Amazon plans to unveil a new device later this month, according to a video posted to the e-tailer’s official YouTube channel. The cryptic clip features a series of people waggling their heads at an unknown product and saying things like, “that is really cool,” “that’s super awesome,” and “oh, woo.” “It’s very real-life,” says one […]

This interview with Gina Centrello, president and publisher of the Random House Publishing Group, was conducted and condensed by Adam Bryant. Q. Were you in leadership roles growing up? A. No. I was pretty shy as a kid. I grew up in a very middle-class home. My dad was a really hard-working guy. He got up at 5 every […]

The US is home to some of the best zoos in the world – pretty much every medium to large-sized city has one. For starters, I highly recommend checking out my podcast interview with Jon Wassner, author of “America’s Best Zoos.” As you may already know, there is actually nothing as good as taking some time out […]

Get lost in halls of wondrous fishes and exotic marine mammals with a trip to the nation’s top aquariums. Millions of visitors flock to America’s best aquariums each year to be swept under the tides of various salt and freshwater scenes with the most unique and intriguing marine life found in the world. Some of […]

This interview with Tom Leighton,chief executive of Akamai Technologies, a web content delivery company, was conducted and condensed by Adam Bryant. Q. You were an academic before you started Akamai. Tell me about that transition. A. I grew up never thinking I’d be a C.E.O. or even in business. I never really had a desire for the limelight, per se. […]

An Iranian judge ordered Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg to court over concerns that his company’s applications are violating users’ privacy. The ruling orders the 30-year-old billionaire to answer complaints filed in the southern province of Fars citing breaches of privacy from Facebook-owned Instagram and WhatsApp, the Iranian student-run news agency ISNA reported Tuesday. An official with […]

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It might occupy the upper floors of one of Europe’s tallest buildings, but it seems that some guests of the Shangri-La hotel at the Shard in London are getting more of a view than anticipated. A quirk in the design of the hotel, which opened last week in the 310 metre-tall skyscraper, means that some […]

This interview with Carl Galioto, managing principal of the New York office of HOK, an architecture and engineering firm, was conducted and condensed by Adam Bryant. Q. When you were a child, were you in leadership roles? A. I always somehow gravitated to them. I was a school crossing guard — they sent out little kids with […]