When Quantum Computers Break Everything Including Your Money
Quantum computers could break the encryption protecting every cryptocurrency on the planet. That is not a distant theory. It is an active scramble. Blockchains link transactions through cryptographic ...
14 Touko 9min
NEW - Why Is Yawning Contagious? Dr. Samantha Yammine on the Study That Made Things Weirder
Contagious yawning remains one of the most studied and least understood reflexes in human biology. A new finding about yawning in the womb just made the mystery harder to explain. Thirty-eight pregnan...
14 Touko 9min
ICYMI - Dunkin' Donuts Canada: Tony Chapman Makes the Case Against the 200-Location Bet
Dunkin' Donuts Canada is happening: a master franchise has been secured with plans to open one location per week up to 200. Tony Chapman has questions. The operator already owns Second Cup and Milesto...
14 Touko 9min
NEW: Good News Tuesday: How Finding the Good Is Itself the Good News
Good news Tuesday comes from a simple observation: the bad is loud and the good needs to be found. Two stories this week prove the finding is worth the effort. The first: a pair of adult kids, 19 and ...
13 Touko 9min
Finding the Good, Even Inside the Bad + Tulips
Dunkin' Donuts is coming back to Canada, a Canadian chain is bringing it in, and the team has thoughts on what this does to the Starbucks and Tim Hortons of the world. The opening question is what act...
13 Touko 9min
SHIFTHEADS: It's Not The Same as a Phone Book: Matt Gurney on the Alberta Voter Data Leak
Alberta voter data leak is the story Matt Gurney says everyone is trying to minimize. The fake names baked into the voter list have already identified who did it. What happened next is the problem. Th...
13 Touko 9min
Blue Dot Fever: Why Concert Tickets Are Priced for a Market That No Longer Exists
Blue dot fever is the new term for half-empty arenas and cancelled concerts. The data behind it is specific and the team has the numbers. Concert ticket prices for the top 100 global tours went up 3...
13 Touko 9min
NEW - Take Me to Church: Kelly Alexander on What Actually Makes a Concert Worth Attending
What makes a good concert is a question Kelly Alexander answers with a specific recent example. The show felt, she says, like being taken to church. Nothing about that had to do with the lighting cues...
13 Touko 9min
