A trail of darkness swept across the Western Hemisphere on Saturday, starting at the Oregon coast and then venturing to the Southwest region as it cut through Nevada, Utah, New Mexico, Texas and other states. It was an annular solar eclipse that millions of pe... More »
Listening BoothNanci Griffith’s Lone Star State of MindGriffith in 1997.Photograph by Ebet Roberts / GettySave this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyThe Texas-born singer-songwriter Nanci Griffith’s voice is an “acquired taste,” as one critic ... More »
Netflix is beginning to test its cloud gaming service in the U.S. after initially launching limited trials in Canada and the U.K. The service, an expansion on the company’s mobile gaming efforts which began in 2021, has seen the streamer picking up gaming stud... More »
When The Times’s Israel correspondent Isabel Kershner recently asked an Israeli army tank driver, Shai Levy, 37, to describe the purpose of the looming Israeli invasion of Gaza, he said something that really caught my ear. It was “to restore honor to Israel,” ... More »
Earlier today I set you the following three puzzles, loosely inspired by my new book, the Football School Encyclopedia. (To see why here’s the original post.)1. Dogged deliveryA house is surrounded by a five-foot-high wall. Its front door can only be reached b... More »
This article is from The Technocrat, MIT Technology Review's weekly tech policy newsletter about power, politics, and Silicon Valley. To receive it in your inbox every Friday, sign up here. On October 9, I moderated a panel on encryption, privacy policy, and h... More »
Four years ago, Mark Hornby and his sister Andrea faced a situation that will be familiar to many adults with ageing parents. Their mother, Margaret Wallace, then aged 79 and living alone in a large house just outside St Albans, was becoming increasingly frail... More »
Suzanne Somers, the actress who starred in the 70s sitcom Three's Company, has died at the age of 76.The actress and businesswoman was best known for playing Chrissy Snow on the American sitcom as well as Carol Foster Lambert on Step By Step. She died on Sunda... More »
When I’m not writing about maths and puzzles, I’m working on my children’s book series, Football School, which uses the sport as a lens to the world. Researching the Football School Encyclopedia, the latest book in the series, I discovered the following geomet... More »
Janet Yellen has told Sky News the United States can "certainly" afford wars on two fronts, as the conflict between Israel and Hamas threatens stability in the Middle East and the US continues to support Ukraine's fight against Russia.Talking exclusively to Wi... More »