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SANTA CRUZ MOUNTAINS, Calif. — Buzzing chainsaws are interrupted by the frequent crash of breaking branches as crews fell towering trees and clear tangled brush in the densely forested Santa Cruz Mountains south of San Francisco. Their goal: To protect communities such as Redwood Estates, where giant redwoods loom over the houses of tech workers […]

Marcelo Claure flopped into a chair late this week at WeWork’s headquarters in New York, looking exhausted and exhilarated, his 6-foot-6 frame splayed across the glass meeting room. Mr. Claure, the newly installed executive chairman of the embattled company and a top lieutenant of SoftBank’s Masayoshi Son (who plowed over $10 billion into WeWork), has

MADRID — Officials from almost 200 countries scrambled Friday to reach an agreement at a U.N. climate meeting in Madrid amid growing concerns that key issues may be postponed for another year. With the prospect of overtime looming, negotiators split their work into two parts, separating discussions on aid for poor countries affected by climate

Heated seat: This is really a standard feature on electric bidets, but it’s just so nice that I wanted to mention it again. I love the heated seat even more than I love the bidet. [Like what you’re reading? Sign up here for the Smarter Living newsletter to get stories like this (and much more!)

California could become the first state to require a portion of new truck sales be zero emission vehicles By ADAM BEAM Associated Press December 13, 2019, 12:57 AM 4 min read SACRAMENTO, Calif. — The country’s most populous state could become the first to require a portion of new truck sales be electric or “zero

It’s an understandable concern, given the social-media attention directed at Ms. Liu, which has been vast and often vicious. On Weibo, China’s equivalent of Twitter, her case has been one of the most popular topics of the last two years. “The woman is a slut,” one commenter said. “The woman looks disgusting,” commented another. “It

Each week, we review the week’s news, offering analysis about the most important developments in the tech industry. Hello, readers. My name is Natasha Singer. I’m a technology reporter covering privacy and other thorny industry issues for The New York Times. I’ll be bringing you the week’s tech news. But first, a data rights update:

Kenya’s media and entertainment industry was worth $1.8bn in 2015 and is expected to reach $3.3bn in 2019, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC). Content creators, such as satirical comedians, are producing video content and monetising it on YouTube, Facebook and Instagram. “Can people really survive on this craft and on these platforms? Yes, people are making

The technology industry has a long history of failing at finding, retaining and elevating women of color.  It’s easy to see how the needs of minority communities have been ignored, discriminated against and underrepresented in tech — largely because their presence is almost nonexistent in a field dominated primarily by white men. After all, Black women hold

I love that I can unlock my phone with my face, and that Google can predict what I’m thinking. And that Amazon knows exactly what I need. It’s great that I don’t have to hail a cab or go to the grocery store. Actually, I hope I never have to drive again or navigate or