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CNN  —  Marilyn Lands, a Democrat who made reproductive rights a central part of her campaign, will win a special election Tuesday for an Alabama state House seat, CNN projects. Her victory serves as another data point for national Democrats, who hope the backlash over strict state abortion laws following the overturning of Roe v. …

FEW PEOPLE would tolerate a virtual assistant if they had to plead obsequiously each time, “Excuse me, Alexa, if it’s not too much trouble, could you kindly tell me what the weather will be today.” Instead, these devices are designed to answer brusque commands: “Alexa: weather!” And we expect them to obediently respond. Which is …

Traders work on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) in New York City, U.S., August 15, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo Acquire Licensing Rights Nvidia gains ahead of quarterly results Sports retailers fall on Foot Locker’s dour forecast Peloton drops on missing positive cash-flow target Indexes up: Dow 0.25%, S&P 0.52%, Nasdaq 0.82% …

I’m in a position where I can learn any of the 3 major cloud providers at work. I have strong reasons to believe that I have to pick one, so how do I pick one? I don’t know enough about each cloud provider to be able to decide on my own. I’ve already asked Software …

In this article, I want to discuss what you should focus on when learning, and why. Introduction Time is our most precious resource. For that reason, it’s critical to be strategic about how to use it, in the same way that we need to be careful about how we invest or spend our money. When …

The University of Michigan community will focus on nurturing the heart, mind and soul at the 2022 Diversity, Equity & Inclusion Summit on Oct. 12. Sponsored by the Office of Diversity, Equity & Inclusion, the summit will provide an opportunity for U-M students, faculty and staff to examine the role of the arts in supporting …

I attended a hearing in Hartford on Monday, Aug. 15 on the proposed insurance rate hikes of 20 percent or more for the Connecticut Health Exchange in 2023. The increases are unreasonable and untimely for our families and small businesses already struggling with rising prices. I was glad a wide range of elected officials and …

Jenny McCarthy of Raymond, a certified intentional peer support specialist, sits earlier this month in the lavender garden she planted. She plans to have a large garden of lavender where people can relax. Andree Kehn/Sun Journal file To prevent violence in hospitals, the state should focus on fixing the mental health system’s failures, not on …

In 2016, I led a small team at Instagram that designed and built one of the largest content distribution experiments in history: the introduction of a personalized ranking algorithm to the platform’s (then) 500 million users. Anticipating controversy, we spent the next several years scientifically measuring differences between people receiving this evolving “recommendation algorithm” …

Wads of British Pound Sterling banknotes are stacked in piles at the Money Service Austria company’s headquarters in Vienna, Austria, November 16, 2017. REUTERS/Leonhard Foeger Register now for FREE unlimited access to Reuters.com Register LONDON, May 25 (Reuters) – Sterling slipped to a session low against the U.S. dollar on Wednesday after the release of …