WASHINGTON -- The Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) provisions aimed at lowering prescription drug prices will lead to more pharmaceutical innovation, not less, one witness said at a Senate Finance Committee hearing. "These reforms support innovation in a number o... More »
What just happened? The US is not the only country feeling the effects of the tech contraction. The ailing print industry is losing another of its historical, leading players. Ricoh, a Japanese company founded in 1936, has announced a massive restructuring eff... More »
First, hundreds of pagers blew up, killing and injuring members of Lebanon’s most effective military organization and filling the country’s hospitals with wounded patients.Next, during mass funerals on Wednesday for people killed in the previous day’s blasts, ... More »
RIO DE JANEIRO -- Some Brazilian users reconnected with X on Wednesday despite the Supreme Court's recent nationwide ban, the result of the social network apparently changing the way its servers are accessed. The reunion may be short-lived, however.Justice Ale... More »
NEW YORK -- The hidden figures of the space race were recognized with Congress’ highest honor at a medal ceremony on Wednesday.The Congressional Gold Medal was presented to the families of Katherine Johnson, Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson and Christine Darden a... More »
MEXICO CITY — Mexican President Andrés Manuel López Obrador has dismissed allegations from his country’s disgraced ex-security chief — jailed in the United States and facing a possible life sentence for corruption — that he has links to drug cartels.“It’s ver... More »
Jean Smart, fresh off her latest Emmy win for “Hacks,” will be the guest host for the opening episode of Season 50 of “Saturday Night Live,” which returns to NBC on Sept. 28.It’s the first time the actor has hosted the sketch show. Joining her in making their ... More »
Independent tech journalist Tim Culpan reports that Apple is now in early production of A16 chips at TSMC’s new Arizona plant.The A16 is manufactured on an advanced 5nm process (some call it 4nm) that TSMC calls N4P. This is said to be the same process us... More »
The 1989 murders of Jose and Kitty Menendez at the hands of their 18- and 21-year-old sons are back in the spotlight due to the premiere of Netflix's "Monsters: The Lyle and Erik Menendez Story."The series, directed by Ryan Murphy, stars Javier Bardem as Jose ... More »
The Front Row“The Featherweight” Deftly Probes the Mores—and the Filmmaking—of a Bygone EraPhotograph courtesy Pep FilmsSave this storySave this storySave this storySave this storyThe prime exemplars of modern documentary, centered on filmmakers’ close involve... More »
IT'S BEEN THREE years—both in the real world and in the world of the Marvel Cinematic Universe—since WandaVision landed with a bang, setting a super high bar for the MCU on Disney+ that the franchise hasn't been able to consistently hit in the years since. Now... More »
1st Place Winner: Rafael Fernández Caballero. A Bryde’s whale about to devour a heart-shaped baitball off the coast of Baja California Sur, Mexico. All images courtesy of the photographers and Ocean Photographer of the Year, shared with permissionOne Whale... More »