OAKLAND, Calif. — Twelve years ago, Apple introduced the App Store, a peculiar online marketplace for the year-old iPhone. It had 500 offerings. Apple told app makers it would take a 30 percent cut of their sales, and few complained. Today, the App Store is one of the world’s largest centers of commerce, facilitating half…
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Are Zoom happy hours still the way to “go out,” five months after Covid-19 locked much of the country indoors? Most nondrinkers probably wouldn’t be able to say. It gets tiresome watching friends slowly sip on whiskey after their Collins glasses of sparkling water have gone empty. Eventually, nondrinkers bow out. But what if there…
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Welcome. The weekend is upon us again, though for many it’ll be no different from the other days that we pass by like towns off the interstate, long-haul truckers driving endlessly through the night. It’s hard to distinguish between them when we spend so much time in the same space at home, working or not…
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A study by researchers in South Korea last month suggested that children between the ages of 10 and 19 spread the coronavirus more frequently than adults — a widely reported finding that influenced the debate about the risks of reopening schools. But additional data from the research team now calls that conclusion into question; it’s…
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We’ve all had moments in our lives when we’ve felt like there was absolutely nothing that could turn our luck around. For Naomie Brinvilus, a writer from Haiti, that moment came after her country’s devastating 2010 earthquake, which left her family homeless and hungry. Feeling desperate, she sought help from a spiritual guide. His prescription…
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Ron Bel Bruno had at least 27 years of experience with internet dating, he said, when he encountered Dr. Edward Goldberg online in September 2016. Both were on Fire Island at the time, though Dr. Goldberg (left), an internist and gastroenterologist in private practice in New York, was on call at a local clinic, so…
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As the coronavirus pandemic continues to wreak havoc in the United States and treatments are needed more than ever, clinical trials for some of the most promising experimental drugs are taking longer than expected. Researchers at a dozen clinical trial sites said that testing delays, staffing shortages, space constraints and reluctant patients were complicating their…
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Here’s what you need to know: ImageMedical workers performing an antibody test in San Dimas, Calif., last month.Credit…Robyn Beck/Agence France-Presse — Getty Images If you recover from the virus, you may be protected for at least three months, the C.D.C. says. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention updated their guidance recently to suggest that…
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A pandemic has many downsides. And the lobster industry is among the many sectors it’s taken a toll on. If you’re in the business of selling lobster, you currently have a lot of lobster available and a dearth of wholesale customers, not the ideal situation. But there can be some bright spots, depending on how…
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Hi! And welcome to Five Weeknight Dishes. What day is it again? Oh, right. It’s Friday. Happy Friday! (Does T.G.I.F. mean anything to anyone anymore?) If your life is like mine right now, each day blends into the next. I wake, I drink coffee, I make what feels like 463 meals, I send approximately 1,232…
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