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More than 500 children have died from the Ebola virus in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), according to Save the Children. The charity says the number of deaths has accelerated in the last six months. Just under 100 children are thought to have died from contracting Ebola in the …

What to look for in a Windows laptop For $500 you can’t get a Windows laptop that can multitask that well or run memory-heavy programs, but you can get one that feels snappy enough for browsing the Web, running lightweight productivity software, and watching movies. A cheap Windows laptop can …

How do New York Times journalists use technology in their jobs and in their personal lives? Jeremy Egner, television editor for The Times, discussed the tech he’s using. What tech tools are most important for your work as a television editor? Most important is the one in my title: a …

When my first Wealth Matters column ran in December 2008, I wrote that I wanted to examine the strategies the wealthy used to manage their money and their lives in a way that people with far less money could learn from. Having spent the last week going through 499 columns …

Police had to be called to an outdoor swimming pool after hordes of overheating Londoners tried to force their way in. Around 500 people tried to storm Brockwell Lido in southeast London during Thursday’s record-breaking heat. Tempers flared around midday when waiting times topped three hours. We’ll tell you what’s …