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History teaches that government must provide security if serious about a mandatory “gun-free zone.”
The anger at the Ivy League is about status envy, not war-fighting
Alphabet has lined up banks to sell a rare 100-year bond, stepping up a borrowing spree by Big Tech companies racing to fund their vast investments in artificial intelligence this year. The so-called century bond will form part of a debut sterling issuance this week by Google’s parent company, according to people familiar with the […] The post This security will be pricing something (but what?) appeared first on Marginal REVOLUTION. CommentsIn reply to mento. Except the bonds are being issu...
For years, our newsroom has explored AI’s limitations and potential dangers, as well as its growing energy needs. And our reporters have looked closely at how generative tools are being used for tasks such as coding and running scientific experiments. But how is AI actually being used in fields like health care, climate tech, education,…
At the end of January, Trump’s Justice Department released what it said was the last tranche of the Epstein files: millions of pages of emails and texts, F.B.I. documents and court records. Much was redacted and millions more pages have been withheld. There is a lot we want to know that remains unclear. But what has come into clear view is the role Epstein played as a broker of information, connections, wealth and women and girls for a slice of the global elite. This was the infrastructure of...
The British politician turned elite powerbroker has nothing to smile about anymore
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Israel’s war in Gaza has caused high numbers of maternal and neonatal deaths, say two reports