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Nov 6, 2020 • 7min
To Save the Planet, Get More EVs in Used Car Lots
To reduce carbon emissions, electric vehicles need to stay on the road as long as possible. That means developing a robust trade in second-hand cars.
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Nov 5, 2020 • 5min
The Left and the Right Speak Different Languages—Literally
A study analyzed patterns in online comments and found liberals and conservatives use different words to express similar ideas.
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Nov 4, 2020 • 7min
How an Algorithm Blocked Kidney Transplants to Black Patients
A formula for assessing the gravity of kidney disease is one of many that is adjusted for race. The practice can exacerbate health disparities.
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Nov 3, 2020 • 6min
How Police Can Crack Locked Phones—and Extract Information
A report finds 50,000 cases where law enforcement agencies turned to outside firms to bypass the encryption on a mobile device.
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Nov 2, 2020 • 5min
Why Is Everyone Building an Electric Pickup Truck?
Tesla has the Cybertruck, GM a $113,000 Hummer, and Ford an electric F-150. And then there are the startups.Â
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Oct 30, 2020 • 8min
Give These Apps Some Notes and They'll Write Emails for You
Entrepreneurs are building tools that create emails or marketing copy using GPT-3, text-generation technology released earlier this year.
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Oct 30, 2020 • 8min
Give These Apps Some Notes and They'll Write Emails for You
Entrepreneurs are building tools that create emails or marketing copy using GPT-3, text-generation technology released earlier this year.
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Oct 29, 2020 • 7min
Companies Are Rushing to Use AI—but Few See a Payoff
A study finds that only 11 percent of firms that have deployed artificial intelligence are reaping a “sizable” return on their investments.
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Oct 28, 2020 • 9min
The Fate of Gig Workers Is in the Hands of California Voters
A ballot measure would create a new classification for people who have been contractors. Uber and Lyft threaten to leave the state if it fails.
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Oct 27, 2020 • 6min
The Anticlimax of the Google Antitrust Suit
The justice department's case against Microsoft in the 1990s was much stronger than the one it's concocted against the Mountain View tech giant.
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