The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1939, upon arriving late to his statistics course at UC Berkeley, George Dantzig—a first-year graduate student—copied two problems ...

If a product is legal to own, popular and relatively easy to obtain, you can bet that a community of sellers will spring up to serve that market and give consumers what they want.

We look into the mental health crisis affecting American youth. By Sam Sifton I am the host of The Morning. The numbers are staggering. Nearly one in four 17-year-old boys in the United States has ...

Wise stands out as a global fintech leader, leveraging network effects and strong banking partnerships in its global transfer business. WISE delivers high margins (40% EBITDA) and double-digit revenue ...

Most media ignored last week’s most important Middle East development: Arab nations for the first time publicly slammed Hamas’ Oct. 7, 2023, massacre and demanded the terrorists surrender power, ...

An investment vehicle owned by the co-founder of Wise Plc urged fellow shareholders to vote against the company shifting its primary listing out of London, arguing the move lacks transparency about ...

The footage from the National Crime Agency shows Umair Mohammed, Safa Noor, Aamir Shaffaq and Sarah Hussain wheeling six suitcases containing 180kg of cocaine to Birmingham Airport car park where they ...

Sven, a sales leader, received a call from a major customer who was furious. Their order arrived late, the product was damaged, and to top it off, their invoice didn’t reflect the volume discount ...

Consider someone who’s perfectly content with their office chair. It’s not ergonomic, it doesn’t have lumbar support, but it works. Then, during a meeting or a visit to a friend’s office, they sit in ...

U.K. payment company Wise was tagged with a $4.2 million consent order for anti-money-laundering deficiencies following a multistate examination that brought together six state money transmission ...

Entrepreneurs who build successful businesses often possess a unique ability to see what others don't—the critical bottlenecks hiding in plain sight that create frustration, inefficiency, and lost ...