China and the U.S. Pledge to Cut Tariffs on $60 Billion in Goods
The two countries unveiled separate lists covering thousands of products as they seek to ease trade tensions and stabilize relations…
Month: September 2026
Juniper Lattes? Pine Sodas? Food Is Taking Us Back to the Forest.
Drinks and snacks are being tweaked to evoke woods and meadows, on the theory that frazzled consumers want to reconnect…
Oil Prices Climb on Continued Impasse in U.S.-Iran Talks
President Trump rejected Iran’s proposal over the weekend, calling it “unacceptable,” but Iran said it was still waiting for “definitive…
How Scientists Can Shape Public Opinion Over A.I. Risks
Artificial intelligence workers may have leverage to make the world safer.
Trump’s Tariffs Push Canadian Companies to Look Past American Links
Shaken by tariffs and threats from the Trump administration, Canadian businesses are seeking markets and suppliers beyond the United States.
As A.I. Accelerates, Governments Are Increasingly Being Left Behind
The gap between technology and policymaking has gotten wider than ever with artificial intelligence, leaving a global policy vacuum as…
Women Sluggers Are No Longer in a League of Their Own
As a group of players from an all-women’s baseball league in the 1940s and ’50s gathered at a recent reunion,…
Why Won’t My Co-Workers Acknowledge My Birthday?
Plus: What to do when your boss is nit-picking your work.
Job Titles Are Out. Now We’re All ‘Members of the Technical Staff.’
Use of the generic title has risen by 50 percent in the last year among employees at Anthropic, OpenAI and…
Here’s Your New House. It Comes With Friends.
Fresh pies. Book groups. Puzzle challenges. Developers of master-planned communities see fear of social isolation and desire for friends as…