NEW YORK (AP) — In May 2018, the nation’s top Republicans needed help. So they called on the founder of Fox News, Rupert Murdoch.

President Donald Trump and Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell were trying to stop West Virginia Republicans from nominating Don Blankenship, who had been convicted of violating mine safety standards during a lethal accident in one of his coal mines, to challenge the state’s incumbent senator, Democrat Joe Manchin.

“Both Trump and McConnell are appealing for help to beat unelectable former mine owner who served time,” Murdoch wrote to executives at Fox News, according to court records

By Bryan Hay

A Lafayette College computer science team, competing in the largest programming competition participated by all major universities and colleges in the world, performed with distinction and exceeded expectations.

(LR) Prof. Frank Xia, team advisor, Eliso Morazara ’25, Peter Li ’23, and Lekso Borashvili ’23

Each year, more than 2,500 teams from North America compete in regional and divisional programming contests. Among them, approximately 50 top teams are invited to the North America Championship to compete for the advancement to the

The big news this week was a call from tech luminaries to pause development and deployment of AI models more advanced than OpenAI’s GTP-4—the stunningly capable language algorithm behind ChatGPT—until risks including job displacement and misinformation can be better understood.

Even if OpenAI, Google, Microsoft, and other tech heavyweights were to stop what they’re doing—and they’re not going to stop what they’re doing—the AI ​​models that have already been developed are likely to have profound impacts, especially in software development.

It might not look like a regular business deal, but Alphabet’s agreement to supply AI to Replit, a web-based coding

March 23, 2023
By Molly Miossi

ATLANTA – Scripps News will significantly expand its documentary programming by creating a new long-form unit dedicated to producing compelling cinematic offerings for Scripps News platforms and distribution partners.

Scripps News, a division of The EW Scripps Company, is the nation’s only 24/7 TV news network available for free over the air.

New full-time hires joining Scripps News’ longform team will include journalists with experience on shows such as CNN’s “This Is Life,” Showtime’s “VICE” and Comedy Central’s “Klepper.” Zach Toombs has been promoted to director of long form and will oversee the network’s

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The Resort Municipality of Whistler (RMOW) is pleased to share programming plans for Canada Day on Thursday, July 1.

Canada Day this year will see select, COVID-19 safe programming spread throughout Whistler. Whistler, originally known as Cwítima (Lil’wat) and Sk̲wik̲w (Squamish), is in the shared, unceded territory of the Lil’wat People and the Squamish People. The city recognizes that this July 1 will be a time to reflect on all of Canada’s municipal history, including its past and present truths about our relationship with Indigenous peoples.

Part of the programming includes 215 orange hearts that mark a path between the