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Three classic movies from very different eras have lessons for the whole family but they all come with warnings for different content issues.

The birth of Jesus and the fulfillment of Old Testament prophecies are awe-inspiring events that defy mathematical probability.

Douglass Mackey, who was convicted of participating in a 2016 election scheme, has become a cause célèbre among right-wingers, including Donald Trump.

NFL Week 16 best bets for Dec. 23, Christmas Eve, and Christmas Day.

The first credit unions enrolled in the Federal Reserve's FedNow instant payments platform say it will fundamentally change the way they serve consumers and businesses across multiple categories.

Sean “Diddy” Combs, pictured at Howard University in October, was accused of trafficking and rape a month later by singer Cassie in a civil lawsuit that later inspired other women to come forward. | Shareif Ziyadat/Getty Images for Sean “Diddy” Combs

New York’s survivors laws have helped spur a reckoning in music — one that some say is long overdue.

One year from now, we may once again find ourselves facing myriad right-wing activists and entities seeking to overturn the results of a presidential election. At the center may be the current speaker of the House, Mike Johnson, a Louisiana Republican previously known to few outside the Christian right. When the 2024 election takes place, Johnson will barely have reached his first anniversary as speaker.

This March, news broke that the latest artificial intelligence models could pass the LSAT, SAT, and AP exams. It sparked another round of A.I. panic. The machines, it seemed, were already at peak human ability. Around that time, I conducted my own, more modest test. I asked a couple of A.I. programs to “write a six-word story about baby shoes,” riffing on the famous (if apocryphal) Hemingway story. They failed but not in the way I expected. Bard gave me five words, and ChatGPT produced eight. I tried again... Читать дальше...

It was approaching midnight on election night, and the networks had just declared that Democrats had won the presidential election. Donald Trump was outraged. He was furious. He refused to accept the result. He immediately took to Twitter to summon his supporters to action.

This story first appeared in China Report, MIT Technology Review’s newsletter about technology in China. Sign up to receive it in your inbox every Tuesday. The new year will be here soon! Typically, it’s a great time for a fresh start. But not always. And today I want to talk about something that’s unfortunately moving in the…

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Penguins get an extra day of rest before Hurricanes roll into town. Take some time out of your morning to catch up on the latest with Pens Points.

A Chemjobber Christmas tradition, updated for 2023. Send a PDF to your family - try it, it works! 

NASA has successfully transmitted data between Earth and two spacecraft using lasers, completing a groundbreaking experiment that could aid in future missions to other worlds.

Electronic signatures have grown more prevalent across all industries. Human resources, especially, have adopted various methods of digital fingerprinting for greater convenience, smoother processing, and more protected contract management. Those still relying on wet signatures put themselves, their employees, and their companies at risk of fraudulent activity. Explore the dangers of wet signatures and examine […]

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Ken was the poster boy for cinema's year of toxic masculinity

Kieran Tripper has been crowned Fans' Footballer of the Year after edging out Erling Haaland and Jude Bellingham.

Former U.N. Ambassador Nikki Haley is neck and neck with Florida Gov. Ron DeSantis (R) for second place in Iowa, while former President Trump continues to hold a wide lead for first place, according to a new poll.   An Emerson College Polling Iowa survey out on Wednesday found Trump at 50 percent among Republican caucus voters...

President Biden’s problem right now is not simply that his polls are bad. It’s that he is leaking support from key Democratic blocs — and that his nemesis, former President Trump, is doing surprisingly well.  The starkest example comes among young voters. A New York Times/Siena College poll released Tuesday showed Trump ahead of Biden...

Nikki Haley is facing a barrage of sexist attacks in her bid to become the GOP nominee for president, underscoring the hurdles women face when running for the highest office in the country. The 51-year-old former United Nations ambassador is experiencing surging momentum as the Iowa caucuses and New Hampshire primary near, tailoring her pitch...

A new border law signed by Texas Gov. Greg Abbott (R) picks a direct fight with federal authorities on a key constitutional question: Who gets to control Texas's border, which is more than 1200 miles long? To most legal scholars, this is not a question at all: They hold that the authority rests with the...

Bharat Ramamurti is joining the American Economic Liberties Project as senior advisor for economic strategy. He was most recently deputy director of President Biden’s National Economic Council and was previously senior counsel to Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.). “Bharat is one of the key architects of the Biden administration’s competition agenda, where he helped drive the...

Sports Mole previews Friday's Championship clash between Bristol City and Hull City, including predictions, team news and possible lineups.