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This AI Software Nearly Predicted Omicron’s Tricky Structure
The way predictions raced ahead of experiments on Omicron’s spike protein reflects a recent sea change in molecular biology brought…
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I Thought Tech Would Take a Pandemic Hit. I Was Wrong
Hi all. Lauren Goode here filling in for Steven Levy, who has already teleported into 2022 (one of the perks…
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Why Zillow Couldn’t Make Algorithmic House Pricing Work
Zillow’s Zestimate of home values has become a go-to reference for US homeowners. But when Zillow tried to use its…
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The ‘Broadband Gap’ Is Now a Housing Problem
A national moratorium on evictions expired in late August, after the US Supreme Court blocked a Biden administration bid to…
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What Airbnb’s Summer Boost Reveals About Covid-19 Recovery
Few tech companies were rocked harder by the pandemic than Airbnb. In the spring of 2020, a crush of trip…
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The SMART Health Card Is Not a Vaccine Passport—Kinda
Plus: The man behind the cryptographic technique, the danger in calculating risks, and fries worth a small fortune. Source link
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As Travel Rebounds, Airlines Are Figuring It Out on the Fly
Before, air travel had certain rhythms. Business travelers flew out on Monday mornings and back on Thursday evenings, filling pricier…
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The Pandemic Put an End to Rush Hour. What Happens Now?
Before everything got weird and terrible, there were these things called rush hours. Between, say, 6 am and 10 am,…
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Covid Brings Automation to the Workplace, Killing Some Jobs
Lee’s Famous Recipe Chicken, a fast-food chain in Ohio, hardly seems an obvious venue for cutting-edge artificial intelligence. But the…
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They Rage-Quit the School System—and They’re Not Going Back
Families shared a number of forces that drove them away from public and private schools. Some were exhausted by the…
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