Image copyright Dentsu Aegis Image caption Audrey Kuah says her firm is trying to teach ad copy programs to be more creative Machines are now writing advertising copy as well as basic news reports, but are their efforts any good and can they be taught to be more inventive? “Have a suite stay” read an […]
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Family members of recovery workers who died after digging through smoldering ruins joined city officials Thursday at a dedication ceremony for a new section of the Sept. 11 memorial at the World Trade Center in lower Manhattan. They were joined by recovery workers who themselves are ill. The 9/11 Memorial Glade honors rescue and recovery
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Less than two weeks after Ukraine’s new president assumed office, his staff discovered that his predecessor had apparently gutted key computer equipment in a meeting room when he left office. Oleksandr Danylyuk, who was appointed chairman of the National Security and Defense Council on Tuesday, said all the equipment from the situation room, where the
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Dare Sutton and Sam Bussanich watched the horses run at Keeneland Racecourse and a crazy idea came to mind. Sutton, 24, suggested they buy one. Bussanich was game. “We’re both young,” said Bussanich, 21. “We both make stupid decisions. Why not?” They soon discovered buying a horse was too lofty a goal, but that conversation
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COLORADO SPRINGS — President Trump said that Russia helped get him elected, then abruptly denied it again, all within less than an hour on Thursday, as he raged against the special counsel and sought to counter increasing calls for impeachment. Even for a president known for contradicting himself, Mr. Trump’s divergent statements before leaving on
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U.S. long-term mortgage rates fell for the fifth consecutive week, tipping the key 30-year loan average below 4% for the first time in nearly a year and a half. The declining rates have been a boon to potential purchasers in the spring home buying season. Mortgage buyer Freddie Mac said Thursday that the average rate
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This year’s U.S. measles epidemic just surpassed a 25-year-old record, and experts say it’s not clear when the wave of illnesses will stop. U.S. health officials on Thursday reported 971 cases so far this year. That eclipses the 963 measles illnesses reported for all of 1994. It’s been 27 years since the nation saw this
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Economics got some really basic things wrong, and some economists are now trying to put them right, says Evan Davis, Presenter of Radio 4’s PM programme and former Economics Editor of BBC News. Two caveats before I get stuck in. First, I should say that I love economics. It is a kit of wonderful tools
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Most Airbnb users book stays with no major issues. But staying in a stranger’s house means you inevitably make yourself vulnerable to some risks, some of which have included scams, hidden cameras and discrimination. It can be hard to let your guard down while renting an Airbnb ― and you shouldn’t, even if everything seems
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Capture the flag is a game played by children across the open spaces of a summer camp, and by professional video gamers as part of popular titles like Quake III and Overwatch. In both cases, it’s a team sport. Each side guards a flag while also scheming to grab the other side’s flag and bring
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