All the while, the true believers and veterans of the 12-year-old digital currency industry insist that the underlying tech is real and transformative and finally — finally! — ready to upend nothing less than the global financial system and internet as we know it. Everyone seems to be getting rich or selling a token or […]
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This article is part of the On Tech newsletter. You can sign up here to receive it weekdays. I have been reluctant to write about whether and how Americans might provide proof of vaccination against the coronavirus. It’s a political, cultural, ethical and legal minefield. Technology is not the point at all. But if some […]
This week is the one-year anniversary of the At Home section, and what better way to celebrate than with a puzzle containing a hidden picture? Solve the clues and reveal the twist, with a mini shout-out to the section’s basket-weaving activity from August. Write the answers to the 16 clues in the blank spaces on […]
CLEVELAND — Gerrit Cole was one pitch better than Shane Bieber in a heavyweight matchup of aces as Rougned Odor and Aaron Hicks homered off Cleveland’s Cy Young Award winner in the fifth inning, giving the Yankees a 2-1 win over Cleveland on Saturday. Cole (3-1) struck out 11 and allowed just three hits in […]
Broaden your horizons. The transition to, and acceptance of, remote work has enabled employers to cast a wider net when they search for talent — and so should you, in looking for jobs. “Many employers are open to hiring remote workers, but often in the same time zone,” Ms. Weitzman said. “That means if you […]
Three weeks earlier, Cheney announced that she would vote to impeach President Donald Trump over his encouragement of his supporters’ storming of the Capitol on Jan. 6 — one of only 10 House Republicans, and the only member of the party’s leadership, to do so. Because her colleagues had elected Cheney to the party’s third-highest […]
Inside a state-of-the-art lab, tucked in an industrial neighborhood on Vancouver Island in British Columbia, employees wearing protective suits move around two clear boxes, careful not to disrupt the tubes and sensors that keep temperature and humidity constant. Inside the boxes are mushrooms. But not just any mushrooms. They are psychedelic — “magic” — mushrooms […]
Netflix still rules the streaming universe. As of the end of March, it had 207.6 million total paying subscribers, with about 67 million in the United States, the company noted in an earnings report on Tuesday. But its main competitors — Disney+, HBO Max, Paramount+ and AppleTV+, as well as the old-guard streamers Amazon Prime […]
Welcome. It’s Oscar weekend, so if you’re the type to cram for the ceremony as if for a final exam, it’s time to cue up Minari or Nomadland or whichever contenders you missed. (The broadcast is Sunday at 8 p.m. Eastern time, on ABC.) Here’s the complete list of nominees and our predictions for who […]
Jacob deGrom struck out a career-high 15, pitched a two-hitter and boosted the sagging Mets’ offense with a go-ahead double from the No. 8 spot in the batting order, powering his team over the Washington Nationals, 6-0, Friday night. DeGrom has struck out 43 in his last three starts and 50 overall this season, breaking […]