NFT Artwork by Sophia the Robot Sells for Nearly $700,000

An artwork that sold for nearly $700,000 was the latest in the frenzied market for digital art — and possibly the first created in part by a non-human.


His Game Made Beating a Pandemic Fun. Can He Do It for Climate Change?

Matt Leacock, the inventor of the hit board game Pandemic, has spent the past year making a game about an even weightier subject.


AstraZeneca Releases Fuller Data Backing Its Vaccine

The company said its shot was 76 percent effective at preventing Covid-19, a hair lower than the number it announced earlier this week.


Searching for Roger Federer

In 2019, a fan traveled to the Swiss tennis star’s birthplace: ‘The fact that I was able to walk in Mr. Federer’s footsteps, and sit in a packed arena with 10,000 unmasked fans and watch him play feels like a dream to me now.’


Johnson Hopes Vaccine Success Can Inoculate Him Against Brexit Critics

The British prime minister is riding high on a strong vaccine rollout, despite a bumpy departure from the European Union and earlier pandemic missteps.


South Africa Court Set to Rule on Jacob Zuma, and an Era of Impunity

‘He is now running out of legal runway,’ one law expert says, as the country’s highest court will decide whether the former president can be jailed for contempt.


New Zealand Approves Paid Leave After Miscarriage

The measure, believed to be among the first in the world, would apply to couples who lose a pregnancy at any point.


Supply Isn’t the Only Thing Stymying Europe’s Vaccine Rollout

Bureaucratic inertia, a diffusion of responsibility and logistical problems have seriously undercut vaccination efforts. In Italy, it’s the older population that bears the brunt.


Your Thursday Briefing

Italy’s vaccine missteps.


North Korea Fired 2 Ballistic Missiles, U.S. and Japan Say

Prime Minister Yoshihide Suga of Japan said the test “threatens the peace and security of Japan and the region, and is a violation of United Nations resolutions.”