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Jun 2023
19m 45s

đŸŠŸ “Paper menu, please!” — QR Codes’ fai...

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Restaurants replaced physical menus with QR Codes during the pandemic, but now their use is plummeting — Because this innovation is not solving a problem.

America’s two most important businessmen were in China to pursue profits — but with profits, comes peace.

And Delta Airlines was supposed to be the 1st carbon neutral airline, but it just got sued for greenwashing.

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