In my high-school English classes, I often tell my students that they write their papers backwards: They devise a thesis and then look for evidence to support it. They’ll find what they want to see, I ...

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The state of Utah is allowing artificial intelligence to prescribe medication refills to patients without direct human oversight in a pilot program public advocates call “dangerous.” The program is ...

DEAR ABBY: I am in my early 30s and happy in certain aspects of my life: I recently moved to a house and married a man I love very much. I have friends, hobbies and dreams. One of these dreams is to ...

The tech company's core ad business is a cash cow, helping fund investments into growth opportunities. Alphabet's cloud computing business is seeing impressive momentum. To understand why a doubling ...

Waymo is in discussions to raise more than $15 billion in a new funding round, valuing it at as high as $110 billion. Such funds would be more than double Waymo's last round, which closed in October ...

My little theory is that the concept of “imprinting” in psychology can just as easily be applied to programming: Much as a baby goose decides that the first moving life-form it encounters is its ...

Alphabet’s core risk is structural, not cyclical. Regulators worldwide are escalating pressure on the company’s dominance in search, Android, and advertising. Competition is rising from both agile ...

MADISON, Ala. (WAFF) - In Madison, many residents are already signing up for its brand-new check-in program. Madison Police partnered with a company called “Confirm OK” to offer aid to vulnerable ...

Now in its 113th year, Operation Santa, run by the United States Postal Service, allows children and families to send letters to Santa Claus. Those letters are posted online—personal details ...

John Wilkerson is a Washington correspondent for STAT who writes about the politics of health care. He is also the author of the twice-weekly D.C. Diagnosis newsletter. WASHINGTON — When President ...

Alphabet turned in another strong quarter, led by its cloud computing and search businesses. The company upped its capex once again given the huge demand it is seeing for Google Cloud. While no longer ...