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Liu Fengfeng, chief executive and founder of Tsinghon, a start-up making high-end films adhesives for chip products, in Shenzhen, China, Dec. 17, 2020. Beijing's drive to free itself from reliance on imported semiconductors has lifted start-ups and big firms alike. Some have flamed out. But there has been progress.

With money, and waste, China fights for chip independence

December 31, 2020 at 3:12 p.m.

Computer chips are the brains and souls of all the electronics the country's factories crank out. Yet they are mostly designed and produced overseas. China's government is lavishing money on...

How the police killed Breonna Taylor

January 5, 2021 at 12:45 p.m.

After the recent release of thousands of documents, photos, videos and audio recordings collected during three investigations, The New York Times initiated a fresh examination of the case. We used...

Jobs, houses and cows: China’s costly drive to erase extreme poverty

December 31, 2020 at 1:55 p.m.

Beijing poured almost $700 billion in loans and grants into poverty alleviation over the past five years — about 1% of each year's economic output. That excludes large donations by...

Let there be light, and art, in the Moynihan Train Hall

December 31, 2020 at 1:50 p.m.

Moynihan Train Hall serves as a redemption of sorts for the doomed Penn Station, demolished in 1963 in an act deemed so heinous for the city's historical buildings it is...

As the pandemic took lives, it also stole hopes

December 31, 2020 at 1:15 p.m.

The road to a career or stable job can be long and hard for many. Several victims of the pandemic had traveled that road and reached a resolution but had...

Andy Cohen had a year

December 31, 2020 at 12:21 p.m.

Andy Cohen, 52, isn't humble about the cultural significance of his shows, and he thinks anyone who doesn't value them appropriately is clueless.

The Hilaria Baldwin story: ‘I’m living my life’

December 31, 2020 at 12:15 p.m.

Over the last week or so, millions of people, cooped up and tired and probably too online at the end of the year, have been surprised to learn that Hilaria...

Vaccine memories of another time and place

December 31, 2020 at 11:02 a.m.

For Americans of a certain generation, the rollout evoked searing memories of an earlier era — one that rescued their childhood from fear and the sudden loss of classmates and...

When business as usual was turned upside down

December 31, 2020 at 10:55 a.m.

Among the many things that changed because of virus-induced lockdowns and restrictions, the change in the way we shop was perhaps the most visible.

The 2020 Good Tech Awards

December 31, 2020 at 10:47 a.m.

There were less-heralded tech contributions that made a real difference this year, and the people behind them deserve credit. So let's give thanks to a few of the technologists who...

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