Tesla's Elon Musk has reached a settlement with the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC), in an agreement that will require Musk to resign as chairman of the company for at least three years and pay a $20 million fine, the SEC announced Saturday. Musk, who as part of the agreement will neither admit nor deny…
More than two years since a Massachusetts ballot initiative authorized recreational marijuana use, the state’s first two non-medical marijuana emporiums are slated to open. These spots in Northampton and Leicester are the first such stores in the east, so crowds are expected to be heavy and will see police details to keep order, the Associated…
The suspect in the deadly shooting at Naval Air Station Pensacola in Florida, a Saudi military service member in the US for training, held a dinner party before the attack to watch mass shooting videos, a US official told the Associated Press.During the attack, another Saudi student, one of three who attended the party, reportedly…
Health care had not been a driving issue for the Massachusetts senator. But the expansive $20.5 trillion package could come to define her candidacy anyway.Senator Elizabeth Warren spoke in support of a Medicare for all bill in September 2017.Credit...Tom Brenner for The New York TimesNov. 17, 2019Updated 2:14 p.m. ETTwo days before Senator Elizabeth Warren…
Our weekly podcast on the science and technology making the newsUnder Satya Nadella, Microsoft has reclaimed its crown as the world’s most valuable listed company. What can other firms learn from its reboot? Also, Reshma Shetty, cofounder of Gingko Bioworks, explains the potential of synthetic biology to harness—and transform—the power of nature. And, British ethicists…
Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy invoked the most far-reaching powers in the Spanish Constitution as he aimed to strike a decisive blow against the Catalan separatist campaign that has divided the nation and put its economic expansion at risk.Spain will dismiss Catalan President Carles Puigdemont and the rest of his regional government as part of a barrage…
THE CHIEF of Madhogarh, a picturesque village nestled beneath a 17th-century fortified palace in the heart of Rajasthan, came to Indra Sharma three years ago to ask if she would attend a workshop. “Something about the internet,” Ms Sharma, a 40-year-old child-care worker, recalls. She had no particular interest in this internet thing. But she…
Apple‘s famous wireless AirPods are a hot holiday ticket item, but you may want to hold off on buying them. Top Apple analyst Ming-Chi Kuo of KGI Securities says Apple will release an “upgraded model with wireless charging support” in 2019’s first quarter, in a report obtained by 9 to 5 Mac. Kuo also stated…
THE episode of “Saturday Night Live” before Election Day features a parody (pictured) of a Democratic get-out-the-vote advert. In it, jittery Democrats look into the camera and swear that their party will win back the House of Representatives on November 6th—before they lose control and become hysterical. After their experience in 2016—when Hillary Clinton, who…
President Donald Trump wants to designate the Muslim Brotherhood a terrorist organization. The administration had initially considered the designation shortly after inauguration in 2017, but quickly decided against it. This latest push appears to be the result of Trump’s meeting with Egyptian President Abdel-Fattah el-Sissi three weeks ago, during which time the leader urged Trump…
