The $1 trillion public-works plan that President Joe Biden signed into law has money for roads, bridges, ports, rail transit, safe water, the power grid, broadband internet and more
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$1.2 trillion infrastructure plan offers lucrative target for fraud
Research shows there are ways to fight fraud, but the bill contains very little language aimed at doing so.
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Partisan politics help obscure what the Build Back Better Act would build
Democrats squandered months engaging in ferocious infighting with moderates over what would be in the bill and how it would be paid for.
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Governments see huge business potential in artificial intelligence, but ignore the downsides
Ireland is the latest country to make the mistake of thinking that algorithms by themselves are the route to untold prosperity.
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Is an algorithmic real estate business inherently risky?
Or maybe Zillow was just really bad at it. Either way, Zillow doesn’t want to bet the house on home flipping.
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How artificial intelligence is hijacking art history
Breathless headlines of artificial intelligence discovering or restoring lost works of art ignore the fact that these machines rarely, if ever, reveal one secret or solve a single mystery.
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Being multilingual helped Samu Tona — and Lewiston
I met Samu Tona on the first day of the rest of his life. It was September 2017. Just days before, they’d fled their native Angola, where crime rates were on the rise, politically motivated killings had become commonplace. “There is so much insecurity there,” he said. “It’s dangerous, basic human needs are not being met, unemployment […]
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Want to make sure your child is fully vaccinated for the holidays? Here is what to know.
Health experts stressed the most important thing is to get vaccinated as soon as possible – adding partial vaccination still offers some protection ahead of holiday gatherings.
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How does a pandemic start winding down? You’re looking at it
With most people vaccinated and infection rates dropping, the United States has entered a new phase of the pandemic in which people are adapting to the persistent presence of an endemic but usually nonlethal pathogen.
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Shining some extra light on this Tuesday’s election
An almost biennial feature of Maine elections is a vote on a constitutional amendment. This year voters have an opportunity to amend the 201 year old document for the 175th time. The Food Sovereignty Constitutional Amendment The topic: An unusual one as its proponents seek to make the state the first in the country to […]