In Case You Missed It: Highlights from TED2019
Twelve mainstage sessions, two rocking sessions of talks from TED Fellows, a special session of TED Unplugged, a live podcast recording and much more amounted to an unforgettable week at TED2019. (Photo: Marla Aufmuth / TED) If we learned anything at TED2019, it’s that life doesn’t fit into simple narratives, and that there are no simple answers to the big problems we’re facing. But we can use those problems, our discomfort and even our anger [...]
Figurative abstract paintings by Denise Hermo that explore how we adapt to change
This gorgeous, colourful series of paintings by Denise Hermo reflect on our process of "becoming" and how we constantly change as people. "We move," says Denise of her artworks. "While we redefine our thoughts and swing with our emotions, our body cells regenerate, and we are not the same as we were yesterday. Like everything else, we come to join this spontaneous flow of existence. We make connections and try to give sense to the [...]
“Presence creates possibility”: America Ferrera at TED2019
In her breakout role in Real Women Have Curves, actor America Ferrera played an iconic character who resonated with her true self. Why aren’t there more roles like that? She speaks at TED2019: Bigger Than Us, on April 19, 2019, Vancouver, BC, Canada. Photo: Bret Hartman / TED “My identity is not an obstacle — it’s my superpower,” says America Ferrera onstage at TED2019. As an Emmy-award winning actor, director and producer, Ferrara crafts characters [...]
Photography News: Instagram’s disappearing likes, the best photos of the year
In this week's Photography News, see why Instagram is testing a version that excludes the number of likes a post gets. Also, see the impressive winners from two photography contests and the latest features coming to the Fujifilm X-T3. The post Photography News: Instagram’s disappearing [...]
WeWork is replacing its chief operating officer to focus more on overseas growth
A lot is riding on a new London-based COO to help justify the company’s $45 billion valuation. WeWork is shuffling around some of its most senior executives as it tries to build out its international presence, which is a big test for the office-rental company [...]
Recode Daily: The Mueller report doesn’t have anything nice to say about Twitter or Facebook
Plus: Say hello to the first billion-dollar sneaker reseller, and Pinterest and the video-chat service Zoom prove that maybe the sky isn’t falling for IPOs in 2019. Included in special counsel Robert Mueller’s 448-page report were pages and pages of details about Russia’s attempts to [...]
A giant new investment will make StockX the first billion-dollar sneaker reseller
DST, the venture capital firm founded by Yuri Milner, is expected to lead the deal. The online sneaker resale marketplace StockX is in advanced talks to be valued at at least $1 billion in a new round of financing, Recode has learned. DST Global, the [...]