Milgrom and Wilson were jointly awarded the 2020 Nobel Prize in Economic Sciences — worth $10 million Swedish kronor (about $1.1 million USD) — on Monday for their work on auction theory and their invention of new auction formats, which the Royal Swedish Academy of Science said have "benefitted sellers, buyers and taxpayers around the world.”

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Lighthouse is an app that aims to “help users kickstart connections by allowing people to passively broadcast their availability” through the push of a button, according to Fischer.

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