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10 pieces of tech jargon that confused us in 2025
New York Times, Published on 01/01/2026
» NEW YORK — As a tech journalist for the past 20 years, I have had a front-row seat to the slow death of the English language, driven by the engineers and marketers of Silicon Valley who use clunky abbreviations, awkward jargon and meaningless superlatives to describe the latest innovations.
Gunman kills four and himself at Midtown Manhattan building
New York Times, Published on 29/07/2025
» NEW YORK — A gunman killed at least four people and himself at an office tower that houses Blackstone Incorporated, Rudin Management, the National Football League and KPMG among others, sparking hours of chaos and fear in Midtown Manhattan on Monday evening.
Jurors in Sean Combs trial reach verdict on all but one count
New York Times, Published on 02/07/2025
» NEW YORK — A jury in Manhattan reached a partial verdict Tuesday in the federal case against music mogul Sean Combs, but it did not announce its decision because it was deadlocked on a final charge of racketeering conspiracy. The jury left for the night and will return to continue deliberating Wednesday morning.
Kultida Woods, mother of Tiger Woods, dies at 78
New York Times, Published on 05/02/2025
» Kultida Woods, whose guidance and support helped propel her son, professional golfer Tiger Woods, to become one of his sport’s most dominant athletes, died Tuesday. She was 78.
How a country’s economy was looted dry by politicians
New York Times, Published on 04/12/2024
» DHAKA - The new governor of Bangladesh’s central bank, Ahsan Mansur, calculates that about US$17 billion was looted from the country’s financial system by politicians in the 15 years before the government of Sheikh Hasina collapsed in August.
Power outage plunges all of Cuba into darkness
New York Times, Published on 19/10/2024
» HAVANA - Cuba's power grid failed, and the entire nation plunged into darkness Friday, less than a day after the government stressed the need to paralyse the economy to save electricity in the face of major gasoline shortages and large-scale, regular outages.
OpenAI is growing fast and burning through piles of money
New York Times, Published on 28/09/2024
» SAN FRANCISCO — OpenAI, the San Francisco startup behind ChatGPT, has been telling investors that it is making billions from its chatbot and that it expects to make a lot more in the coming years. But it has not been quite so clear about how much it is losing.
Drugs, sex, baby oil: ‘Freak-offs’ at core of Sean 'Diddy' Combs' troubles
New York Times, Published on 26/09/2024
» NEW YORK - A woman and a male prostitute meet for sex in a luxury hotel suite that, in the government's telling, has been lit for filming and stocked with baby oil and drugs. Another man watches and sometimes captures the events on video. These sexual marathons, complete with a cleanup staff, sometimes went on for days.
Gunman, 14, kills four in US high school shooting
New York Times, Published on 05/09/2024
» WINDER — A 14-year-old student rampaged through the hallways of his Georgia high school Wednesday, killing two students and two teachers before giving up his gun and surrendering, according to authorities.
CNN cuts 100 jobs, plans to launch paid streaming service
New York Times, Published on 11/07/2024
» NEW YORK - Cable News Network's (CNN) top leader announced 100 job cuts on Wednesday as well as a digital strategy that would include a new subscription-only digital offering by the end of the year.