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How Twitter, on the front lines of history, finally decided to ban Trump
Two days after the riot at the U.S. Capitol, Twitter's most senior policy executive faced her 5,200 colleagues o...
09:35
China's economy is growing faster now than before pandemic
TAIPEI, Taiwan - A year ago, the coronavirus began spreading rapidly in China. Today, China's economy is bouncing back hard, and expanding faster than it did before the pandemic. Econo...
08:48
Ice cream for dogs? Even pets are eating their pandemic feelings
We've reached peak pet. There's really nowhere else to go. Animal shelters are out of dogs. Tech conventions are debuting cat exercise equipment and, more creepily, headless, robotic l...
17.01.21
Eight ways wine will change in 2021
Where to start? Covid-19 upended all our oenophile habits, shifting how we buy wine (online more than ever), how we taste and learn about it (virtually), and where we end up drinking i...
17.01.21
Craziest cruise ship coming in 2021 has a roller coaster
In cold, dark Finland, in the middle of the pandemic, shipyard workers at Meyer Turku were hard at work setting a roller coaster on top of a cruise ship-a world first. Others were inst...
17.01.21
How homeowners can help save the planet, one appliance at a time
The future is looking electric as a growing roster of cities bar the use of natural gas in new residential construction in a bid to lower greenhouse gas emissions and meet climate targ...
16.01.21
Is Kamala Harris the nation's first Generation X vice president, or yet another boomer?
Dude. Is she, or isn't she? The Chuck Taylors seemed like a clue. Kamala Harris declared the Converse sneakers her go-to kicks. So when the Biden-Harris ticket emerged victorious, mill...
16.01.21
You asked: Is it safe to take a staycation during the surge?
Q: I live with roommates and made it a tradition to take brief staycations locally (usually by public transit) to get a weekend to myself and work on my writing. I've been waffling between whether or not it's safe and ethical to continue this tradi...
16.01.21
Samsung says its Galaxy S21 phones work better, have four back cameras - and cost $200 less
Here's a radical idea in consumer tech: Samsung has new flagship phones it promises work better and cost less than last year's models. At an online event Thursday, the world's largest ...
15.01.21
Nissan insider key to Ghosn's downfall speaks in court
More than two years after the arrest of auto titan Carlos Ghosn on charges of financial crimes, the Nissan Motor Co. executive said to be key to the downfall of the carmaker's former c...
15.01.21
The pandemic crashed the party for caterers, who even more than restaurants are struggling to adapt
WASHINGTON - The weeks leading up to the holidays are usually a boom time for caterers around the country. But this season, the trays that would hold cookies for office cocktail partie...
15.01.21
Companies scramble to expand coronavirus vaccine supply
WASHINGTON - Production of the two coronavirus vaccines authorized in the United States is accelerating while companies with experimental vaccines nearing the end of trials struggle to...
14.01.21
YouTube tries to counter covid-19 misinformation with new videos
YouTube will partner with health organizations to create more accurate medical videos for its platform, trying to counter a scourge of online misinformation about the covid-19 pandemic...
14.01.21
Brexit deal may mean less British cod for fish & chips
Scottish fisherman Peter Bruce hoped Brexit would allow him to catch more cod, one of Britain's favorite fish dishes. Instead, he's worried he'll end up with less. While Prime Minister...
14.01.21
Trump administration bans imports of cotton and tomatoes from China's Xinjiang region, citing forced labor
WASHINGTON - The Trump administration on Wednesday issued a sweeping ban on imports of cotton or tomato products from China's Xinjiang region, saying it had reviewed evidence of forced...