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Lawsuit Takes Aim at the Way A.I. Is Built
In late June, Microsoft released a new kind of artificial intelligence technology that could generate its own computer code. Called…
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US
He’s a 25-Year-Old Gun Control Activist. Now He’s Heading to Congress.
Don’t let his tender age fool you: Maxwell Alejandro Frost has been doing this for a while. Frost was only…
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World
Court Leaves New York City School Budget Cuts in Place
After a monthslong court battle over the New York City public school budget, a state appellate court on Tuesday allowed…
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Health
U.S. Officials Offer Hopeful Tone on Covid as Winter Nears
Federal health officials expressed optimism on Tuesday that the nation was better prepared to weather a surge of Covid-19 infections…
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Politics
Robert D. Kern, Developer of Emergency Generators, Dies at 96
Robert D. Kern, a mechanical engineer who in 1959 started a company in a garage making portable backup power generators…
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Magazine
Chaos on Twitter Leads a Group of Journalists to Start an Alternative
It’s one thing to hope for a better community online, and another, very different one, to build it. Just ask…
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World
Your Tuesday Briefing: Indonesia’s Deadly Earthquake
Rescuers searched for survivors in Cianjur, Indonesia.Credit...Rangga Firmansyah/Associated PressA fatal earthquake in Indonesia At least 162 ...
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US
Exploring a Plan to Remake the L.A. River
The Los Angeles River looking north toward downtown Los Angeles.Credit...Monica Almeida/The New York TimesToday we’ll start with a short history…
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Politics
Homes That Sold for Around $600,000
Each week, our survey of recent residential sales in New York City and the surrounding region focuses on homes that…
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World
Would You Pay $1,000 to See the World’s Biggest Lizards?
PADAR ISLAND, Indonesia — The tourists arrived by the boatload, ready to climb 900 steps to the summit of remote…