EAGAN, Minn. – By any metric, Minnesota Vikings defensive coordinator Brian Flores has thrived in his role, and he should be a top candidate for head coaching positions during the NFL’s upcoming hiring cycle. It’s as obvious as the defense’s contribution to the Vikings’ success. Based on conventional statistics and advanced analytics, Flores leads one...
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Memories of loved ones lost to gun violence motivate Jackson State player Irv Mulligan
JACKSON, Miss. — Tucked away in Jackson State’s locker room at Mississippi Veterans Memorial Stadium is a picture of Pro Football Hall of Famer Walter Payton. Before every home game, running back Irv Mulligan prays to the Tigers legend before jogging down the tunnel to a massive sphere of smoke. Think Ray Lewis-level energy entering...
How Crypto Enthusiasts Hijacked a Dog Mayor Competition
Did a fun event involving cute dogs turn into a pump-and-dump scheme?
F.B.I. Searches Home of Shayne Coplan, Polymarket Founder
The search involving Shayne Coplan, the founder of Polymarket, known for its presidential election odds, was part of a criminal investigation, three people said.
Meta Fined $840 Million in Europe for Boosting Marketplace Unfairly
Meta said it would appeal the decision by the European Union, which said the company had abused its dominance in social networking to strengthen its shopping and classified ads service.
Are A.I. Clones the Future of Dating? I Tried Them for Myself.
A New York Times reporter tested a handful of chatbots to see if they could help improve his dating life. The results were decidedly mixed.
Techies Push Other Techies to Musk to Join Trump Administration
Tech leaders are recommending their own brethren to Mr. Musk and others, as they aim to leave a Silicon Valley imprint on Donald Trump’s new administration.
ChatGPT’s success could have come sooner, says former Google AI researcher
In 2017, eight machine-learning researchers at Google released a groundbreaking research paper called Attention Is All You Need, which introduced the Transformer AI architecture that underpins almost all of today’s high-profile generative AI models. The Transformer has made a key component of the modern AI boom possible by translating (or transforming, if you will) input...
Make Orwell Fiction Again: U.K. Police Investigate Telegraph Journalist Over a Year-Old Tweet
Joy Reid urges Black women to halt political activism, focus on community
In a powerful statement that resonates with many, MSNBC correspondent Joy Reid has declared that Black women are officially on hiatus from political advocacy, urging them to focus on their own communities and well-being. This message comes in the wake of the recent elections, where Black women expressed their disappointment and frustration with white progressive...


