The MacBook knows where the screen is: Apple detects this using sensors. A developer has now found the hidden API for this. Not all sensors in the Mac are obvious: current MacBooks have a so-called ...

In 1876, Peter Guthrie Tait set out to measure what he called the “beknottedness” of knots. The Scottish mathematician, whose research laid the foundation for modern knot theory, was trying to find a ...

For the first time, the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is providing its nuclear security expertise to a Formula 1 Grand Prix, supporting Azerbaijan in protecting race participants and ...

We know that varied teams make better decisions. A new study shows they also make better investments. by Paul Gompers and Silpa Kovvali When managers and scholars talk about diversity’s impact on ...

The COVID-19 pandemic is inflicting high and rising human costs worldwide, and the necessary protection measures are severely impacting economic activity. As a result of the pandemic, the global ...

Large chunks of the federal government, from the Bureau of Labor Statistics to the National Archives, are shut down because there’s no money to keep them open, and federal workers are facing possible ...

The Private Sector Investment lab is a collaborative initiative between the World Bank Group and CEOs of leading global private sector institutions. Its goal is to develop solutions that address ...

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The April 2020 Global Financial Stability Report (GFSR) assesses the financial stability challenges posed by the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. Chapter 1 describes how financial conditions tightened ...

For more than two millennia, monarchs who ruled China proper saw their country as one of the dominant actors in the world. The concept of zhongguo—the Middle Kingdom, as China calls itself—is not ...

The World Bank’s Poverty and Shared Prosperity series provides the latest estimates and trends in global poverty and shared prosperity. The 2022 edition provides the first comprehensive look at the ...

The United States Department of Agriculture (USDA) under the administration of President Trump announced on Saturday that it will end a longstanding annual food insecurity survey, calling it ...