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Amazon Will Pay Taxes in Seattle If It’s the Last Thing Kshama Sawant Does Monsanto

Amazon Will Pay Taxes in Seattle If It’s the Last Thing Kshama Sawant Does

Seattle City Council Member Kshama SawantPhoto: GettyAn ugly fight in 2018 saw Amazon and other business interests strong-arm the Seattle City Council into repealing a small tax meant to alleviate the city’s homelessness crisis. Today, in a bold challenge to Jeff Bezos and other oligarchs of the Pacific Northwest who…
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March 4, 2020
Robot uses artificial intelligence and imaging to draw blood Moravec‘s Paradox

Robot uses artificial intelligence and imaging to draw blood

Rutgers engineers have created a tabletop device that combines a robot, artificial intelligence and near-infrared and ultrasound imaging to draw blood or insert catheters to deliver fluids and drugs. Their most recent research results, published in the journal Nature Machine Intelligence, suggest that autonomous systems like the image-guided robotic device…
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March 4, 2020
2020 Arnold Palmer Invitational picks: Why we’re willing to bet on Rory McIlroy Singapore

2020 Arnold Palmer Invitational picks: Why we’re willing to bet on Rory McIlroy

Though there's no secret to predicting golf tournaments, the key is often deciphering the incredible amount of information available and deciding what's most important. Last week, one of our leading experts, Pat Mayo, found a corollary between PGA National and other coastal courses, where Sungjae Im has found success in…
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March 4, 2020
Trump claims he hasn’t touched his face in ‘weeks.’ Photos prove that’s a lie. Donald Trump

Trump claims he hasn’t touched his face in ‘weeks.’ Photos prove that’s a lie.

Image: Drew Angerer / Getty Images By Nicole Gallucci2020-03-04 19:06:50 UTC Merriam Webster defines "face" as "the front part of the head that in humans extends from the forehead to the chin and includes the mouth, nose, cheeks, and eyes." For Donald Trump, this means everything on the orange sphere…
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March 4, 2020