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Call center employee gets great feedback for sounding natural, but then a new supervisor tells her to stick to the script

Imagine working in a call center where you have a script to follow. Would you read it word for word, or would you deviate from the script to sound more natural instead of robotic? In this story, one ...
PC Gamer

Activision knows the real problem with Call of Duty is its relentless 12-month cycle, but it simply won't end unless you stop playing

Last week: Finally played FEAR (2005) and adored its amazing slomo, slick guns, and incredible sound work. They should stop making Call of Duty every single year. I realize that's a reheated take from ...
New York Post

Bill Hader anxiously paces, makes tense phone call after news of party tiff with Nick Reiner

A shaken Bill Hader was spotted anxiously pacing outside his Los Angeles home on what appeared to be a tense phone call after news broke of a squabble he had with Nick Reiner the night before Rob and ...
The Verge

Parents call for New York governor to sign landmark AI safety bill

They called it “minimalist guardrails” that should set a standard. They called it “minimalist guardrails” that should set a standard. is The Verge’s senior AI reporter. An AI beat reporter for more ...
USA Today

Bill Belichick firing his UNC staff won't solve the real problem: Himself

Bill Belichick has built his career off the motto "do your job," which emphasizes the virtues of preparation, hard work, attention to detail and putting the team first. That lunch-pail mentality ...
The Harvard Crimson

‘A Wicked Problem’: How Harvard’s Joint Center for Housing Studies Imagines Solutions to a Crisis

In a nondescript office over One Bow Street in Harvard Square, the Joint Center for Housing Studies keeps a finger on the pulse of America’s housing markets — and tries to connect city planners, ...
WVXU

What does a data center in your backyard mean for your utility bill?

The proposed site of the data center in Butler County is 1380 University Blvd. The land is currently wooded and owned by the city. Data centers are big business in the United States. U.S. spending on ...
Tampa Bay Times

Senate bill addresses ‘glaring fiscal problems’ with school voucher program | Column

Our editors' top picks to read today. But the program needs additional reforms. Anyone can view a sampling of recent comments, but you must be a Times subscriber to contribute. Log in above or ...
Roll Call

Trump threatened to veto NDAA over base names, Rep. Strickland says

White House officials told lawmakers in recent days that the president would veto the fiscal 2026 NDAA if Congress did not delete House- and Senate-passed language ensuring U.S. military bases do not ...
Roll Call

House GOP unveils draft health bill package

House Republican leaders released draft legislation Friday consisting of a package of health proposals aimed at reducing health care costs in 2026, setting up a possible floor vote this week. The ...
Frederick News-Post

Updated: State legislature overrides Moore veto, enacts data center analysis bill

Both chambers of the Maryland General Assembly voted Tuesday to override Gov. Wes Moore’s veto and enact a bill that requires the state to conduct an analysis of the environmental, economic and energy ...