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The beloved kids television show is adapting to the age of streaming—and AI. In the world of the long-running kids show Cyberchase, Motherboard, a sort of digital queen and literal technocrat, is the ...

I spoke to Ros last month, after the Golden Joystick nominations had taken place but before The Game Awards list was out. Like many of my colleagues, my brain had been eaten alive by Blue Prince ...

Across the globe, a race is under way to crack some of the last mysterious forms of writing that have never been translated.

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In the mid-19th century, Bernhard Riemann conceived of a new way to think about mathematical spaces, providing the foundation ...

Trump accounts are a new type of tax-deferred investment vehicle for U.S. children, created under President Trump's "big, beautiful bill" tax and spending bill, which promises $1,000 seed ...

The Iowa Supreme Court, in a split decision, has ordered a new trial for a West Des Moines doctor, convicted of sexually ...

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