John Ruhlin gives gifts for a living, and says most companies are doing it wrong. Ruhlin is the author of Giftology, a guide to corporate gift giving. He says if done right, “it’s just as strategic as operations or finance or any other […]Read More

Things were supposed to be different with Mario. This summer, the popularity of Pokémon Go took the world—and investors—by surprise. It was the hit of the summer, getting generations of fans out into the streets to capture and fight their favorite Pokémon. But Nintendo, the video-game company that has published the majority of Pokémon games […]Read More

In the Instagram era, the traditional photo holiday card has become yet another vehicle for parental competition. Carefully staged (but not too staged) family photos grafted onto well-designed templates feature perfectly groomed children beaming up at their parents in adoration and delight. The fonts and backgrounds vary, but the message behind the text tends to […]

Mysterious arrests. Disappearances. A far away death in an unknown gulag concealed from family for a generation. These are realities for those of us whose families came to the US from Eastern Europe in the aftermath of the last world war and subsequent Soviet occupation. These are also the reasons why every act against Donald […]

While Blackberry’s QNX division has been working on automotive software for 20 years, it’s better known for its short-lived stint as king of the business smartphone. Now, the Canadian company is falling back to its roots. Blackberry previously announced its intentions of becoming a self-driving car company, even testing autonomous vehicles on public Canada roads. […]

In a world where we’re conditioned to believe the customer is always right, it’s jarring to hear of a company dumping clients. But commerce is a two-way street, and when corporations don’t profit from a relationship, they’ll find a way to escape. Barclays is warning 7,000 of its lowest-volume trading clients they must do more […]Read More

In 1969, medical researchers at NASA’s Ames Research Center were referred an unusual patient: a local California woman who had given birth to a healthy baby, but who kept hemorrhaging dangerous amounts of blood. While doctors at Stanford University Hospital gave the hemorrhage patient a blood transfusion, engineers at the space agency brainstormed solutions to […]