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A new AI-produced commercial from Lexus shows how AI might be particularly suited for the advertising industry.
The so-called FAANG companies have lost more than $700 billion in market value since October.
Learn how to enter into the mindset of a successful inventor.
It’s the first time the association hasn’t hired a comedian in 16 years.
The controversy around the Torah codes gets a new life.
New research links urban planning and political polarization.
A federal judge ruled that the Trump administration likely violated the reporter’s Fifth Amendment rights when it stripped his press credentials earlier this month.
You may not recognize the names, but these seven scientists have improved the lives of people the world over.
SpaceX plans to launch about 12,000 internet-providing satellites into orbit over the next six years.
The 116th Congress is set to break records in term of diversity among its lawmakers, though those changes are coming almost entirely from Democrats.
Delay, deny and deflect were the strategies Facebook has used to navigate scandals it’s faced in recent years, according to the New York Times.
Sure we know it would be bad, but what do all of these scary numbers really mean?
“Secret Service passes for working White House journalists should never be weaponized,” Fox News’ president said in a statement.
Firefighters in California are still struggling to contain several wildfires nearly one week after they broke out.
Millions of Americans didn’t vote during the midterms — excuses there are many. Some are valid.
A new report outlines how the CIA considered using a drug called Versed on detainees in the years following 9/11.
Americans say we value free speech, but recent surveys suggest we love the ideal more than practice, a division that will harm more than it protects.
Military recruits are supposed to be assessed to see whether they’re fit for service. What happens when they’re not?
Journalism got a big wake up call in 2016. Can we be optimistic about the future of media?
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Facing mounting pressure from the public and government agencies, the e-cigarette maker announced major changes to its business model on Tuesday.
The lawsuit claims the administration violated the First Amendment when it revoked the press credentials of reporter Jim Acosta.
Be glad your name isn’t attached to any of these bad ideas.
The new offices will be built in New York’s Long Island City and Viriginia’s Arlington.
How poor work practices turn us all into remote workers.
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Could this be the long-awaited solution to economic inequality?
The government hopes to see 1.5 million electric cars on roads by 2030.
Indiana ranks 3rd in coal consumption, but a primary energy utility there just declared the end of coal by 2028
The next gold rush might take place in our sewers.
The impact of abusive comments is “significant.”