ROCHESTER, N.Y. — Built in the 1950s to speed suburban commuters to and from downtown, Rochester’s Inner Loop destroyed hundreds of homes and businesses, replacing them with a broad, concrete trench t

Why it matters: Apple has received a lot of praise for creating the M1 SoC, whether it be for its performance when compared to Intel and AMD CPUs in the same class, or for its relatively cool and batt

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The new M1 iPad Pros mark a moment in the history of Apple silicon. I use a lowercase “s” there deliberately — I’m talking about the post-iPhone history of the chips in Apple’s Macs and iOS devices. W

It’s probably safe to say that the iPad Pro is a product in transition. Sales of iPads have returned to the heights of its heady early days, and the low-end iPad and the mid-range iPad Air respectivel

The return of vibrant hardware color options to the iMac lineup immediately brings to mind the G3 iMacs that Apple sold from 1998 to 2003. 20 years is a long time, but I’ll go back further, to the ori

Note : This story has not been updated since 2021. The original Bondi Blue iMac was a computer designed to draw attention, in an era where ugly beige-box PCs were designed to fade into the background

This article was published online on May 10, 2021. M ost of the people who come to Blandford Cemetery, in Petersburg, Virginia, come for the windows—masterpieces of Tiffany glass in the cemetery’s dec

Eighteen scientists from some of the world’s most prestigious research institutions are urging their colleagues to dig deeper into the origins of the coronavirus responsible for the global pandemic. I

President Richard Nixon in San Francisco in July 1969. (The San Francisco Chronicle via Getty Images) The University of California has proposed shocking changes to its policing policies. These changes

Scientists experimenting in the lab have found that the coronavirus that causes COVID-19 is capable of infecting two types of brain cells — neurons and astrocytes. The findings could shed light on a p

Sen. Elizabeth Warren holds a news conference in March. She and Sen. Bernie Sanders are leading the push to introduce a bill Tuesday that would make pandemic-related food benefits for college students

Until now, 2011 was the most brutal year for abortion rights in recent history. In the 12 months after the “red wave” in the 2010 midterm elections, Republicans enacted 92 abortion restrictions across

Marques Brownlee has a great video this week on Apple’s ability to disrupt product categories with better integration. Take a break and watch it if you haven’t already — like everything from MKBHD, it

In “pre-colonial times,” wrote the late feminist scholar Niara Sudarkasa , women in West Africa were “conspicuous in high places.” They led armies, often played important consultative roles in politic

Sales of alcohol surged in 2020, especially among the higher-proof varieties. But one type far outsold the others: hand sanitizer. In the heat of the pandemic, Purell poured some $400 million into exp

Joshua Woroniecki / Unsplash I. At 8AM PT on Friday, a bleary-eyed Basecamp CEO Jason Fried gathered his remote workforce together on Zoom to apologize. Four days earlier, he had thrown the company in

Guillem Casasús This article was published online on May 3, 2021. O n August 14, 1935 , President Franklin D. Roosevelt signed into law one of the most successful anti-poverty programs in the nation’s

People ride bicycles in Times Square in New York City during the pandemic on May 7, 2020. Noam Galai/Getty Images President Joe Biden on Tuesday unveiled a new Covid-19 vaccine goal: 70 percent of US

Moderna chose the firm Recipharm to produce part of its vaccine against COVID-19 in France. GUILLAUME SOUVANT/AFP via Getty Images Senate Democrats are asking vaccine makers what their plans are to sh

Ezra Klein 100 Days of Big, Bold, Partisan Change April 29, 2021 By Mr. Klein is an Opinion columnist. I intended to duly fulfill my duty as a political columnist and write about the first 100 days of

San Diego Gas & Electric has pledged to reach net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2045, but some critics say the goal can’t be accomplished as long as the utility keeps natural gas a core part of its

For years, California has been more ambitious than the United States in fighting climate change. But now that President Biden has proposed slashing the nation’s planet-warming emissions in half by 203

INDIANAPOLIS — A blue card sat on the windshield of Josh Woolvin’s black Hyundai Tucson on Tuesday, a spot of color in the sunshine at Indianapolis Motor Speedway. It signaled to nurses at this drive-

Paul Krugman Good Luck to Republicans if Biden’s Family Plan Becomes Law April 29, 2021 Credit... Sasha Arutyunova for The New York Times By Mr. Krugman is an Opinion columnist. Conservatives beware:

Yesterday, the CDC released more relaxed mask guidelines for outdoor activities, as well as new charts for indoor and outdoor recommendations. The more permissive guidelines were a welcome step forwar

Outdoor retailer REI calls climate change “the largest existential threat facing our members’ enjoyment of life outdoors and the survival of REI Co-op.” The company has pledged to cut its planet-warmi

If there’s one thing to understand this Earth Day about California’s role in confronting the climate crisis, it’s this: Just because the state considers itself a global leader doesn’t mean it’s doing

Corporations have talked a good game when it comes to civic responsibility. After the Black Lives Matter protests last year, we heard vows to diversify and paeans to racial justice. The Business Round

Nobody needed to convince me that Apple’s at the top of its game when it comes to designing iPad hardware. The 2018 iPad Pro was so fast that more than two years later, it can handle more or less anyt

Updated at 10:15 a.m. ET on April 27, 2021. The pandemic is at its worst, globally, and expert eyes are trained on the role of new variants. Catastrophic surges are tearing across places where some th

Updated at 9:55 a.m. ET on April 26, 2021 India considered itself to be “in the endgame” of the pandemic just a few weeks ago. Now it is the global epicenter. The country recently surpassed the devast

India Dispatch ‘This Is a Catastrophe.’ In India, Illness Is Everywhere. As India suffers the world’s worst coronavirus crisis, our New Delhi bureau chief describes the fear of living amid a disease s

This month, Arvind Kejriwal, the chief minister of Delhi, India’s capital and home to millions, tweeted that the city was facing an “acute shortage” of medical oxygen. The message was illuminating on

A Covid-19 patient wearing a medical oxygen mask is carried on a stretcher into a hospital in Kolkata, India, on April 24. Sumit Sanyal/Anadolu Agency/Getty Images A horrific surge in coronavirus case

Biden, the World Needs Your Help to End the Pandemic The president should keep his promise on vaccine patents. April 23, 2021 Credit... Fred R. Conrad for The New York Times By Opinion Columnist Leer

Kumbh Melas are held every 12 years. The last Haridwar Kumbh Mela was held in 2010. The actual due date for the ‘current’ Kumbh at Haridwar was 2022, not 2021. So how did it get advanced by one whole

Apple is fond of declaring that the iPad Pro isn’t a computer . But at its “Spring Loaded” event on Tuesday, it unveiled new 11- and 12.9-inch iPad Pros that are so well equipped they could do a darn

Recently, I was mesmerized by a prep cook. At a strip-mall Korean restaurant, I caught a glimpse of the kitchen and stood dumbfounded for a few minutes, watching a guy slicing garnishes, expending hal