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The dream was universal access to knowledge. The result was a fiasco.
Information wants to be free. That observation, first made in 1984, anticipated the internet and the world to come. It cost nothing to digitally reproduce data and words, and so...
How Amazon taught Alexa to speak in an Irish brogue
DUBLIN -- Like Henry Higgins, the phonetician from George Bernard Shaw’s play “Pygmalion,” Marius Cotescu and Georgi Tinchev recently demonstrated how their student was trying to overcome pronunciation difficulties.
This is a reminder that you’re probably oversharing on Venmo
There’s an app for snooping on your friends, family and colleagues to find out about their fancy dinners, the people they are dating and the parties they are attending that...
Officials Investigate Threats Against Trump Grand Jurors in Georgia
Officials Investigate Threats Against Trump Grand Jurors in Georgia
Leonard Bernstein’s Children Defend Bradley Cooper’s Prosthetic Nose in ‘Maestro’
Leonard Bernstein’s Children Defend Bradley Cooper’s Prosthetic Nose in ‘Maestro’
On the hottest days, make this cooling cucumber dinner
Smashed, salted cucumbers form the base of cooling summer salads in many parts of Asia, whether dressed with rice vinegar and soy sauce or spicy Sichuan peppercorns, chiles and peanuts.
Five weeknight tomato dishes
Juicy, acidic and sun-warmed sweet, a perfect summer tomato is a blessing.
We’re using AI chatbots wrong. Here’s how to direct them.
The chatbots, which guess what to say based on information obtained from all over the internet, can’t help but get things wrong. And when they fail -- by publishing a...
Indiana tests if the heartland can transform into a chip hub
Indiana Tests if the Heartland Can Transform Into a Chip Hub
Recipe: Peach cobbler as you’ve never seen it
Whether it¶¶Ňőap a fancy apple tarte Tatin, a robust pineapple-ringed upside-down cake or a saucy flan, there’s something thrilling and suspenseful about turning your homemade dessert on its head.