2023-11-27 09:30:00 In front of a store, in Paris, November 23, 2018. STRINGER / AFP LThe Ecological Transition Agency has just invented a new profession, that of “reseller”. The friendly bearded man in a blue blouse appears between two shelves of polo shirts or washing machines to persuade the customer to abandon their purchase: this … Read more
2023-11-20 10:14:27 A seeing the triumphant reactions of SpaceX and NASA which followed the explosion, Saturday, November 18, of the giant Starship rocket, we can wonder what separates success from failure? Sometimes just the point of view. Americans are often attributed this ability to see the glass half full, which leads them to innovate more … Read more
2023-11-09 10:30:07 SAG-Aftra union leader and chief negotiator Duncan Crabtree-Ireland (left, fist raised) at the end of the 113th day of the strike, outside Paramount Studios, Los Angeles, California, November 3, 2023 . MARIO TAMA / AFP Lhe actors raise their fists, but it’s not cinema. After one hundred and eighteen days of strike, Hollywood … Read more
2023-11-08 10:09:24 In Stanton (Texas, United States), June 8, 2023. SUZANNE CORDEIRO / AFP BlackRock has a problem with Texas. In this Republican stronghold, the world’s leading financier is seen as a woke company, the ultimate insult. A hatred that has grown stronger over the course of the group’s positions in favor of more responsible … Read more
2023-11-03 10:30:07 A WeWork office sharing space, in Los Angeles, United States, August 8, 2023. PATRICK T. FALLON / AFP Adam Neumann will undoubtedly remain one of those shooting stars that have filled the galaxy of American start-ups for a good decade, sparkling brightly before being swallowed up in the black hole of harsh capitalist … Read more
2023-10-26 08:30:12 IIt is black, shiny and very dirty. It is the companion of coal and yet the essential ally in the decarbonization of the world, which is a shame since graphite is pure carbon. Appreciated since Antiquity for making pencils or ink, it is today the essential ingredient, among other things, in electric car … Read more
2023-10-16 09:00:02 US President Joe Biden defending his “Bidenomics” program, in Philadelphia, October 13, 2023. MARK MAKELA / AFP Paradoxal America, dependent on black gold and committed to the green transition, Eldorado of Big Oil and paradise of environmental subsidies. A few days apart, ExxonMobil announced the purchase of a heavyweight in shale gas and … Read more
2023-10-20 09:00:27 A disassembled Nokia G22 phone, on display during the Mobile World Congress, in Barcelona, February 26, 2023. ALBERT GEA / REUTERS OYet he had rolled out the red carpet for them. A new technology, the elimination of the Chinese world leader, Huawei, no more competitors in sight, even in America… Ericsson and Nokia … Read more