timef 06/20/2025
- How Vera Rubin Telescope Scientists Will Deal With 60 Million Billion Bytes of Imagery nytimes.com2025-06-20 23:40:26
The Vera C. Rubin Observatory will make the study of stars and galaxies more like the big data-sorting exercises of contemporary genetics and particle physics.
- TikTok Users Call for Return of Blackberry and Other Retro Tech nytimes.com2025-06-20 23:30:06
Barely old enough to hold the devices when they were popular, young social media users are longing for “nostalgia tech.”
- Europe’s Growing Fear: How Trump Might Use U.S. Tech Dominance Against It nytimes.com2025-06-20 22:09:09
To comply with a Trump executive order, Microsoft recently suspended the email account of an International Criminal Court prosecutor in the Netherlands who was investigating Israel for war crimes.
- Large Oil Producers Around the Persian Gulf Ramp Up Exports nytimes.com2025-06-20 21:13:16
Saudi Arabia and other oil states are rushing to load tankers in case the Israel-Iran fighting spreads to export installations.
- A Way for People With Low Credit Scores to Raise Them nytimes.com2025-06-20 21:00:17
A new study finds that tenants who pay their rent on time can see “significant increases” if the payments are reported to credit bureaus.
- The Markets Are Balancing on a Knife’s Edge nytimes.com2025-06-20 21:00:11
The world has been anything but peaceful, but you wouldn’t know that from looking at the markets.
- Trump’s Two-Week Iran Notice Gives Markets a Lift nytimes.com2025-06-20 19:59:19
The president said he could take that long to decide whether to join a military fight against Iran. But that does little to quell investor uncertainty.
- Trump Is Selling a Phone + The Start-Up Trying to Automate Every Job + Allison Williams Talks ‘M3GAN 2.0’ nytimes.com2025-06-20 19:00:06
“They’re calling it the T1 Phone 8002 Gold Version, which sounds kind of like a Taylor Swift album.”
- Hybrid Cars, Once Derided and Dismissed, Have Become Popular nytimes.com2025-06-20 17:01:11
Automakers and car buyers are taking a second, harder look at hybrids after leaving them behind for electric vehicles.
- Psych 101: What Is Tapping? nytimes.com2025-06-20 17:00:18
Proponents say that manually stimulating acupressure points can ease a variety of maladies.
- Chinese Companies Set Their Sights on Brazil nytimes.com2025-06-20 12:00:08
Confronted with tariffs and scrutiny in the United States and Europe, Chinese consumer brands are betting that they can become household names in Latin America’s biggest economy.
- Bank Transfer Signals Syria Is Making Strides in Ending Economic Isolation nytimes.com2025-06-20 05:44:02
The bank-to-bank transfer using the SWIFT system was symbolically important, indicating the war-torn country was reintegrating into the global financial community.
- Banning Plastic Bags Works to Limit Shoreline Litter, Study Finds nytimes.com2025-06-20 02:00:05
Using crowdsourced data from shore cleanups, researchers found that areas that enacted plastic bag bans or fees had fewer bags littering their lakes, rivers and beaches than those without them.
- TikTok Hits Cannes, Where a U.S. Ban Seems a Distant Dream nytimes.com2025-06-20 01:21:09
TikTok executives hosted happy hours and played pickleball with influencers on the French Riviera this week, even as a U.S. ban loomed over the company.
- Oil Tanker Collision Near Strait of Hormuz Raises Security Fears nytimes.com2025-06-20 00:43:46
The accident, which the United Arab Emirates said was unrelated to the conflict between Israel and Iran, comes amid increased reports of GPS jamming.
- Edward Anders, Who Duped Nazis and Illuminated the Cosmos, Dies at 98 nytimes.com2025-06-19 23:58:45
His research unraveled mysteries about the solar system and the demise of the dinosaurs. In retirement, he turned his attention to the Holocaust.
