An investigation linking a network of right-wing sites to a digital marketing venture illuminates the financial motives behind the spread of hyperpartisan, low-quality news.
Microsoft's cloud gaming capability is coming in September in Xbox Game Pass Ultimate. It's time to start reading up on it.
An article looks at an alleged case of assisted suicide in Kyoto and we explore medical vocabulary in English.
NIAMEY (Reuters) - Niger's government has extended a state of emergency to the entire region that surrounds the capital Niamey and suspended access to the giraffe reserve where six French aid workers
Improving racial diversity in the architecture industry will require uncomfortable conversations, say Sound Advice founders Joseph Henry and Pooja Agrawal. Architecture diversity platform Sound Advice creates short quotes and tips on social media coupled with music, which are designed to be an alternative to the academic way in which inequality is usually discussed. "We wanted
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Oil revenues were down by more than a third, leading to a multi-billion-dollar deficit for the first half of the year
It may not be the smartest or the prettiest smartwatch out there, but it has two standout features that are hard to beat.
“The children are actually better off in school than at home," a Boston school official argued a century ago.
Today's major tech stories include a judge's injunction against Uber and Lyft, WeChat's ban possibly tanking iPhone shipments in China and the Xcloud beta for game streaming coming this week.
During the pandemic, I've been staying in a short-term rental in a small town. Life is much different here than it is in New York, and I've learned a lot.
She has often been criticized for being too cautious and deliberate. But those are just what a running mate should be.
A nursing home’s battle to treat COVID-19 in its most challenging population.
I was born in Iowa, raised in the mountains of Virginia, and attended Virginia Tech sporadically from 1974 to 1976 before dropping out to try my luck writing. At some point in the late 1970s, individual liberty became my highest political value and I resolved to do what I could to defend it. I had seen the federal government sabotage the currency, ravage southeast Asia with an unjust war, and tumble into disgrace with the Watergate scandal. The pratfalls of the Carter administration, following... Читать дальше...
America Makes, the National Additive Manufacturing Innovation Institute, Youngstown, Ohio, has announced four new project calls to accelerate the adoption of AM and offer a new way for the supply chain to engage in the institute. Several actionable focus areas are aligned to each project call,...
Ronald Metellus parodies a gym announcement to members about reopening plans and coronavirus precautions.
Political conventions have evolved from party meetings to pick a nominee to days-long TV ads. WSJ’s Gerald F. Seib explains why 2020’s events may be an inflection point, and what could come next. Photo: Associated Press
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McDonald's filed a lawsuit Monday accusing former CEO Steve Easterbrook of lying, concealing evidence, and fraud linked to a sexual relationship with a subordinate while he was running the company. McDonald's is trying to take back stock options and other compensation reportedly worth more than $40 million that Easterbrook was allowed to keep last fall when he was fired for sexting with a subordinate. In the lawsuit, the fast-food giant claims that Easterbrook actually had relations... Читать дальше...
Two Yellowknifers came across a traffic control worker dancing and swinging his stop sign amid a swarm of northern bugs and decided to post it to social media.
The college football season is about to be gone. Athletes want to play. Fans want to cheer. The timeline for the next kickoff is up to us. Will we learn our lesson this time?
Prices vary widely, so it pays to shop around. And always ask for discounts.
Our pandemic dress code is important enough to be enforced in schools.
The day started with a tweet from a star college quarterback featuring the hashtag #WeWantToPlay. It ended with a slick political video from the White House using the same slogan.
It seems every few months on Twitter another “four high school albums” prompt makes the rounds, inspiring thirtysomething music fans across the country to come together—united in their shared fronting that they listened to Slint’s Spiderland and Hum’s Downward Is Heavenward their freshman year. Some of us who went to…
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