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How Restaurants Retooled for Takeout—and Survival Jan 11, 2021

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Chefs tinkered with food chemistry, while dining apps reengineered logistics. Those changes will endure even after the pandemic is over.

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Airlines’ Pandemic-Driven Cargo Business Will Keep Flying Jan 08, 2021

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As Covid-19 shut down air travel, the industry quickly pivoted to hauling more stuff. It won’t be pivoting away anytime soon.

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The Newest Weapon Against Covid-19: AI That Speed-Reads Faxes Jan 07, 2021

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Local health departments rely on the old-fangled tech to track cases. A hastily developed machine-learning program gives it an assist.

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Texas Accuses Google and Facebook of an Illegal Conspiracy Jan 06, 2021

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A new antitrust case against Google alleges that the two companies made a deal to reduce competition in online advertising.Â

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The ‘Healthy Building’ Surge Will Outlast the Pandemic Jan 05, 2021

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Because of Covid-19, developers are realizing that incorporating health concerns in a building's design isn’t just a luxury—it’s a necessity.

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The Future of Social Media Is All Talk Dec 31, 2020

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From Clubhouse to Discord to Twitter, 2020 was all about giving people a voice online. Literally.

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Conferences After Covid Will Be Shorter—and Smarter Dec 30, 2020

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In-person gatherings will resume eventually, but innovations born during the pandemic will remain.

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Mass Transit Is in Jeopardy—and So Are Cities Dec 29, 2020

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Subways and buses are the lifeblood of dense cities like New York. If the system withers, the region becomes a less attractive place to live and work.Â

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Behind the Paper That Led to a Google Researcher's Firing Dec 24, 2020

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Timnit Gebru was one of seven authors on a study that examined prior research on training artificial intelligence models to understand language.

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Chuck Yeager’s 1947 Flight Inspired Our Supersonic Ambitions Dec 23, 2020

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Yeager was the prototype of the American hero, a decorated fighter pilot immortalized in Tom Wolfe’s The Right Stuff. He died Monday at age 97.

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