Jan Koum: He Won’t Stop
“We want to know as little about our users as possible,” Jan Koum claims. Mr Koum is cofounder of instant messaging app WhatsApp. It...
John and Patrick Collison: Two Lads in Silicon Valley
Deciding to drop out of Yale University half-way through the curriculum requires a good reason. A privileged Ivy League education is not dispensed with...
Oh What a Circus, Oh What a Show: Marissa Mayer and...
The struggling Internet portal, which in February announced plans to axe 15% of its workforce, was the gateway of choice to the internet for...
Technology to the rescue in fight to halt spread of virus
BV features a report from the World Bank on water initiatives in Africa to combat the transmission of Covid-19
LIKE many Malawians who live in...
AI at the easel: Can machines make art?
By REESE JONES
THE ART community took a jolt when an “artbot” won first place at a Colorado State Fair competition in August.
Jason Allen admitted...
Martin Scorsese: A Life Saved by Rock & Roll
If Martin Charles Scorsese hadn’t made the momentous decision to become a film-maker, he would have joined the priesthood. A celibate life of serenity...
ILO Global Commission homes in on key opportunities and challenges surrounding...
The Global Commission on the Future of Work wrapped up its first meeting on Sunday 22 October following an in-depth discussion of the main forces shaping...
Henry Kissinger: A Loyal Visionary
Heinz Alfred Kissinger is a creature of habit. Even though he turns 93 in May, his routine most weekends is pretty much the same:...
Seriously Funny: Michael Lewis
Michael Lewis has been called “the funniest serious writer in America” – the sort of contradictory label that has been pinned to the 55-year-old...
Eduardo Galeano: Remembering a Forgotten Continent
In the last days of his presidency, José Mujica visited the Casmu Hospital in Montevideo to pay his respects to Uruguay’s foremost historian and...




































