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Right-Wing Chatbots Turbocharge America’s Political and Cultural Wars

Once pitched as dispassionate tools to answer your questions, A.I. chatbots are now programmed to reflect the biases of their creators....

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Weight loss jab warning: fraudsters’ fake products ‘could cause real harm’

As texts and social media offer cheap offers, buying from unverified sellers can cause serious health problemsYou have heard and read so much about pe...

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How Two Nuns and a Jesuit Might Persuade You to Finally Download that Dating App

“That you’re a woman far away / is no hindrance to my love: / for the soul, as you well know, / distance and sex don’t count.” It might sound ...

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FBI Warns of Criminals Posing as ICE, Urges Agents to ID Themselves

In a bulletin to law enforcement agencies, the FBI said criminal impersonators are exploiting ICE’s image and urged nationwide coordination to disti...

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Brief Encounter at 80: why we’re still falling for David Lean’s 1945 romance

The story of hot tea and unconsummated love hails from a very different era – and was far from easy to make. Yet it remains a key influence for film...

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​How Two Times Editors Work on Getting Election Results Right

Accurate, reliable results play a role in free and fair elections. So does explaining the data and helping people understand when and how it will be r...

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What Experts Are Saying

Raj Patel
Raj Patel

Behavioral Economist

4.3

This book came into my life at just the right time. I've been struggling with collision detection in my work, and the practical advice in Game Collision Detection: A Practical Introduction has been transformative.

Review of Game Collision Detection: A Practical Introduction

Natalie Kim PhD
Natalie Kim PhD

Linguist

5.9

Straight to the point, Real-Time Ray-Tracing with Vulkan for the Impatient makes understanding Books effortless and engaging.

Review of Real-Time Ray-Tracing with Vulkan for the Impatient

Sophia Bennett
Sophia Bennett

Astrobiologist

4.6

This book came into my life at just the right time. I've been struggling with graphics in my work, and the practical advice in Foundations of Graphics & Compute: Volume 4: Simulations has been transformative.

Review of Foundations of Graphics & Compute: Volume 4: Simulations

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