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Much of the public conversation about artificial intelligence focuses on software and futuristic applications. Yet the foundation of the digital economy is physical infrastructure. Behind every AI model, cloud platform, financial network, and digital service sits a facility filled with servers ...

The November midterm elections will see voters coming out to decide hundreds of federal, state, and county level positions. Across the nation, Democrat officials are predicting a “Blue Wave” of heavy turnout supporting their candidates. This election is historically a referendum on the ...

The SAVE America Act just passed the House. Ostensibly, this is a commonsense bill to preserve the integrity of our elections. Democracies don’t always produce the best leaders, but well-structured democracies accurately reflect the electorate’s will, which makes them surprisingly effective ...

For my fellow traditionalists who love print newspapers, writing notes in cursive, and reading books made of paper, I have a warning and some thoughts. Artificial i`ntelligence (AI) is taking over the world. Now is not the time to complain about its disruptions or to ignore its presence. That ...

The impact of racism on Black health

Editor's note: This is the first-place winner in the middle school division of the Black History Month Essay Contest sponsored annually by UPMC Washington Teen Outreach. “Of all the forms of inequality, injustice in health care is the most shocking and inhumane.” - Martin Luther King Jr. ...

Black history part of America’s foundation

Editor's note: This is the first-place winner in the high school division of the Black History Month Essay Contest sponsored annually by UPMC Washington Teen Outreach. Recognizing Black history all year means respecting Black contributions, struggles, and achievements that are not just part ...