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A prayer app turns to TikTok to find its flock
New York Times, Published on 09/03/2024
» Jon Schneider was mindlessly scrolling TikTok when a video caught his eye. It showed actor Mark Wahlberg and "this guy who kind of looks like Jesus," and they were inviting viewers to join them in prayer.
First 3D printed rocket fails shortly after launch
New York Times, Published on 23/03/2023
» Terran 1, a rocket designed and built by the company Relativity Space, suffered a failure shortly after lifting off from a launchpad in Cape Canaveral, Florida, late Wednesday night. A demonstration mission, the rocket was not carrying people or a customer payload, and no one was hurt.
Millions more invested in lab-grown foie gras
New York Times, Published on 21/07/2021
» Can foie gras grown in a lab taste just as decadent and creamy as that made from farm-raised ducks or geese?
As 737 Max crisis festers, Boeing fires its leader
New York Times, Published on 24/12/2019
» NEW YORK: Boeing said on Monday that it had fired its chief executive, Dennis A. Muilenburg, who was unable to stabilise the company after two crashes involving its best-selling 737 Max plane killed 346 people and set off the worst crisis in the manufacturing giant’s 103-year history.
Apple’s $1-trillion milestone reflects rise of megacompanies
New York Times, Published on 03/08/2018
» US Steel. General Motors. AT&T. Exxon Mobil.
Obama said to be in talks with Netflix to produce shows
New York Times, Published on 09/03/2018
» WASHINGTON: Former President Barack Obama is in advanced negotiations with Netflix to produce a series of high-profile shows that will provide him a global platform after his departure from the White House, according to people familiar with the discussions.
Saudi Arabia says 200 detained in anti-corruption crackdown
New York Times, Published on 10/11/2017
» BEIRUT: More than 200 people have been summoned for questioning, and most are still detained, in a wide-ranging crackdown that Saudi Arabia says is aimed at rooting out corruption and reclaiming embezzled funds, the government said Thursday.
To fit into Silicon Valley, wear these shoes
Business, New York Times, Published on 19/08/2017
» Silicon Valley goes through its own unique shoe crazes. There were Vibrams. There were Crocs.
US meat giant buys stake in vegan startup
Business, New York Times, Published on 12/10/2016
» Tyson Foods Inc appears to be the first big meat company to invest in a business that, among other things, aims to reduce consumption of chicken, beef and pork by replacing it with plant proteins.
A seaport bustles again
Business, New York Times, Published on 04/07/2016
» When General Electric Co decided to leave its longtime home in Connecticut and chose the waterfront district of Boston for its new headquarters, it thrust a once-windswept province for fishermen and dock workers into the spotlight.