September 2019

We Are Stoke-on-Trent: How ceramics power your car and phone

Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Ceramics are used in all kinds of products, including cars and smartphones Ceramics are everywhere – not just on your table but in your car engine, your mobile phone and your wi-fi. Though Stoke-on-Trent’s ceramics industry has suffered a decline, new research and development could be starting to push […]

We Are Stoke-on-Trent: How ceramics power your car and phone Read More »

How to Make the Most of Apple’s New Privacy Tools in iOS 13

To get the latest security protections against viruses, exploits and whatever other nasty stuff is out there, it’s wise to keep the software for our devices updated. For iPhones, that’s especially true now. That’s because Apple’s iOS 13, the most recent mobile software for iPhones, arrived last week. Similar updates to the operating system for

How to Make the Most of Apple’s New Privacy Tools in iOS 13 Read More »

Trump Asks Ukraine’s Leader to ‘Do Us a Favor’ and Also Urges Inquiry of Biden

WASHINGTON — President Trump urged the president of Ukraine to contact Attorney General William P. Barr about opening a potential corruption investigation connected to former Vice President Joseph R. Biden Jr., according to a transcript of a July phone call at the center of accusations that Mr. Trump pressured a foreign leader to find dirt

Trump Asks Ukraine’s Leader to ‘Do Us a Favor’ and Also Urges Inquiry of Biden Read More »

House Hunting in … Chile

A Modern, Three-Bedroom Oasis in Chile $1.04 MILLION (749 MILLION CHILEAN PESOS) This modern three-bedroom house sits on a secluded 17-acre plot near the entrance of La Campana-Peñuelas Biosphere Reserve, a Unesco-recognized site near the Pacific coast of Chile. Built on a hillside in the Chilean Coastal Mountain Range with sustainability in mind, the property

House Hunting in … Chile Read More »