I'm a student at Cornell. From the teaching farm to the student-run hotel, here's what a day is like on campus.

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The author is a student at Cornell.

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  • I'm a student at Cornell University studying government, but one afternoon on campus was unique.
  • I started my day at the on-campus farm, meeting the sheep, pigs, and cows. 
  • After that, I had lunch at the student-run, on-campus luxury hotel.

As a government major at Cornell, I hadn't expected agricultural enrichment to be part of my college

New service from Mozilla wants to protect you from data brokers

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Mozilla HQ

Have you ever googled yourself and found a slew of results from "people finder" websites with your personal data? These data brokers often profit from selling your information, which can include everything from your social media profiles to your real-world home address.

Mozilla, the organization behind the popular Firefox web browser, has just launched a new service called Mozilla Monitor that

Sen. Lankford says a 'popular commentator' threatened to 'do whatever I can to destroy you' if he negotiated a border deal during a presidential election year

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Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma lamented his own party's rejection of the border security deal he helped negotiate.
Sen. James Lankford of Oklahoma lamented his own party's expected rejection of the border security deal he helped negotiate.

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  • Sen. James Lankford was the top GOP negotiator on the failed border security deal.
  • He claims a "popular commentator" warned him not to solve the crisis during an election year.
  • "I will do whatever I can to destroy you," Lankford said.

Sen. James

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Apple made an AI image tool that lets you make edits by describing them

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Apple researchers released a new model that lets users describe in plain language what they want to change in a photo without ever touching photo editing software.

The MGIE model, which Apple worked on with the University of California, Santa Barbara, can crop, resize, flip, and add filters to images all through text prompts.

MGIE, which stands for

The inventor of the market's most famous recession indicator says 3 factors will ensure a coming downturn isn't too painful

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  • The inverted yield curve means that a recession is still likely, the indicator's inventor wrote this week.  
  • However, excessive labor demand, a stronger housing market, are factors that will dampen the impact. 
  • The economist said the Fed is misreading inflation and should cut rates immediately.

The inverted yield curve has been flashing red for 15 months, but don't think that

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Toyota overcomes its EV skepticism to announce a three-row electric SUV for the US

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Toyota factory in Kentucky
Toyota is investing $1.3 billion in its Kentucky plant to support the production of EVs.

Toyota is pumping $1.3 billion into its factory in Kentucky for “future electrification efforts,” including the production of a currently unnamed three-row electric SUV for the US market. The news comes as a bit of a surprise, as the largest automaker in the world is also one of the