How do New York Times journalists use technology in their jobs and in their personal lives? Jim Kerstetter, deputy technology editor in San Francisco, discussed the tech he’s using. What tech tools do you rely on the most for your job, and what could be better about them? This will probably surprise no one, but […]
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Novak Djokovic only has to look back a few months to remind himself that he shouldn’t underestimate his next opponent at Wimbledon. The top-ranked Serb will be facing Roberto Bautista Agut, a player who beat him in both of their meetings in 2019 — on hard courts in Doha and Miami. So while the match
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WASHINGTON — The results are in from the first big test of the Republican Party’s efforts to recruit and elect more women to Congress this election cycle — and rebuild its majority. And things are not looking good. Dr. Joan Perry, a newcomer whom Republicans regarded as a top recruit for 2020, was soundly defeated
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Danica Lause manufactured knitted hats in China for four years and struggled the whole time. “I was unable to achieve the level of quality control our brand requires in any of the factories we worked with in China,” says Lause, whose company, Peekaboos, makes hats with openings for wearers to pull their ponytails through. To
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The pink tax ― an adorable name for an insidious practice ― is something women deal with on a daily basis. You probably know that ladies pay more than men for a host of products and services, from razors to dry cleaning. In fact, it’s estimated that women pay an extra $1,300 per year for
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When Disney Channel star Dove Cameron posted a tribute to her former “Descendents” co-star Cameron Boyce, she couldn’t stop the tears. Cameron took to Instagram on Tuesday to honor the memory of Boyce, who died Saturday at age 20 after suffering a seizure related to an ongoing medical problem. In the six-part video post, the
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Image copyright Getty Images Retailers should remove plastic-backed fridges and freezers from sale, according to a consumer group, as new, tougher manufacturing rules come in. The testing standard has changed, making the manufacture of plastic-backed appliances far less likely. Now Which? wants to see such products still on sale removed from the shelves as it
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Four bronze spires that will make up part of a memorial to the victims of the Boston Marathon bombings have been put in place near the finish line. The spires, ranging in height from about 17 feet (5 meters) to 21 feet (6 meters), will serve as light poles for the memorial. They were installed
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Another part of the identities law, which prosecutors have not used, might apply to journalists under some circumstances. It covers outsiders who do not have authorized access to classified information but learn about and disclose covert identities anyway, “in the course of a pattern of activities intended to identify and expose covert agents.” It is
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Annie McVey’s teenage daughter died in 2000 from the human form of mad cow disease, vCJD (variant Creutzfeldt-Jakob disease). Claire was one of almost 200 people who died from the outbreak in the 1990s. Now, experts have warned that some Britons could still be “silently carrying” the disease today. And what alarms them is that
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