Lawmakers, United in Their Ire, Lash Out at Big Tech’s Leaders

House lawmakers, who had opened an investigation into the tech companies in June 2019, made the most of it. Representative Jerry Nadler, Democrat of New York, confronted Mr. Zuckerberg with the C.E.O.’s own emails, saying they showed a plot to take out a young competitor. Representative Jim Jordan, Republican of …...Read More

The perfumes that can transport you around the world

Ever smelled a fragrance and been ‘Tardised’ through time and space to a holiday memory? I always pack a new perfume to wear away for that reason; every time I smell it, even years later, I’m transported. It happens because the part of our brain which analyses aromas sits next …...Read More

Atlanta Mourns John Lewis and Ponders Carrying On With ‘Good Trouble’

ATLANTA — A motorcade on Wednesday led John Lewis on one final tour of Atlanta, the city he represented in Congress for more than three decades and a place he helped establish as the spiritual home of a nonviolent movement to protest racism. But on this ultimate journey, the hearse …...Read More

Trump Plays on Racist Fears of Terrorized Suburbs to Court White Voters

The tweet, sent from aboard Air Force One as Mr. Trump traveled to Texas, was the latest example of the president stoking racial division as he seeks to win over voters in his bid for re-election. White suburban voters, particularly women, were key to his victory in 2016 but are …...Read More

Ex-C.I.A. Chief Criticizes Silence of Top Republicans on Russian Interference

Mr. Brennan portrayed himself in the excerpt as deeply skeptical of Mr. Trump and his ability to keep secrets. He said that even before the election he was convinced of Mr. Trump’s “dishonesty, unabashed self-aggrandizement and demagogic rhetoric.” The congressional briefing occurred a day after President Barack Obama was told …...Read More

Reopening Schools: Senator Patty Murray Says Congress Needs to Step Up

Secondly, I think not a lot of them actually talk to people with kids at home. I know what it’s like. I feel it in every fiber of my body. I’ve been in a classroom. I have family who are teachers. I have my own daughter who’s got kids in …...Read More

STEPHEN GLOVER on the BBC's hatchet job on Rupert Murdoch

Maybe the fabulously wealthy and powerful can look after themselves, and the rest of us shouldn’t mind too much if their successes are ignored and their failings exaggerated. Rupert Murdoch is, after all, the most influential media mogul who has ever lived, as well as the richest. Why should we …...Read More

Sensor-fitted mouthpiece enables tongue-controlled joystick

A new device lets users control images on a screen with just a flick of the tongue. Designed as a master thesis, [In] Brace is a mouth piece fitted with sensors that detect the location of a small sphere the wearer moves with their tongue. The device is constructed from …...Read More

'10k steps a day' has made women fitness tracker prisoners

Every evening before bedtime, teacher Pauline Craven-Lee checks her fitness tracker to see how many steps she’s clocked up during the day. If it doesn’t say at least 30,000 — roughly 13 miles for her — she’ll put on her trainers and either head out for a walk with the …...Read More

ROSE PRINCE: Sugar police won't put me off Percy Pigs

Fans say it’s that lovely hit of raspberry that gets you first. Then, when you sink your teeth into them, there’s a sublime soft chewiness, just a little harder than a marshmallow. A few moments of mouthwatering deliciousness later, they are ready to be swallowed and, at that point, say …...Read More