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What it was like for one NPR newscaster to go on an AI date
Despite dating apps and social media advice, romantic connections can be hard to make. Enter artificial intelligence.

Say bye-bye to the beeps and boops of AOL's dial-up internet service
AOL debuted the service in 1989. Dial-up has largely been replaced by broadband internet.

Ford says it will roll out a cheaper electric pickup truck
Ford announced it will retool its Louisville Assembly Plant to focus on electric trucks. Its goal: to bring down prices for U.S. buyers and compete with Chinese EV makers on the global market.
Trump says Nvidia will hand the U.S. 15% of its H20 chip sales to China
The president said that Nvidia would pay the government in exchange for easing export restrictions — and that he'd initially asked for a larger cut.
Boston Public Library aims to increase access to a vast historic archive using AI
The library is launching a project in collaboration with Harvard Law School and OpenAI this summer to digitize the materials and make them more fully searchable.

Why short breaks to move around are crucial for your creative process
When bestselling author Kelly Corrigan's creativity runs low or her mood turns, she doesn't power through. Here are her tips for connecting your body to your creative process and getting unstuck.
AI-generated music is here to stay. Will streaming services like Spotify label it?
Unlike other tech giants, many music-streaming services like Spotify are not currently taking steps to label AI-generated content. But experts say more transparency is key.
How to get out of a love-hate relationship with your phone
Finding it hard to concentrate? Are you glued to social media for longer than you’d like? Well, maybe it’s not you… maybe it’s the phones. Brittany is joined by Magdalene Taylor, writer, cultural critic and senior editor at Playboy, and Fio Geiran, producer at TED Radio Hour and a writer of their Body Electric newsletter, to discuss this phrase: “it’s the phones.” They get into the effects that smartphones have on our brains and our culture, why some people are returning to “dumbphones,” and why it might take more than willpower to manage our relationships with our phones.

Click here to check out the Body Electric newsletter.

Nihilistic online networks groom minors to commit harm. Her son was one of them
When Dana's son was hospitalized last year, it led her to a path of discovery about predatory online networks that groom children into harming themselves and others. Their reach is global and growing.
It's 2025, the year we decided we need a widespread slur for robots
People all over TikTok and Instagram are using the word "clanker" as a catch-all for robots and AI. Here's a deep dive into the origins of the pejorative and an explanation of why it's spreading.

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What it was like for one NPR newscaster to go on an AI date
Despite dating apps and social media advice, romantic connections can be hard to make. Enter artificial intelligence.

Say bye-bye to the beeps and boops of AOL's dial-up internet service
AOL debuted the service in 1989. Dial-up has largely been replaced by broadband internet.

Ford says it will roll out a cheaper electric pickup truck
Ford announced it will retool its Louisville Assembly Plant to focus on electric trucks. Its goal: to bring down prices for U.S. buyers and compete with Chinese EV makers on the global market.
Trump says Nvidia will hand the U.S. 15% of its H20 chip sales to China
The president said that Nvidia would pay the government in exchange for easing export restrictions — and that he'd initially asked for a larger cut.
Boston Public Library aims to increase access to a vast historic archive using AI
The library is launching a project in collaboration with Harvard Law School and OpenAI this summer to digitize the materials and make them more fully searchable.

Why short breaks to move around are crucial for your creative process
When bestselling author Kelly Corrigan's creativity runs low or her mood turns, she doesn't power through. Here are her tips for connecting your body to your creative process and getting unstuck.
AI-generated music is here to stay. Will streaming services like Spotify label it?
Unlike other tech giants, many music-streaming services like Spotify are not currently taking steps to label AI-generated content. But experts say more transparency is key.
How to get out of a love-hate relationship with your phone
Finding it hard to concentrate? Are you glued to social media for longer than you’d like? Well, maybe it’s not you… maybe it’s the phones. Brittany is joined by Magdalene Taylor, writer, cultural critic and senior editor at Playboy, and Fio Geiran, producer at TED Radio Hour and a writer of their Body Electric newsletter, to discuss this phrase: “it’s the phones.” They get into the effects that smartphones have on our brains and our culture, why some people are returning to “dumbphones,” and why it might take more than willpower to manage our relationships with our phones.

Click here to check out the Body Electric newsletter.

Nihilistic online networks groom minors to commit harm. Her son was one of them
When Dana's son was hospitalized last year, it led her to a path of discovery about predatory online networks that groom children into harming themselves and others. Their reach is global and growing.
It's 2025, the year we decided we need a widespread slur for robots
People all over TikTok and Instagram are using the word "clanker" as a catch-all for robots and AI. Here's a deep dive into the origins of the pejorative and an explanation of why it's spreading.

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