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NYC Officials Want to Give Fifth Avenue a Facelift

As we celebrate the 200th anniversary of one of the most famous
streets in the world, New Yorkers can look forward to a brand-new
Fifth Avenue that will return the street to its former glory as a
pedestrian boulevard, Madelyn Wils, interim president of the Fifth
Avenue Association, which runs the local business improvement
district, said in a statement.

Reversing the century-old trend of putting cars first, this visionary
design will transform our overcrowded avenue into a spacious and green
corridor for shoppers and workers, visitors and New Yorkers, and
everyone on Fifth, Wils added.

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Hurricane Oscar dumps heavy rain across Cuba amid power outageT
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Díaz-Canel on Monday blamed Cuba’s trouble on the United States’
“financial war” against Cuba, aiming his comments at online
activists in Miami urging Cubans onto the streets. “We will not
allow anyone to act by provoking acts of vandalism and much less by
disturbing the civil tranquility of our people,” he said.

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In death, Hamas leader may have won wider support than when he was
alive - WSJ [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=82282&nl=daily]
For more than a year, Mustafa Muhammed, a displaced Palestinian, had
sensed other Gazans living in tents there turning against Yahya
Sinwar, the Hamas leader who orchestrated the Oct. 7, 2023, attack on
Israel. Some people sleeping on the street or among the debris of
their homes after waves of Israeli bombardments were growing openly
scornful, he said.















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Novo Nordisk's new pill shows 14% reduction in heart attacks in
diabetics - WSJ [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=82282&nl=daily]
Rybelsus is an oral form of semaglutide, the active ingredient in the
company’s blockbuster Ozempic and Wegovy diabetes and weight-loss
drugs, and was tested in the trial on diabetic patients who also
suffered from established cardiovascular disease and/or chronic kidney
disease.

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Harris Is Searching for Precious Swing Voters
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Scrapping the electoral college would require a constitutional
amendment, which would face an extraordinarily — if not nearly
impossible — bar to passage. With no clear way to change the system,
most Americans focus on more pressing concerns, like the economy,
immigration, abortion rights or even foreign policy.














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Trumps Biggest Donor Gave Another $25 Million To MAGA PAC In September
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Republican megadonor and billionaire Timothy Mellon donated $25
million to a super PAC backing Donald Trump in September, according to
Federal Election Commission filings made on Sunday, making him the
biggest financial backer of the former presidents campaigneven ahead
of billionaires like Miriam Adelson and Elon Musk.

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Donald Trumps Long Love for McDonalds, Explained
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Republican presidential nominee former President Donald Trumps
campaign stop at a McDonalds in suburban Philadelphia on Sunday has
sparked bemusement and bewilderment from onlookers. But the Golden
Arches photo op was far from random: it represents the culmination of
a yearslong fascination Trump has had with the fast food chain.














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Daze, a creative, AI-powered messaging app for Gen Z, is blowing up
prelaunch | TechCrunch
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Sarah has worked as a reporter for TechCrunch since August 2011. She
joined the company after having previously spent over three years at
ReadWriteWeb. Prior to her work as a reporter, Sarah worked in I.T.
across a number of industries, including banking, retail and software.

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ShoBizzy, a networking app for the TV industry, aims to open new doors
for freelancers | TechCrunch
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Since its launch, ShoBizzy has grabbed the attention of 6,500 signups
and around 650 companies, including A&E, Amazon, Disney+, Discovery
Channel, Food Network, Netflix, Nike, and the WNBA, among others. 














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Harris v Trump: 2024 presidential election prediction model - The
Economist [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=82282&nl=daily]
Our prediction model shows the chances Kamala Harris and Donald Trump
have of winning the contest to be America's next president

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The Tight-Knit World of Kamala Harriss College Sorority - The New
Yorker [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=82282&nl=daily]
The advice flying around the last night of the Democratic National
Convention this past August, at Chicagos United Center, was to not
leave your seat after 9 P.M. All day, social media and the convention
hall had been abuzz with rumors that the night would end with a
performance by Beyonc. Or maybe Taylor Swift. Or maybe, in a show of
interracial solidarity the world had never seen before, they would
perform together. Although the superstars never materialized, the
crowd was still electric as it waited for the true headliner of the
night: Vice-President Kamala Harris, who would be accepting the
Democratic Presidential nomination. An hour before Harris appeared,
the comedian D. L. Hughley took the stage and addressed what was
perhaps the most enthusiastic demographic in the arena: members of
Harriss sorority, Alpha Kappa Alpha. Where those A.K.A.s at? he said,
and nodded as the room filled with cheers. In three months, aint gon
be no living with yall.














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Why Workplace Well-Being Programs Dont Achieve Better Outcomes -
Harvard Business Review [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=82282&nl=daily]
By 2026, global corporate spending on wellness programs is set to top
$94.6 billion, yet anticipated improvements in well-being are not
being realized, and, in fact, mental health needs are continuing to
rise around the world. Drawing on a large body of recent research, the
authors argue that well-being programs are failing, in part, because
they focus on individual solutions rather than the broader systems
that affect workers. The authors offer research-backed solutions to
companies looking to better predict mental health improvements and
increase the return-on-investment in their well-being programs.

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Reinventing Concrete, the Ancient Roman Way
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Moreover, the manufacture of concrete is a major driver of climate
change, producing 8 percent of carbon dioxide emissions worldwide. By
learning the secrets of Roman concrete, researchers like Dr. Masic are
trying to devise greener, more durable modern options.














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Using AI, images are fueling a new boom in cell biology - STAT
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Compared to molecular techniques to study single cells, images feel a
little like old school biology, says Anne Carpenter, an artificial
intelligence and cell biology researcher at the Broad Institute. Yet
images are a gold mine that can yield information as rich as the
genome once you learn how to extract it.

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Cuba Faces Hurricane Oscar After Nationwide Blackout. How Much Can the
Island Endure?
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Cuba, a Communist country long accustomed to shortages of all kinds
and spotty electrical service, is in the throes of a crisis so severe
that experts say it threatens to explode into social unrest.














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How Your Brain Processes Zero (Its Not Exactly Nothing) - Scientific
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Many mathematical equations can only be solved thanks to a special
human invention: the number zero. In many ways, it is a strange
concept. Its a quantity, defined by absence. It also emerged
relatively recently in our species cultural histories, gives rise to
several paradoxesone cannot divide by zero, for exampleand is
foundational to mathematics.

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Abortion overtakes immigration in voters' minds
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Over the past 16 months, a series of polls conducted byRedfield &
Wilton Strategies ahead of the November 5 election asked participants:
"Which issues are most likely to determine how you vote in the
November 2024 Presidential Election? You may select up to three."













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We tried Apples new hearing testand the new AirPods Pro hearing aids -
WSJ [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=82282&nl=daily]
Beth Yauman thought her car’s turn signals had stopped making sounds
years ago. They worked—she just couldn’t hear them. With AirPods
Pro now in her ears, the clicking is back.

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The tax code could be in for upheaval. How to prepare your portfolio,
per Bank of America
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Key provisions in the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act are slated to sunset at
the end of 2025. The Wall Street bank has a few tips for investors to
get ready.

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Nevoya wants to break the EV truck adoption logjam | TechCrunch
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Despite the myriad social and political differences, Khan views Texas
as a similarly well-suited state to drum up business. It may not have
the pot-of-gold incentives like California, but Khan said Texas’
looser regulatory framework and cheaper electricity put it on par with
the financial modeling his team has done for operating in Nevoya’s
home state.

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Falling for Fungi - Discover Magazine [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=82282&nl=daily]
For thousands of years, people have been using fungi to bake bread and
brew beer (yeasts), as nutritious foods (mushrooms and truffles), and,
more recently, as a source of life-saving antibiotics (penicillin,
neomycin and many more). And yet, an estimated 95% of all fungus
species remain undiscovered. Fortunately, thousands of energetic
citizen scientists like you can help explore this diverse and
fascinating kingdom of organisms, thanks to projects like FUNDIS,
Mushroom Observer and others featured in this newsletter. And in many
parts of the world, October is prime mushroom season.

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Red-hot bond market powers wave of risky borrowing - WSJ
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Weaker businesses are rushing to take advantage of a red-hot credit
market, issuing a deluge of bonds and loans to refinance older debt,
strengthen their balance sheets and fund dividend payments to their
owners.

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Behind many powerful women on Wall Street: A doting househusband - WSJ
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Suzanne Donohoe, a top executive at the private-equity firm EQT,
started the month of September with a 10-day business trip through
Asia and Europe. Back in New York, her husband, Matt Donohoe, was
helping their three teenagers begin a new school year.

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Final Countdown: 7 days until Disrupt 2024 kicks off | TechCrunch
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There are endless reasons to join this epic tech conference, but the
best way to understand its value is to experience it yourself. Take
advantage of our 2-for-1 offer and bring a plus-one for just half the
cost of one Expo+ Pass until October 27. Prices for all tickets will
increase when the doors open at Disrupt on October 28.

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Trump plan would make Social Security insolvent in just 6 years,
budget group says
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"It is such a large program that any policy that changes the economy
or the tax code is likely to have some effect on Social Security,"
Biggs said. "And likewise, Social Security is so big, any changes to
Social Security will affect other things."

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Why frenemies, or love-hate relationships, are so bad for your health
- New Scientist [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=82282&nl=daily]
When I contemplate the members of my social network, I am mostly
filled with unadulterated feelings of love and warmth: I simply cant
wait to see them again, in the knowledge that we will bask in mutual
affection and support.

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Uprise wants to help small businesses make better financial decisions
| TechCrunch
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“Our vision for what embedded financial advisory means is if you are
a small business owner and you have a folder of financial apps, we
want to be integrated into all of those apps,” Chen Riolfi said.
“We know the context and know what you should be doing there.”

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Elon Musk is giving away $1 million a day to be the secretary of
cost-cutting - WSJ [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=82282&nl=daily]
HARRISBURG, Pa.—Elon Musk was greeted in Pennsylvania as a hero to
those who want a smaller government while at the same time flexing the
financial muscle that comes from being the world’s richest man.

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US investigation of IDF unit for alleged abuse against Palestinians
could jeopardize aid
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Reports of the investigation come after the US secretary of state,
Antony Blinken, and Lloyd Austin, the defence secretary, warned in a
joint letter last week that Israel could face consequences –
including the potential blocking of future weapons transfers – if it
did not take urgent steps to allow humanitarian aid into Gaza within
the next month.

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Andrew V. Schally, 97, Dies; Scientist Shared Nobel Glory With Rival
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Unlike many Nobel-winning endeavors, the research was less the work of
one or two people than of the entire group. Dr. Schally purified the
hormones and turned them over to structural chemists, who did the
tedious analytical work. Though he regularly fought for fair credit
from Dr. Guillemin, he was less concerned when a dispute about
authorship broke out among members of his team. “What do I care?”
Dr. Schally said. “It’s my lab — I get the glory anyway.”

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Brazilian Fossil Hints at Older Origin for All Dinosaurs
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Yet while some early theropods and sauropods are known from
230-million-year-old Triassic rocks, there are “just a few scrappy,
fragmentary road kill fossils” that could possibly — “if you
squint”— be Triassic ornithischians, Dr. Brusatte said. That
absence of clear evidence caused some researchers to wonder whether
the ancestral ornithischians they were looking for were hiding in
plain sight.

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Trump tax plans could exempt 93 million Americans from income taxes
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But even if Trump were to win the November election against Harris,
his tax overhaul will not see the light of day without a Republican
majority in the House of Representatives, which is where all tax bills
originate.

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A 'New Day'? Justices Step Back, Slightly, From an Aggressive Climate
Stance.
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Richard Lazarus, a professor of environmental law at Harvard, said
Wednesday’s action “may well be a major pivot point” away from
the path the court set out on eight years ago, when it blocked
President Barack Obama’s Clean Power Plan, which also regulated
power plant emissions. It was the first time the Supreme Court had
blocked an E.P.A. air pollution rule before the full case had been
heard by a lower court.

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Why Fashion Icon Rebecca Minkoff Says Entrepreneurs Need to Stop
Chasing Social Media Virality - Inc [[link removed]}&lead=419599&emailid=82282&nl=daily]
Rebecca Minkoff, the chief creative officer and co-founder of an
eponymous handbag and fashion brand, says when she mentors
early-career founders, they are often fixated on achieving viral fame
or a tsunami of sales based on a social media hit.

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The 5 best deals on smart home gadgets right now, according to
Consumer Reports
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Consumer Reports recommends the Meross Smart garage door opener that
works well with most smart home systems. It’s simple to set up and
is on sale right now for $39.99 on Amazon, down from the usual price
of $59.99.

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Disrupt 2024 full Side Events schedule | TechCrunch
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Description: Explore the intersection of technology, art, and
innovation with industry leaders. Meet our panel of experts in design
thinking, food engineering, space tech, sustainable materials, museum
tech, AI, and more. 

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Threat of Chinese overcapacity looms over memory chips - WSJ
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Investors are worried that a huge production increase from China could
derail the recovery of the memory-chip market. That doesn’t yet seem
like an immediate risk, but China could still be a wild card down the
road.

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Olivia Nuzzi and New York Magazine Part Ways After RFK Jr.
Relationship
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In a court filing last week, Mr. Lizza denied all of Ms. Nuzzi’s
accusations and said she was “abusing the protections meant for
survivors of domestic violence to ruin my reputation in a last-ditch
effort to salvage her own.” Politico said earlier this month that
Mr. Lizza and the publication had “mutually agreed” for him to
take a leave of absence while an internal investigation was conducted.

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Arkansas May Have Vast Lithium Reserves, Researchers Say
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Most of the world’s lithium is produced in Australia and South
America. A large majority of it is then processed in China, which also
dominates the manufacturing of electric vehicle batteries.

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Disney Names James Gorman Chairman, Sets 'Early 2026' for C.E.O.
Change
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The Disney board and Mr. Iger are widely viewed as having botched the
selection of Mr. Chapek, who had been running the Disney theme parks.
The board never interviewed Mr. Chapek, and Mr. Iger soon turned on
him, leading to a power struggle just as Disney was contending with
the pandemic and the entertainment industry’s shift to streaming.
Disney has been hit with multiple shareholder lawsuits related to Mr.
Chapek’s tenure.

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First Sickle Cell Gene Therapy Patient, 12, Leaves Hospital
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Then, last December, the Food and Drug Administration approved a $3.1
million sickle cell gene therapy by Bluebird Bio of Somerville, Mass.,
and a $2.2 million treatment by Vertex Pharmaceuticals of Boston. That
potentially gives patients like Kendric, if their insurance will pay
for the therapy, a path to a life that is not shadowed by the ravages
of the disease.

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Elon Musk, Tesla and WBD sued over alleged 'Blade Runner 2049' AI
ripoff for Cybercab promotion
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"If, as here, a company or its principals do not actually agree with
Musk's extreme political and social views, then a potential brand
affiliation with Tesla is even more issue- fraught," the suit said.

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Why Wisconsin Democrats are campaigning in places they cant win
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The US presidential campaign is in its final weeks and were dedicated
to helping you understand the stakes. In this election cycle, its more
important than ever to provide context beyond the headlines. But
in-depth reporting is costly, so to continue this vital work, we have
an ambitious goal to add 5,000 new members.

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Republican Official in Arizona Pleads Guilty in Election Certification
Case
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The indictments were the nation’s only criminal charges filed over a
refusal to certify an election, which Republican officials in several
counties across the country have considered or pursued since Mr.
Trump’s attempts to discredit his 2020 election loss.

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Why Elon Musk's $1 Million Giveaways Could Be Troublesome
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Others are not so sure. Brad Smith, a former chair of the Federal
Election Commission, told The Times that because Musk isn’t paying
people to register, but instead paying them to sign a petition —
even if it’s open only to registered voters — the mogul “comes
out OK here.”

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Lucid CEO says Wall Street misinterpreted $1.75 billion capital raise
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However, Lucid's sales and financial performance have not scaled as
quickly as expected following higher costs,
slower-than-expected demand for EVs, and marketing and awareness
problems for the company.

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America's first big plant for capturing carbon dioxide is leaking
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This article originally appeared in Grist at
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Grist is a nonprofit, independent media organization dedicated to
telling stories of climate solutions and a just future. Learn more at
Grist.org

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Canadians and Mexicans nervously watch the US election
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“While I believe that, you know, the tone and the policies will
naturally differ depending on who wins the White House, I do believe
that the main issues on the bilateral agenda will remain.”

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Microsoft and OpenAI's Close Partnership Shows Signs of Fraying
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No pairing displays this dynamic better than Microsoft and OpenAI, the
maker of the ChatGPT chatbot. When OpenAI got its giant investment
from Microsoft, it agreed to an exclusive deal to buy computing power
from Microsoft and work closely with the tech giant on new A.I.

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Sperm Can't Unlock an Egg Without This Ancient Molecular Key
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The researchers relied on AlphaFold, a technology that shared the
Nobel Prize in Chemistry last week. It uses A.I. to predict the shape
of a protein. With AlphaFold, the team could compare the four sperm
proteins shared across mammals and fish against a library of about
1,400 other proteins found on cell surfaces in zebrafish testes,
looking for potential partners.

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Let's compare Donald Trump and Kamala Harris on AI, crypto, and Big
Tech
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Anjana Susarla is a Professor of Information Systems at Michigan
State University. This article is republished from The Conversation
under a Creative Commons license. Read the original article.

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