Digital Gems

Russia is amassing unprecedented military might in the Arctic and testing its newest weapons in a region freshly ice-free due to the climate emergency, in a bid to secure its northern coast and open up a key shipping route from Asia to Europe.

Gates has been buying land like it’s going out of style. He now owns more farmland than my entire Native American nation

Update (06/04/2021 4.00 PM IST): HaveIBeenPwned has added a new search for phone numbers involved in this leak. You can use the same search box to search for your phone number with your country code as described below. You can find more details here.  Multiple reports over the weekend confirmed that an attacker published details …

As some people start to shake off coronavirus precautions, those who are waiting their turn for a vaccine say the FOMO is real. “It’s like when every friend is getting engaged before you.”

The stories you hold on to will be colored by your own experience—but also by the experiences of those around you.

As the N.F.L. makes plans to return to stadiums at full capacity this season, researchers published findings that “fan attendance at N.F.L. games led to episodic spikes” in the number of Covid-19 cases.

Pediatricians should be vigilant, experts said, after the release of the largest U.S. study of the syndrome, MIS-C, that can strike young people weeks after their coronavirus infection.

The risk of getting a COVID-19 infection from contaminated surfaces is extremely low, according to

The app is a digital panic button programmed with up to five of your closet friends or family. A push of the button sends a text to them with your location.

This quarter, as coronavirus decimated the global economy, mental health firms raised a record $576 million — 60 percent more than any previous quarter. Services like Talkspace and BetterHelp have reported a rush of new users over the last few months, but teletherapy apps have also been dogged by concerns around privacy and efficacy. Six mental health experts emphasized the digital therapy space needs more transparency and oversight, but there isn't consensus on what the path forward should be.

Laura Lewis, PhD Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University 2019 One Mind Bettina Bryant Rising Star Depression Research Award   Alterations in sleep are a common feature in depression. 75% of individuals with depression have trouble falling asleep or staying asleep during the night. The insomnia that sometimes accompanies depression can have a spiraling […]

Yahoo Answers will see its final day next month.

BlackRock Inc. is breaking ranks with peers on Wall Street by doing a deep dive into its business to see how it may have contributed to racial inequities in the financial system.

The Swiss bank is in turmoil after a series of financial disasters that have battered its reputation and are likely to diminish its global clout.

Andrea Palm, tapped as No. 2 at HHS, has been vilified by Wisconsin Republicans. But her state’s approach to covid-19 vaccinations is working.

Danny Moore, an entrepreneur and a Republican, made unfounded comments about the 2020 election, along with separate posts about the “Chinese virus."

Market size matters, but even small changes have an outsize ripple effect.

Derek Chauvin is the rare officer facing murder charges. Will he become among the few convicted?

Jordanian officials said Sunday they had contained a coup attempt by a former crown prince and half-brother of the nation's leader, King Abdullah.

Unsafe boating activity, delays to environmental projects and changes in public policy are putting the gentle giants at risk

‘No longer safe to be anywhere near Piney Point’, says official of former plant where millions of gallons of wastewater could leak

Florida Governor Ron DeSantis signed an executive order Friday banning the use of Covid-19 passports in the state.

Experts say Covid-19 vaccinations in the United States are going extremely well -- but more people need to be protected and the country may be at the start of another surge.

Online donors were guided into weekly recurring contributions. Demands for refunds spiked. Complaints to banks and credit card companies soared. But the money helped keep Donald Trump’s struggling campaign afloat.

Even before the company’s C.E.O., Lachlan Murdoch, moved to Australia, Viet Dinh was seen as Fox’s power center.

Rep. Matt Gaetz, now facing a reported probe into a pay-for-sex scheme, came to investigators’ attention after an alleged off-hours visit to a Florida tax agency.

How an Australian college student turned ~$4k into a fortune by speculating on the blockchain boom.

A solar battle in California could shift the state's trajectory on renewables and set a precedent for whether clean energy can scale up without creating inequitable costs, analysts say.

As streaming services push programming from around the world, voice acting is a growth industry — and even Americans are embracing dubbing.

Jurors heard from two key witnesses, including the chief of police. He said Mr. Chauvin “absolutely” violated department policies.