NHS warns of GP disruption next week after IT outage
Disruption to GPs caused by a global IT outage may continue into the coming week, NHS England has said.
Thomas Neff, Who Turned Soviet Warheads Into Electricity, Dies at 80
An M.I.T. physicist, he engineered an East-West deal that reduced nuclear threats and produced one of the greatest peace dividends…
Is Bird Flu Spreading Widely to Farm Workers? A Small Study Offers Some Reassurance
Officials found no evidence of silent infections in 35 Michigan dairy workers, but experts noted that much more data was…
Some Seniors Readily Step Back. Some Never Will.
Researchers are only beginning to understand why some people embrace retirement while others won’t even consider it.Beth Bergmans liked working…
Global CrowdStrike Outage Proves How Fragile IT Systems Have Become
While in some corners of Silicon Valley people worry about the risks of A.I., a simple failed software update caused…
After CrowdStrike Causes Outage, Are U.S. Networks Safe?
With each cascade of digital disaster, new vulnerabilities emerge. The latest chaos wasn’t caused by an adversary, but it provided…
25 Million Watched Trump’s Speech at the R.N.C. on Thursday
Viewership peaked on Thursday night starting around the 15-minute mark of Donald Trump’s speech, as he delivered a vivid reconstruction…
CrowdStrike-Microsoft Outage: What Caused the IT Meltdown
Airlines grounded flights. Operators of 911 lines could not respond to emergencies. Hospitals canceled surgeries. Retailers closed for the day.…
The White House Has a Plan to Slash Plastic Use in the U.S.
The government said it would phase out its purchases of single-use plastics, a significant step because it is the biggest…
Review says puberty blocker curb has not led to suicide rise
31 minutes agoGetty ImagesThere is no evidence of a large rise in suicides in young patients attending a gender identity…