The big tech high-flyers are getting hit hard. Netflix and Facebook dropped more than 4 percent on Monday, while Amazon slipped nearly 2 percent, and Alphabet and Apple gave up nearly 1 percent apiece. While the big-tech-heavy Nasdaq 100 index fell 1.1 percent, the S&P 500 was only down 0.22 …

Richard David Shepherd was born on April 25, 1931, in Hendon, a London suburb. His father worked in the hospitality business, and his mother was a farmer and horse breeder. His early career aspirations had nothing to do with art. “I had one idea only when I was growing up …

Alexey Druzhinin | AFP | Getty Images Russia’s President Vladimir Putin smiles in the Novo-Ogaryovo residence outside Moscow, on April 18, 2014. The Facebook ads that Russian operatives purchased to try and influence U.S. voters during the 2016 election highlighted the Black Lives Matter movement and other hot-button, divisive issues, …

Bill Clark | CQ Roll Call | Getty Images GOP candidate for U.S. Senate Roy Moore, holding an article about Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., speaks during the U.S. Senate candidate forum held by the Shelby County Republican Party in Pelham, Ala., on Friday, Aug. 4, 2017. In Tuesday’s …

Andrew Harrer | Bloomberg | Getty Images A man dressed as the grim reaper, who is opposed to the Graham-Cassidy-Heller-Johnson proposal, stands outside the Senate Finance Committee hearing room ahead of a hearing in Washington, D.C., U.S., on Monday, Sept. 25, 2017. The last-ditch Republican bill to repeal Obamacare would …

Instead of a character, though, the “Discovery” handoff seems to be lens flares. (O.K., fine, and Sarek, Spock’s father.) That’s the visual style that J.J. Abrams introduced to the universe with his 2009 “Star Trek” reboot. There are the tilted and shaky camera shots zoomed in on character’s faces in …

Zach Gibson | Bloomberg | Getty Images Jay Clayton, chairman of the SEC. The chairman of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) only learned in August that hackers had last year breached the regulator’s database of corporate announcements, according to prepared congressional testimony seen by Reuters on Monday. The …

Stephen Lam | Reuters Craig Federighi, Senior Vice President Software Engineering speaks during the company’s annual world wide developer conference (WWDC) in San Jose, California, U.S. June 5, 2017. Google — not Microsoft’s Bing — will now be the default for web searches on Siri, iOS, and Macs’ “Spotlight” function, …

Saul Loeb | AFP | Getty Images Federal Reserve Chair Janet Yellen speaks during a press conference after the Federal Open Market Committee meetings in Washington, DC, on September 20, 2017. The Federal Reserve should wait until there are clear signs that American paychecks and prices are rising before raising …

But to see them together, a convergence that occurs only twice, is to feel a chill of pity and terror. These disparate individuals, defined by their dress, are united in a rage and despair that cannot be denied. We both fear them and identify with them. They could be our …