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Can We Overcome the Doom of Optimization?
Cornelia C. Walther Ph.D.
Slice open a supermarket tomato. Red to the edges, geometrically obedient, flavored like the faint rumor of tomato. Breeders nowadays built it for the truck, the shelf, the long wait under fluorescen ...[Continue Reading]
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Rush Interview: Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and Anika Nilles on Reinventing the Band
Brian Hiattt
Soon after Rushs debut Los Angeles dates for the Fifty Something Tour, Geddy Lee, Alex Lifeson, and touring drummer Anika Nilles sat down with Rolling Stone for their most in-depth interviews yet on ...[Continue Reading]
Rolling Stone
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FCC considers easing political robocall rules in the final stretch before midterms
ALI SWENSON
WASHINGTON (AP) The Federal Communications Commission is considering a request by a conservative group to loosen rules on political robocalls, including those with artificial intelligence-generated v ...[Continue Reading]
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GOP Senate candidate Mike Rogers breaks with Trump and calls to end Canada tariffs
Grant Schwab and Melissa Nann Burke, The Detroit News
WASHINGTON Republican U.S. Senate candidate Mike Rogers appears to be breaking with President Donald Trump on another key issue less than a month before Election Day. "Drinking a Labatt and watching ...[Continue Reading]
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GOP spends big to rescue Paxton as his complaints strain ties with party allies
Meredith Lee Hill and Alex Gangitano
National Republicans have spent months trying to rescue Ken Paxton. He's complicating that effort. Tensions are brewing with some Republicans after POLITICO published Paxton's closed-door comments t ...[Continue Reading]
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GM Is Promising Hybrids Again, So Why Does It Rub Me the Wrong Way?
Antuan Goodwin
A General Motors executive this week reaffirmed the automakers plans to bring hybrid cars to its lineup, sparking discussion across the web. It makes sense, as hybrids are having a moment, driven by ...[Continue Reading]
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