Presented in the order in which they were announced: Apple Card Family and Co-Ownership An oddity of Apple Card, until now, is that all accounts were solely for individuals. Most credit cards can be s

On Tuesday, Apple updated the iMac with new SKUs, display panels, and various color options. The new systems are powered by Apple's M1 SoC (System on Chip), which uses the ARMv8 ISA rather than an Int

Note : This story has not been updated since 2021. The original iMac was all about colors. The first one was blindingly Bondi blue, and the follow-ups all came in various shades and designs. It was a

The Goldwater Rule prohibits mental health professionals from diagnosing presidents from afar. It does not, however, apply to their pets. And so we must respectfully ask: What’s the deal with Major Bi

Mobile clinics serving a rural expanse north of Columbus, Ohio. A program sending paramedics to vaccinate homebound seniors in Chicago. And sites promising immunization at 34 public colleges and unive

A man receives a dose of AstraZeneca ’ s COVID-19 vaccine at a conference center in Rome on 24 March. Italy halted use of the vaccine on 15 March, but resumed immunizations 4 days later. Antonio Masie

Army medics fill syringes with the Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine at a vaccination site in Orlando, Fla. (Paul Hennessy / SOPA Images/Sipa USA) After more than a year of Covid, everyone on Twitter

Phys Ed Regular Exercise May Help Protect Against Severe Covid People who tended to be sedentary were far more likely to be hospitalized, and to die, from Covid than those who exercised regularly. By

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W hat can we honestly say about the new Georgia voting-rights law? The legislation is based on a craven conspiracy theory about 2020 voter fraud. It has drawn a barrage of criticism from Democrats, in

In the 1930s and 40s, a big upswing in union organizing in the United States was marked by successful campaigns at high-profile companies like General Motors, Ford, US Steel and AT&T. Now, organizers

White Evangelical Resistance Is Obstacle in Vaccination Effort Millions of white evangelical adults in the U.S. do not intend to get vaccinated against Covid-19. Tenets of faith and mistrust of scienc

I still have a photograph of the breakfast I made the morning I ended an eight-year relationship and canceled a wedding. It was an unremarkable breakfast—a fried egg—but it is now digitally fossilized

Amtrak has proposed a plan for new and enhanced rail connections across the United States. Amtrak When President Biden unveiled his major new infrastructure plan last week, the proposal included much

Virginia, the Old Confederacy’s Heart, Becomes a Voting Rights Bastion For nearly 50 years, the state was subject to Voting Rights Act rules meant to deter racial discrimination. Those federal guideli

Posted on April 1, 2021 Posted by John Scalzi Steve Calhoun asks: Does the money satisfy? I mean this sincerely. I know it’s probably nice to be rich. And I’m personally much better off this year than

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See more from our live coverage The Moderna and Pfizer-BioNTech vaccines are very effective in real-world conditions at preventing infections, the C.D.C. reported. Consistent with clinical trial data,

The Pfizer-BioNTech and Moderna vaccines being deployed to fight the coronavirus pandemic are robustly effective in preventing infections in real-life conditions, according to a federal study released

California is dramatically expanding the eligibility for COVID-19 vaccines, offering the shots to virtually all residents 16 and older beginning next month, the state announced Thursday. Residents who

If I close my eyes, I can picture the classic Mac OS laid out before me. I can imagine every menu, every mouse gesture, the sound of the Mac SE chime, even depressing the reset switch after a hard cra

A space capsule reenters the earths atmosphere causing the heat shield to glow from the friction of tremendous speed. (Marc Ward/Shutterstock with elements courtesy of NASA) I’ve said, here and elsewh

As workers set up a COVID-19 vaccine clinic under tents in a vast park, volunteers in South Gate hit the streets, knocking on doors and chatting up street vendors to spread the word. In Chinatown, out

It’s official: America’s vaccine-supply crunch is over. The U.S. has ordered, optioned, or procured enough doses to immunize every single member of the population more than five times over , and all a

A Biden administration initiative expected to pour up to $3 trillion into repairing America’s decrepit infrastructure and funding other programs has sparked a scramble across the nation for the federa

The growing roster of Warren protégés in the government illustrates the leftward shift underway in the Democratic Party’s approach to policymaking. There is a growing list of people in President Joe B

It’s been an emotional roller coaster for those who believe the country's fate depends on the Senate ditching an arcane procedural relic. Senator Joe Manchin — preeminent filibuster devotee — shocked

Bamboo rats are among the wild animals farmed for food in China and other parts of Asia. A member of the World Health Organization team investigating the coronavirus pandemic says its report will conc

Photo illustrations by Oliver Munday and Arsh Raziuddin; renderings by Justin Metz This article was published online on March 11, 2021. Updated at 7:42 p.m. ET on March 26, 2021. Dalton is one of the

Maybe someday there will be a tell-all book written by someone inside Apple during the 2010s. Maybe we will eventually know exactly what happened that led to a bit of a lost decade for the Mac, one th

Mindy Kaling has gone missing from the library. I was looking forward to reading the comedian’s new story collection, “ Nothing Like I Imagined .” So I typed Kaling’s name into the Libby app used by m

Amtrak Wants to Expand Across the Nation. Local Politics Might Intervene. Extending nationwide service has been an elusive goal for Amtrak. Since 1971 — when the publicly funded, privately operated ra

Los Angeles Schools Remain Closed and Families Wonder: How Much Longer? Even amid signs of a deal with the teachers’ union, the district is still probably a month or more from resuming in-person learn

I f you think the U.S. housing market is behaving very, very strangely these days, that probably means you’re paying attention. In almost any other year, a weak economy would cripple housing. But the

Public-health officials are enthusiastic about the new , single-shot COVID-19 vaccine from Johnson & Johnson, despite its having a somewhat lower efficacy at preventing symptomatic illness than other

This week, Senator Elizabeth Warren, Democrat of Massachusetts, formally introduced a wealth-tax proposal that has made grown billionaires cry. I interviewed her by phone on Tuesday, right after she s

The spread of more contagious Covid-19 variants has renewed questions about outdoor transmission risk. Getty Images Sigal Samuel is a senior reporter for Vox’s Future Perfect and co-host of the Future

The Johnson & Johnson Covid-19 vaccine, while less effective at preventing mild illness than Pfizer’s or Moderna’s, is still more effective than the average flu shot. Joseph Prezioso/AFP via Getty Ima

W hen the polio vaccine was declared safe and effective, the news was met with jubilant celebration . Church bells rang across the nation, and factories blew their whistles . “Polio routed!” newspaper

Warren Revives Wealth Tax, Citing Pandemic Inequalities A tax on the net worth of America’s wealthiest individuals remains popular with voters, but has yet to be embraced by President Biden. Senator E