Business
The Plug-In Hybrid Car Starts to Win Over Buyers. The rollercoaster-like business cycles of EVs and Hybrid Vehicles in the last few years offer the perfect example of how regulations can impact an industry. Amidst the plunging sales of EVs which were wildly popular just two years ago, hybrids are soaring back, buoyed by friendly subsidies and tax credits from both manufacturers and the US government.
The Kindle: Reinventing the Book. A quick yet interesting summary of how Kindle was invented. Much as I think that Apple would produce an even better reading device, I don’t think that it would benefit the company much to do so. Kindle is great for reading, but Apple needs the personal device to be more than just about reading. I am glad that Amazon managed to create a great product in Kindle.
Apple Rethinks Its Movie Strategy After a String of Misses. Not even a $3 trillion company can succeed in areas where it doesn’t have any competitive capabilities. Not only did Apple bomb at theaters, but its Apple TV+ also has problems. It has many quality titles, but boy oh boy the effort you have to do to find them on the app. It’s a joke.
Other Stuff I Find Interesting
Is It Healthier to Eat Your Vegetables Before Your Carbs? Your brain needs a certain amount of carbs a day. Weeding out carbs completely from your diet, I think, is not possible nor recommended. Changing the order of food intake can help lower the impact of carbs to body
Quit Your Job. “Working even a good job cramps your sense of possibility, imposes narrow objectives, and eats away at the little things that could grow into big things if they weren’t so oppressed by the rigors of existing structure. Life necessarily involves these fatal leaps of faith—bets which you have no certain way of knowing will work out but which define your whole existence and require your intense effort.”
Android malware steals payment card data using previously unseen technique. There are palpable reasons to gripe with Apple and its devices. However, it’s obvious that Apple devices are more secure than Android counterparts.
The American Dream Feels Out of Reach for Most. “The couple’s $5,400 mortgage, including $689 in private mortgage insurance, was tight but doable, between Celetti’s salary and her husband’s as mayor of the town at the time. But seemingly overnight, their energy costs doubled to more than $2,000 a month, and grocery prices, insurance and other bills for the family of now seven surged. Both Thomas and Celetti lowered their retirement contributions to near zero, scrapped plans for vacations and started setting the thermostat above 80 degrees in the summer and below 65 in the winter. They know selling the house—which has more than doubled in value—would be their best bet, but don’t know where they would go if they left.”
($) Back to School Is Crayola’s Super Bowl. Ever wonder how Crayons are made?
Stats
Brazil produces 40% of the global coffee, followed by Vietnam with 17% market share
Minh Quang Duong 
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