Bloomberg Most business travellers are at the mercy of their employer’s travel policies when it comes to where to stay. But once you get to your hotel, you’ll need to impress a different power broker to make your visit as comfortable as you can: the front-desk agent. With a few keyboard taps, these often-forgotten employees can control whether you ...

  Berlin, Germany / AFP Try looking for a free wi-fi connection in the cafe down the street in Germany and, more likely than not, there isn’t one. Forget about looking for open connections in parks or at key monuments. They just don’t exist. In an age when almost everyone carries a smartphone, the absence of such free hotspots can ...

  Las Vegas, UNITED STATES / AFP The possible future of transit zipped along a short track in the desert outside Las Vegas on Wednesday before sliding to a stop in a bed of sand, sending up a tan wave. Hyperloop One, a start-up hoping to revolutionize transport systems, held its first public test of engine components being designed to rocket pods ...