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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.
Wildfire burns in 3,200 acres of New Jersey forest area
New York Times, Published on 23/04/2025
» PINE BARRENS — A fast-moving wildfire in the Pine Barrens section of southern New Jersey spread to 3,200 acres of the heavily forested area by Tuesday evening, prompting the shutdown of a 17-mile (27.3-kilometre) stretch of one of the state’s busiest highways, authorities said.
EU countries agree to jointly purchase gas
New York Times, Published on 26/03/2022
» European Union (EU) countries have agreed to jointly buy and store gas, hydrogen and liquefied natural gas to address the challenge of reducing energy dependence on Russia while protecting Europeans from spiraling energy costs. They stopped short of imposing a ceiling on energy prices, however.
US health officials question AstraZeneca trial results
New York Times, Published on 23/03/2021
» ์NEW YORK: US federal health officials said early Tuesday that results from a US trial of AstraZeneca’s Covid-19 vaccine may have relied on "outdated information" that "may have provided an incomplete view of the efficacy data", casting doubt on an announcement Monday that had been seen as good news for the British-Swedish company, as well as the global vaccination drive.
The superpowers of new super-thin materials
New York Times, Published on 09/01/2020
» NEW YORK: Internet-connected devices have already colonised a range of new frontiers - wrists, refrigerators, doorbells, cars. But to some researchers, the spread of the “internet of things” has not gone nearly far enough.
Art dealer charged in $145m antiquities smuggling case
New York Times, Published on 11/07/2019
» NEW YORK: In a sweeping new criminal case, a former New York art dealer authorities describe as one of the world’s largest smugglers of antiquities has been charged with running a multinational ring that trafficked in thousands of stolen objects, valued at more than US$145 million, over 30 years.