Tiny Homes Are a Social Media Hit. But Do We Want to Live in Them?
A series about how cities transform, and the effect of that on everyday life. In a bustling area of south London, near a busy Underground station and a web of…
The Stock Market Hopes Arm’s IPO Is a Hit
Call it Wall Street’s Groundhog Day. When shares of Arm, the British chip designer, begin trading on the Nasdaq stock exchange on Thursday in the year’s biggest initial public offering,…
SoftBank Needs a Hit, and It’s Betting on Arm
Masayoshi Son, the chief executive and billionaire founder of the tech conglomerate SoftBank, believed so strongly in Arm, the British chip design company he bought in 2016 for $32 billion,…
Morocco Rescuers Slow to Reach Hardest Hit Areas After Quake
Search and rescue efforts intensified on Saturday in Morocco after a powerful earthquake killed at least 1,000 people and injured hundreds more overnight, with national authorities deploying the military to…
Gary Wright, Who Had a ’70s Hit With ‘Dream Weaver,’ Dies at 80
Gary Wright, a spiritually-minded singer-songwriter who helped modernize the sound of pop music with his pioneering use of synthesizers while crafting infectious and seemingly inescapable hits of the 1970s like…
Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey Are Hit By Floods, Killing 12
Violent storms have pounded parts of Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey with extreme amounts of rain, causing floods that killed at least 12 people, ravaged roads and prompted evacuations. In Greece,…
U.K. Airports Hit by Flight Delays Over ‘Technical Issue’
Britain’s air traffic control service experienced a “technical issue” on Monday, significantly disrupting hundreds of flights in and out of the country. The problem “is affecting our ability to automatically…