TikTok Faces Tough Questions From Judges in Fight Over U.S. Ban
TikTok on Monday pushed back against a law that would force the popular video app to sell to a non-Chinese…
A.I. Pioneers Call for Protections Against ‘Catastrophic Risks’
Scientists from the United States, China and other nations called for an international authority to oversee artificial intelligence.Scientists who helped…
How SMIC, China’s Semiconductor Champion, Landed in the Heart of a Tech War
Efforts by the Beijing-backed Semiconductor Manufacturing International Corporation, or SMIC, to break through innovation barriers have landed it in a…
How Does Pregnancy Change the Brain? Clues Are Emerging.
As hormones surge, some brain areas shrink in what scientists say may be a fine-tuning that helps mothers bond with…
Can Drinking Alcohol Prevent Food Poisoning?
Claims on social media suggest it can. We asked experts for the sober truth.“Cheers,” a woman says in a video…
Will TikTok Be Banned in January? That Question is Headed to Court
TikTok will be in federal court on Monday, aiming to block a new law that will ban the popular video…
On Broadway, a Covid Switcheroo: Marsha Mason in for Mia Farrow
Mason, an associate director of the comedy, which opened on Broadway last week, will step in as Patti LuPone’s counterpart.On…
Today’s Parents: ‘Exhausted, Burned Out and Perpetually Behind’
Parents’ stress has become a public health concern, the U.S. surgeon general warned.In his recent advisory on parents’ mental health,…
Gillian Anderson Wants Women to Put Pleasure First
In 1998, when Gillian Anderson posed for the cover of the now-defunct feminist magazine Jane, she had already been voted…
Missouri Bird Flu Case May Raise Prospect of Human Transmission
A close contact of someone with bird flu became ill on the same day, the C.D.C. reported. But the second…