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- Cubs’ Matthew Boyd Looks Like The Steal Of The Year In MLB
Many analysts felt the Cubs overpaid when they signed left-hander Matthew Boyd to a two-year, $29 million contract. His performance is turning the deal into a bargain.
- Greg Olsen Is Passionate About Youth Sports
NFL analyst and entrepreneur Greg Olsen says that now some of football's best coahces coach high school, presenting huge opportunities for youth sports organizations.
- Small Sampling Of Wins Provide Yankees And Mets With Hope That The Worst Is Over
The Yankees are 7-3 in their past 10 games, the Mets are coming off consecutive wins over the Seattle Mariners. Both teams are hoping the worst is over and they finish the season on a hot streak.
- What’s In A Name: Polling On The Washington Commanders
Polling regarding views about the team name of the Washington Commanders versus the Redskins suggest fans mostly just want wins.
- Jenna Ortega’s ‘Winter Spring Summer Or Fall’ Gets Paramount+ Date
“Wednesday” stars Jenna Ortega and Percy Hynes White’s romantic drama "Winter Spring Summer Or Fall" is coming soon to streaming on Paramount+ Premium.
Technology
- A question for the ages: Is The Elder Scrolls II: Daggerfall a good game?
Revisiting the 1996 RPG exposes both genius and madness.
- The Download: pigeons’ role in developing AI, and Native artists’ tech interpretations
This is today’s edition of The Download, our weekday newsletter that provides a daily dose of what’s going on in the world of technology. Why we should thank pigeons for our AI breakthroughs People looking for precursors to artificial intelligence often point to science fiction by authors like Isaac Asimov or thought experiments like the Turing test.…
- Ars Technica System Guide: Four sample PC builds, from $500 to $5,000
Despite everything, it's still possible to build decent PCs for decent prices.
- Why we should thank pigeons for our AI breakthroughs
In 1943, while the world’s brightest physicists split atoms for the Manhattan Project, the American psychologist B.F. Skinner led his own secret government project to win World War II. Skinner did not aim to build a new class of larger, more destructive weapons. Rather, he wanted to make conventional bombs more precise. The idea struck…
- The case of the coke-snorting Chihuahua
Cocaine normally makes the heart race, but in this case the dog was lethargic, with a slower heart rate.
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