There are times an old-fashioned alarm clock may be a better choice than an Amazon Echo Spot. When you don’t want someone taking a picture of what you do in bed, for example.Credit...From left: Nick Bilton/The New York Times; Ruth Fremson, via The New York Times It still feels magical to light up your living room by saying “Alexa, turn on the lights.” But with all the hype surrounding so-called sm
“We have to try new things,” said Junku Soko, a Buddhist priest whose services are booked through Amazon.co.jp.Credit...Ko Sasaki for The New York Times SAKAI, Japan — The stubble-haired Buddhist priest lit incense at a small, cupboardlike altar just as members of his order have done for centuries. As the priest chanted sutras, Yutaka Kai closed his eyes and prayed for his wife, who died last year
Supporters of a saner marijuana policy scored a small victory this week when the Obama administration said it would authorize more institutions to grow marijuana for medical research. But the government passed up an opportunity to make a more significant change. The Drug Enforcement Administration on Thursday turned down two petitions — one from the governors of Rhode Island and Washington and the
Martin E. Hellman, left, and Whitfield Diffie in 1977.Credit...Chuck Painter/Stanford News Service SAN FRANCISCO — In 1970, a Stanford artificial intelligence researcher named John McCarthy returned from a conference in Bordeaux, France, where he had presented a paper on the possibility of a “Home Information Terminal.” He predicted the terminal would be connected via the telephone network to a sh
Shoppers in Tokyo. The Japanese government has tried numerous stimulus measures, hoping to increase spending and spur inflation.Credit...Yuya Shino/Reuters As Japan’s economic doldrums have lingered, its leaders have tried a number of tricks over the years, from increasing government spending to flooding the financial system with cash. With the global economy looking increasingly fragile, Japan is
P.C. Principal (with Kyle, foreground) in a scene from the episode “Sponsored Content” in the new season of “South Park.”Credit...Comedy Central If “South Park” were a person, it would be old enough to vote, though it probably wouldn’t. That scabrous cartoon has been a one-stop shop for anti-partisan satire and blasphemy on Comedy Central since 1997. Few comedies can stay first-rate for that long.
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