Whatever you've got to say about Google, it can't hear you over the sound of it banking $85m a day in pure profit • The Register
- TECHNOLOGY
- February 5, 2019
Painkillers such as morphine have transformed the way pain can be controlled – but there are drawbacks, not least the risk of overdose or becoming dependent. The havoc and misery caused by over-prescribing these drugs in the US has seen hundreds of thousands of people die prematurely. Chronic pain can be caused by a range
READ MOREChild: Welcome to my Mommy’s podcast. This podcast is brought to you by Wellnesse, a new company I co-founded to tackle the toughest personal care products and create natural and safe products that work as well as conventional alternatives. I realized that even the most natural of my friends still used conventional toothpaste and shampoo
READ MOREWhat might digital banking unleash? Are we becoming more exclusionary as we march down the path toward completely digital banking? The debate around cash has been heating up lately. The city of Philadelphia and the state of New Jersey have recently passed bills that ban stores from going cashless, arguing that the concept marginalizes consumers who
READ MOREThe problem with big bets is that sometimes they don’t pay off. While a lot of attention is often paid to successful mergers and acquisitions (M&A) deals, little attention is paid to the dark side of M&A – what happens to a company’s strategy when a deal fails. The UK competition watchdog’s decision to block
READ MOREIt’s only been a week since Sadiq Khan’s ill-conceived ban on ‘junk food’ advertising across London’s public transport network came into effect, but the unintended consequences are already coming to light. As I explained last June, ‘junk food’ has no legal definition. Those who want to restrict food advertising clearly have American fast food chains
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