This article is part of our continuing Fast Forward series, which examines technological, economic, social and cultural shifts that happen as businesses evolve. SAN FRANCISCO — Last week, on the third floor of a small building in San Francisco’s Mission District, a woman scrambled the tiles of a Rubik’s Cube and placed it in the […]
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Ryan Blaney emerged safely from the wreckage at Talladega Superspeedway that claimed other playoff contenders, winning by a tiny margin that was huge for his championship hopes. Blaney beat Ryan Newman in a door-to-door race to the finish line to win Monday and advance to the third round of NASCAR’s playoffs. Blaney’s first win of
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President Trump’s decision — made in the span of a week — to withdraw about 1,000 American troops from northern Syria caught the Pentagon, and the forces on the ground, off guard. To carry out the “endless wars” since Sept. 11, 2001, which Mr. Trump has vowed to wrap up, the American military has perfected
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Image copyright Getty Images A rare and unfortunate sequence of events allowed a deadly type of malaria in gorillas to “jump” species and attack humans, according to scientists. Hundreds of thousands of people die from malaria every year and Plasmodium falciparum – the type the researchers studied – accounts for most cases. African great apes
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Image copyright Getty Images Image caption Davidson has been open about her own mental health issues Former Scottish Conservatives leader Ruth Davidson is to chair ITV’s new Mental Health Advisory Group. The group, created following the deaths of participants on The Jeremy Kyle Show and Love Island, will give practical advice to ITV and STV
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Firefighters and specialist aircraft in Lebanon are working to tackle a series of wildfires which have broken out during a period of high temperatures and strong winds. The blazes started in Lebanon’s western mountains, but have spread to other areas. The initial cause is not known. Officials said on Tuesday that more than 100 fires
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Expectations are nothing new for the Boston Celtics. Not living up to them despite having such a stacked roster the past two seasons was a little tougher to digest. The Celtics took a chance trading for All-Star Kyrie Irving with no guarantee he would re-sign when he became a free agent. The wager didn’t pan
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FRANKFURT — Doubling tariffs on Turkish steel imports, as President Trump said he would do Monday, might make investors nervous. But it would take a much broader attack on the economy of Turkey to restrain its tanks from moving deeper into Syria, analysts say. The reason is simple: Tariffs approved last year by White House
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Germany released draft security guidelines on Tuesday for next generation wireless networks that stopped short of banning Huawei, as the U.S. warned again it would reconsider intelligence sharing with allies that use the Chinese company’s equipment. The Federal Network Agency catalog of conditions for suppliers of new 5G networks include requiring certification of critical components
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Now that’s using your noodle, Disney. The studio shows just enough of the famous spaghetti scene in its latest “Lady and the Tramp” trailer to make you want more. In a snippet of the live-action remake, a waiter serves up the pasta for the canine couple, and Tramp (voiced by Justin Theroux) nudges a meatball
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