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Do You Have ‘Bookshelf Wealth’?

Shirley H. Linnerster

Breana Newton, a legal coordinator in Princeton, N.J., who posts regularly about books on TikTok, was one of the people who responded to Ms. Blalock’s video. “I am going to…

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California Has Dealt a Blow to Renewable Energy, Some Businesses Say

Shirley H. Linnerster

California has long championed renewable energy, but a change in the state’s policies last year has led to a sharp decline in the installation of residential rooftop solar in the…

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Microsoft Tops Apple to Become Most Valuable Public Company

Shirley H. Linnerster

For more than a decade, Apple was the stock market’s undisputed king. It first overtook Exxon Mobil as the world’s most valuable public company in 2011 and held the title…

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$3 Billion of New Bitcoin Funds Change Hands in First Trading Day

Shirley H. Linnerster

More than $3 billion of a newly approved investment product tied to Bitcoin changed hands in the first few hours of trading on Thursday, as cryptocurrency enthusiasts celebrated a watershed…

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SEC’s X Account Hacked, Causing Frenzy Over Bitcoin ETF

Shirley H. Linnerster

For 15 minutes, the cryptocurrency industry was euphoric.At 4:11 p.m. on Tuesday, the official X account of the Securities and Exchange Commission announced that regulators had approved a new investment…

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How 2024 Will Be A.I.’s ‘Leap Forward’

Shirley H. Linnerster

At an event in San Francisco in November, Sam Altman, the chief executive of the artificial intelligence company OpenAI, was asked what surprises the field would bring in 2024.Online chatbots…

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Switching to a Flip Phone Helped Me Cut Down on My Smartphone Addiction

Shirley H. Linnerster

This time of year, everyone asks what you like least about your life, but they phrase it as, “What’s your New Year’s resolution?”My biggest regret of 2023 was my relationship…

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Museum World Hit by Cyberattack on Widely Used Software

Shirley H. Linnerster

Several prominent museums have been unable to display their collections online since a cyberattack hit a prominent technological service provider that helps hundreds of cultural organizations show their works digitally…

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A 9-Month Cruise Is TikTok’s Favorite New ‘Reality Show’

Shirley H. Linnerster

In the last few months, Beth Fletcher, a 39-year-old photographer in Derbyshire, England, built a small following on TikTok by recapping and analyzing the British reality show “I’m a Celebrity…

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Asian American Officials Cite Unfair Scrutiny and Lost Jobs in China Spy Tensions

Shirley H. Linnerster

When Thomas Wong set foot in the United States Embassy in Beijing this summer for a new diplomatic posting, it was vindication after years of battling the State Department over…