June 2019

After Losing His Parents, an Author Wonders: Who and What Is Real?

Technology /

As subtitles go, the one Laurence Scott chose for his new book, “Picnic Comma Lightning,” is certainly on the ambitious side: “The Experience of Reality in the Twenty-First Century.” Scott’s hard-to-categorize, essayistic investigation of reality and technology is literary, cultural and deeply personal. The literary side is reflected in his title, which is taken from […]

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Democratic Debates, Sanders on Socialism, New Polls: This Week in the 2020 Race

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We’re trying something new in our 2020 presidential campaign coverage. Every Saturday morning, we’re publishing “This Week in the 2020 Race,” bringing you the key moments — from speeches and surprises among the candidates to new policies and polls that are influencing the campaign. It’s a quick way to follow the presidential campaign and the

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As Passions Flare in Abortion Debate, Many Americans Say ‘It’s Complicated’

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Few states have a political history as shaped by the subtleties of the abortion debate as Pennsylvania. It has been home to Democrats like the former governor Robert P. Casey, who defended the state’s restrictive abortion laws in the landmark Supreme Court case Planned Parenthood v. Casey, which reaffirmed Roe but also allowed states to

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Free TV licences cannot be saved with cuts to salaries, says BBC

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Image copyright Getty Images/BBC Image caption Graham Norton, Gary Lineker and Steve Wright lead the BBC pay list, with Claudia Winkleman the highest-earning woman Cutting the pay of stars and senior managers would only save a fraction of the cost of free TV licences for older people, the BBC has said. The broadcaster has defended

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How Data Can Help You Win in the Winner-Take-All Economy

Technology /

In nearly every sector of the economy, people who seek well-paying, professional-track success face the same set of challenges: the rise of a handful of dominant “superstar” firms; a digital reinvention of business models; and a rapidly changing understanding about loyalty in the employer-employee relationship. It’s true in manufacturing and retail, in banking and law,

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U.S. Escalates Online Attacks on Russia’s Power Grid

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After Mr. Trump’s inauguration, Russian hackers kept escalating attacks. Mr. Trump’s initial cyberteam decided to be far more public in calling out Russian activity. In early 2018, it named Russia as the country responsible for “the most destructive cyberattack in human history,” which paralyzed much of Ukraine and affected American companies including Merck and FedEx.

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