Breakthrough Covid-19 Cases Raise Questions About Immunity | WSJ
While Covid-19 vaccinations are highly effective at preventing hospitalizations or death from the virus, they’re not foolproof in preventing infection. This poses problems for events like the Olympics and raises broader questions about immunity in the long term. Photo: David Crigger/Associated Press
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July 26, 2021
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How Covid’s Delta Variant Quickly Spread Globally | WSJ
Covid-19’s Delta variant is proliferating world-wide threatening unvaccinated populations and economic recovery. WSJ breaks down events in key countries to explain why Delta spreads faster than previously detected strains. Composite: Sharon Shi
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July 23, 2021
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How the Tokyo Olympics Became the Most Expensive Summer Games Ever | WSJ
The Tokyo Games are on track to be the most expensive summer Olympics ever, with the pandemic adding to mounting economic losses. WSJ unpacks the financial costs. Image: Behrouz Mehri/AFP via Getty Images
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July 22, 2021
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How TikTok's Algorithm Figures You Out | WSJ
The Wall Street Journal created dozens of automated accounts that watched hundreds of thousands of videos to reveal how the the TikTok algorithm knows you so well
A Wall Street Journal investigation found that TikTok only needs one important piece of information to figure out what you want: the amount of time you linger over a piece of content. Every second you hesitate or rewatch, the app is tracking you. Photo illustration: Laura Kammermann/The Wall Street Journal
Inside TikTok’s Highly Secretive Algorithm
This WSJ video investigation reveals how the video-centric social network is so good at figuring out interests you never expressly tell it.
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July 21, 2021
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From Bookseller to Blue Origin: A Look Back at the Career of Jeff Bezos | WSJ
How the Blue Origin founder funded a space mission
Amazon founder and former CEO Jeff Bezos successfully completed the first manned mission of Blue Origin’s New Shepard spacecraft. In this video, WSJ looks back at the remarkable career of the world’s richest man. Photo: Joe Raedle/Getty Images
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July 20, 2021
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Jeff Bezos’ Blue Origin Space Flight Reaches the Karman Line | WSJ
On Tuesday, Jeff Bezos and three other passengers successfully crossed the Karman Line, an imaginary boundary considered by many the beginning of space, a few miles higher than Richard Branson’s recent Virgin Galactic flight. Photo: Blue Origin via AP
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July 20, 2021
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Why Democrats Are Using Budget Reconciliation to Pass Biden's Agenda | WSJ
Budget reconciliation may offer Democrats a way to sidestep some partisan gridlock and advance President Biden’s policy objectives. WSJ explains how the process works and why divisions in the party could scuttle the process. Photo Illustration: Carlos Waters / WSJ
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July 19, 2021
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How Venus Fits Into the Search for Life Beyond Earth | WSJ
NASA is planning two missions to Venus to assess if the now-toxic planet once had an ocean, continents and life. Scientists are beginning the effort on Earth by training sensors and machine learning systems to analyze the building blocks of our own planet. Photo illustration: Laura Kammermann
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July 16, 2021
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How Robinhood Transformed Retail Trading Ahead of Its IPO | WSJ
The twists and turns of the online brokerage's path to a public offering
The brokerage app Robinhood has transformed retail trading. WSJ explains its rise amidst a series of legal investigations and regulatory challenges as it looks forward to its IPO. Photo illustration: Jacob Reynolds/WSJ
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July 15, 2021
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How Boeing and Airbus Could Counter China’s Homegrown Comac Jets | WSJ
Boeing and Airbus dominate global aviation, but China’s Comac wants to challenge the duopoly with new planes. WSJ’s Jon Sindreu explains how supply chains, technology and geopolitics could help the Western aircraft makers to protect key markets. Photo Composite: George Downs
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July 14, 2021
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Why the Western Drought Will Have Major Ripple Effects | WSJ
Watering the Country's Food Basket Is Becoming a Challenge
Droughts are part of a natural cycle of water. But the drought currently gripping the Western U.S. has climate scientists concerned that the cycle may be shifting. This has major implications for those who rely on the water the most: farmers and the communities they surround. Photo Illustration: Carter McCall/WSJ
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July 13, 2021
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Employers Competing for Workers Turn to Signing Bonuses and Freebies | WSJ
Low-wage work is in high demand, and employers are now competing for applicants, offering incentives ranging from sign-on bonuses to free food. But with many still unemployed, are these offers working? Photo: Bloomberg
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July 12, 2021
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How Jeff Bezos and Richard Branson’s Space Flights Will Differ | WSJ
Jeff Bezos, the founder of Blue Origin, and Richard Branson, the founder of Virgin Galactic, are in a head-to-head race to get into space
The billionaire founders of Blue Origin and Virgin Galactic will both be on board as the companies send their vessels to the edge of space. But their spacecraft, flight logistics and altitudes have some differences. Photo illustration: Laura Kammermann
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July 09, 2021
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Alibaba Challenges Amazon With a Promise: Fast Global Shipping | WSJ
Inside the company's automated warehouse in China
Chinese e-commerce giant Alibaba is challenging Amazon by promising fast deliveries from China to anywhere in the world. WSJ visits Alibaba’s largest automated warehouse to see how robots and a vast logistics network are helping it expand globally. Composite: Clément Bürge
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July 09, 2021
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How the EV Industry Is Trying to Fix Its Charging Bottleneck | WSJ
Electric-vehicle entrepreneurs are working on the industry’s biggest bottleneck: charging infrastructure. Companies are building more chargers, but it may not be enough to make EVs work for people who can’t plug in at home. Photo illustration: Carlos Waters/WSJ
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July 08, 2021
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What’s Behind the Rental Car Shortage? | WSJ
This summer it’s harder than ever to rent a car in the U.S., especially at popular vacation destinations. To learn what’s behind the spike in rental car prices, WSJ speaks with an industry analyst and WSJ’s Nora Naughton. Photo: Luke Sharrett/Bloomberg
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July 07, 2021
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George Floyd Killing Prompts Active-Bystander Training for Police | WSJ
Since the murder of George Floyd during an arrest by Minneapolis Police, departments around the country are implementing active-bystander training to address the reluctance of cops to intervene when fellow officers engage in misconduct. One new approach teaches officers how to overcome the psychological hurdles. Photo illustration: Getty Images/Brian Wengrofsky
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July 06, 2021
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Behind Dollar General's Strategy to Dominate Rural America | The Economics Of | WSJ
Dollar General has reported 31 consecutive years of growth and is opening new U.S. stores every day. In this video, WSJ takes an inside look at how the discount retailer keeps expanding while maintaining prices significantly lower than many grocery and drug stores. Photo: Matt Disbro for The Wall Street Journal
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July 02, 2021
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June Jobs Report Highlights Job Openings, Hiring Discrepancy | WSJ
The jobs report numbers showed hiring picking up in June, but the overall moderate pace of gains in recent months suggests employers are still struggling to fill the abundance of open roles. WSJ’s Sarah Chaney Cambon explains why workers might not be eager to take those jobs just yet. Photo: Mike Bradley for The Wall Street Journal
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July 02, 2021
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How Elon Musk Is Taking Tesla Global | WSJ
Tesla is pushing for global expansion and looking to open more factories around the world. WSJ analyzes three speeches by Elon Musk to understand the company’s strategy to beat competitors and overcome regulatory hurdles to take more of its vehicles to the roads. Photo illustration: Sharon Shi
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July 01, 2021
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