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An enduring union-community alliance in the Twin Cities may be a model for progressive victories.

On the fourth anniversary of the pandemic, a look at how America pulled apart as the rest of the world pulled together

This year marks the 40th anniversary of a lot of landmarks in pop culture, especially sci-fi and fantasy. So many franchises were born in 1984. Some came to define the genre or invent new genres. The great podcast Imaginary Worlds noticed this and produced a three-part series about 1984’s Cambrian explosion of creativity that  landed

I am so obsessed with trying to figure out who Deadspin’s new owners are that it led me to some late night spam-blog sleuthing.

Plaintiffs presented substantial evidence showing that anyone paying attention would have noticed something was quite amiss in Coffee County.

Hint: It involves boning.

Happy Friday! What’s good? I’m back to running, although at a lower volume than usual, trying to slowly work my way back up to my normal mileage (without going back to wearing a watch, thank you very much). As it stands, I’m experiencing more cardiovascular struggle than

Harvard experts examine the promise and potential pitfalls as AI takes a bigger decision-making role in more industries.

You can always tell who in Hollywood has family money by their Instagrams. People like Dakota Johnson, who have a Hollywood lineage deeper than the Mariana Trench, post only rarely. They post about social justice causes they care about, or personal announcements. Even someone like actress and musician Maya Hawke mostly posts previews of upcoming […]

At the heart of OpenHouse lies its Catalog, a RESTful table service that offers secure and scalable table provisioning alongside declarative metadata management.

Meet the messengers from the past who saw the future and explain our world today. First up: Marshall McLuhan.

Call me a pedant, but I'm not a fan of the word "crypto". It may have been a serviceable category back in 2011 when there was only one type ...

Meet the guy who taught US intelligence agencies how to make the most of the ad tech ecosystem, "the largest information-gathering enterprise ever conceived by man."

The most advanced space-based intelligence platform, providing satellite imagery, analytics and high-frequency monitoring.

The Waltham Murders

Formal methods formally require impossibly precise definitions of terms. How do we use them effectively without that?

Elon Musk’s greatest legacy will be as a provider of inane law school exam hypotheticals.

What percentage of voters know that Trump can cancel prosecutions of himself if he wins back the White House?

The Supreme Court of Canada says police need judicial authorization to obtain a computer's internet protocol address, calling the identification number a crucial link between a person and their online activity.

Amazon is the titan of twenty-first century commerce. In addition to being a retailer, it is now a marketing platform, a delivery and logistics network, a payment service, a credit lender, an auction house, a major book publisher, a producer of television and films, a fashion designer, a hardware manufacturer, and a leading host of cloud server space.

Today on TAP: The longtime leader of Senate Republicans did more damage to his elected body than anyone in history.