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Microsoft, that blue screen of irrelevance, is bigger than Amazon, Apple, and everybody else for now. How’d that happen?By Austin Carr and Dina BassSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

He spent years scrimping and saving. But without a will, where’s his money going? By Claire MartinSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

We may be able to protect our food from global warming. But what will it taste like? By Christopher FlavelleSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Somehow, a strange and brazen corporate fraud case preceded a breakthrough in wearable tech: A hearing aid that’s also a fitness tracker, a health monitor, a fall detector, and a near-instantaneous translator. By Josh DeanSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Thousands of Dominicans are hunting for a treasure that may not exist. By Joe NoceraSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Do the impending IPOs of Uber, Pinterest, Airbnb, and others mean the bull market is ending? By Michael P. ReganSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Meituan remade life in China’s cities with 600,000 people delivering meals and other services. Now it just has to outlast the country’s biggest internet giant By Lulu Chen, David Ramli, and Peter ElstromSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.