The Steep Cost of Ron DeSantis’s Vaccine Turnabout
Once a vaccine advocate, the Florida governor lost his enthusiasm for the shot before the Delta wave sent Covid hospitalizations and deaths soaring. It’s a grim chapter he now leaves out of his rosy retelling of his pandemic response.Read More
Yoko Ono and the Dakota
Word that the pop culture icon has left the fabled Upper West Side apartment building that she defined for a generation has sparked reflection on her impact as a resident there for 50 years.Read More
San Diego Library Protest Against Pride Books Draws a Backlash
Two San Diego residents cleared out the Pride month display at their library and said such materials shouldn’t be available to children, one of several recent clashes over L.G.B.T.Q. issues in California.Read More
Japan Is Trying to Use Ammonia to Make Coal Cleaner
Japan says that by blending ammonia with coal in its boilers, it can make coal less damaging to the planet. But the technology faces many hurdles.Read More
How Venezuela’s Oil Industry has Devastated the Environment
Gas flares and leaking pipelines from Venezuela’s once-booming oil industry, hobbled by U.S. sanctions and mismanagement, are polluting towns and a major lake.Read More
FedNow, the Federal Reserve’s Instant Payments Service, Launches in the US
Four years after its initial announcement, FedNow, the Federal Reserve‘s instant payment service in the US, has launched. The United States is often associated with innovation, but when it comes to the payments sphere, the country is playing catch up to other regions. For the last five years, many financial institutions have had to rely […]
International Companies Begin Preparations for Pix Recurring Payments Introduction in Brazil
As Pix gears up to introduce a new recurring payments service that enables consumers across Brazil to pay for products and services like subscriptions, bills and gym memberships, international companies are also beginning to ready themselves for increased market competitiveness. The payment system provider revealed that it will launch Automatic Pix (or ‘Pix Automatico’) in […]
Far Right May Rise as Kingmaker in Spanish Election
A messier political landscape has lent leverage to the extremes, leaving a hard-right party poised to share power for the first time since Franco.Read More
A Mystery in the E.R.? Ask Dr. Chatbot for a Diagnosis.
At a medical school in Boston, instructors are using ChatGPT in training exercises to help teach students how to think like doctors.Read More
America’s Only Cobalt Mine Can’t Get Off the Ground
The U.S. is playing catch-up in battery supply chains dominated by China.Read More
