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Las Vegas Sun (Sports) 

Incoming transfer Jace Whiting is designated shooter for UNLV basketball

Every college basketball team in the nation believes it needs more shooting. That’s just the way the game is evolving, with more emphasis than ever on creating — and making — 3-pointers. When it comes to outside shooters, you can never have too many ...

Technology Review  

What is AI?

Internet nastiness, name-calling, and other not-so-petty, world-altering disagreements AI is sexy, AI is cool. AI is entrenching inequality, upending the job market, and wrecking education. AI is a theme-park ride, AI is a magic trick. AI is our final invention, AI is a moral obligation. AI is the buzzword of the decade, AI is marketing…

Oilprice.com 

Wildfires Disrupt Canadian Oil Sands Operations

Wildfires in northern Alberta continued to disrupt some oil sands operations as Cenovus Energy demobilized this week non-essential staff at its Sunrise project as a precaution amid heat and wildfire alerts in the area. At present, output at Sunrise, which produces about 48,900 barrels per day (bpd), remains unaffected. “As a precaution, we are demobilizing those staff who are not directly involved in operations from our Sunrise site,” a Cenovus spokesperson said on Tuesday, as carried by Fort McMurray Today. Читать дальше...

TheSpursWeb 

Report: Spurs-linked winger set to seal move to Premier League newcomers

According to Football Insider, Ipswich Town are set to win the race for Hull City winger Jaden Philogene, who has been heavily linked with a... The post Report: Spurs-linked winger set to seal move to Premier League newcomers appeared first on The Spurs Web - Tottenham Hotspur Football News.

Crisis Magazine 

The Difference Between a Good Man and a Saint

The saint, on the surface, may be all the things the respectable man is not—a holy fool, or a man of contradiction and uncouthness. He is always “a bit much.”

The Verge 

Carvana will apply a clean vehicle tax credit at checkout for used EVs

There are some good EVs and hybrids that are eligible for the incentive. | Screenshot: Umar Shakir / The Verge

Carvana is now offering discounts of up to $4,000 at checkout for eligible used EVs and plug-in hybrids. The discount is essentially an advancement of the federal tax incentive for previously owned vehicles, but it lets customers reap the benefit immediately rather than waiting for tax refunds the following year.

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The New Republic 

Surprise: Biden Is Suddenly Close to Defeating the Push to Oust Him

Although the Democratic Party remains mired in infighting over President Biden’s disastrous debate performance, congressional Democrats now appear increasingly convinced that he will survive as the nominee. They seem resigned to this even as many appear convinced he will lose to Donald Trump in November. What happened here, exactly? We talked to The American Prospect’s David Dayen, who has a good new piece called “Why the Bid to Push Out Biden is Losing,” about how Biden seems to have shut down the opposition... Читать дальше...