Google’s app store deal with Spotify won’t placate critics

Army of worm larvae hatch from man’s bum, visibly slither under his skin

Enlarge / A Strongyloides filariform larva. (credit: Getty | BSIP) Doctors in Spain diagnosed a man with an unusual roundworm infection after watching an army of larvae writhe and slither under his skin, blanketing his whole body in an ever-shifting rash. Doctors reported the man’s rare hyperinfection this week in the New England Journal of […]

It’s officially a blue wave. What that historically means for stocks

In November, markets surged after Joe Biden emerged as the victor in an unprecedented presidential contest—even as Democrats didn’t gain as much ground in Congress as some had anticipated. Back then, market prognosticators were enthusiastic about the prospect of a split Congress (where Republicans maintained control of the Senate) because, historically, the stock market tends […]

Why Biden’s pick for ‘Asia czar’ may unsettle Beijing

This is the web version of Eastworld, Fortune’s newsletter focused on business and technology in Asia. Subscribe here to get future editions in your inbox. Joe Biden has picked Obama administration veteran Kurt Campbell for a newly created position as senior official for Asia policy, a spokesman for the president-elect’s transition team said Wednesday. Campbell is a […]