Analysis

Media & Entertainment

Game Over: Can the Video Game Industry Pivot to Streaming?

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The gaming industry is headed for a financial crunch, and Microsoft and others have adopted a winner-take-all strategy.

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Industries

The Brain Tech Business Keeps Getting Buzzier

The neural interface market is full of startups vying to put technology into the human brain, but which will actually make brains a business?

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Media & Entertainment

The Show’s Over: Is Hollywood Moving Past Peak-TV?

A scale back in production was inevitable to achieve positive cash flow. But can Hollywood’s streaming era survive with fewer new TV shows?

6 min read
Technology

So You Want to be an Influencer

Everyone wants a create content on TikTok account, generating millions of dollars, but reality is a harder truth.

5 min read

Industrials

The Next Great Sea Battle

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An intense geopolitical fight is raging at the moment, and the future of deep sea mining does hang in the balance.

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Media & Entertainment

The Secret Life of Streaming: How Viewership Secrecy is Re-Shaping Hollywood

If Hollywood studios want to settle the current dual strike, they may have to get much more open about just how popular their shows are.

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Social Media

Unpicking The Myth of Social Media Addiction

You’d be forgiven for thinking social media addiction is scientific fact, but there’s no hard evidence it exists. So why is it a thing?

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Media & Entertainment

Bet, Bet, Bet on the Home Team: How Legalized Gambling has Reshaped the Business of Sports

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Personal Finance

Don’t Know Much About Money: With More Americans relying on TikTok for financial advice, what could go wrong?

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Energy

Can the Nuclear Industry Avoid an Economic Meltdown?

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Media & Entertainment

Bob Iger is Building a Smaller Disney After All

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Industries

The PR Pitfalls of Celebrity Endorsements

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Big Tech

The Tangled Geopolitics of Undersea Cables

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Technology

Airbnb is Letting the Air Out

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Industrials

Far Out: Is Space the Tourism Industry’s Final Frontier?

5 min read
Economics

The Economics of Graying Populations

Holding back the tide of time: how to deal with the economic challenges of aging populations

5 min read

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