News AnalysisImagePrime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu sought to drive wedges through the electorate along religious, ethnic and ideological lines.CreditCreditAbir Sultan/EPA, via ShutterstockSept. 18, 2019Updated 6:04 p.m. ETJERUSALEM — The near-final results of Israel’s intensely fought election gave rise on Wednesday to a seemingly contradictory conclusion: While the country remains deeply divided, the forces of unity have…
When CEO Dara Khosrowshahi began his revamp of Uber's troubled corporate culture, he started with the company's stated core values. The result: Gone are phrases like "always be hustlin'" and "principled confrontation" from the startup's early days. In their place, Uber now promotes values like "do the right thing" and "ideas over hierarchy." While it's…
Earlier this year, a Boston-based startup spun out of a quantum computing lab at Harvard University, with the goal of making this new technology more easily available to developers. This startup, called Aliro Technologies, was co-founded by Harvard assistant professor Prineha Narang, who also started Harvard University's Quantum Information Sciences Lab. Narang had been doing…
By The Styles Desk September 17, 2019How we love and hate to go to work. Instructions for use: 1. The Office Confession Regurgitator Step 2)The machine will eject a true-life confession, told by readers of The New York Times. 2. Seven Interrogations of Office Existence i) ii) They Are What You Eat, by Caity Weaver.…
Hong Kong Chief Executive Carrie Lam folded in September, promising to withdraw the divisive extradition bill that had galvanized protests across the financial center, and has lasted over half a year. But the furor rages on—with many seeing the bill as a merely a sign of mainland China's growing political influence in the Special Administrative…
A new link has emerged between a member of the Trump administration and the circle of the disgraced financier Jeffrey Epstein. According to The Daily Beast, Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin's name appears on legal documents for a company co-owned by Jean-Luc Brunel, a friend and associate of Epstein. Brunel is a French modeling scout who…
Getting sufficient DNA out of a rootless hair has long been considered impossible. A scientist, better known for work with ancient fossils, has figured it out. It’s a game-changer for crime and surveillance.ImageA University of California, Santa Cruz lab technician examines a hair sample collected from a woman found in a barrel in a state…
Months after his cerebral superhero thriller Glass broke through to massive box office numbers, M. Night Shyamalan has inked a deal to write and direct two new movies for Universal Pictures. The titles, both untitled, will open Feb. 26, 2021 and Feb. 17, 2023, nestling Shyamalan firmly into the same early-year release schedule where he…
President Donald Trump on Monday said the US was no longer dependent on Middle Eastern oil, a statement made in the wake of the weekend's destabilizing attacks on a Saudi production facility. "Because we have done so well with Energy over the last few years (thank you, Mr. President!), we are a net Energy Exporter,…
A Connecticut prankster’s newspaper eulogy has captured hearts from London to Pittsburgh and back.ImageFriday’s funeral for Joe Heller, a Connecticut town constable, snowplow operator, crossing guard, dogcatcher — and prankster.CreditCreditMonica Jorge for The New York TimesSept. 15, 2019Updated 4:20 p.m. ETCENTERBROOK, CONN. — Joe Heller always wanted to have the last laugh.So when he died…
