NY Times: Top 10 Hardest and Easiest Spelling Bee Words, July 22-28 - At minimum, you needed to be familiar with what a quorum was. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/29/upshot/spelling-bee-words.html -

NY Times: Is Trump Leaving an Opening in Iowa? - The former president’s poll numbers are still strong. But the caucuses could be his rivals’ best chance to make him look vulnerable. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/04/upshot/trump-desantis-iowa-polling.html -

NY Times: Top 10 Hardest and Easiest Spelling Bee Words, July 29-Aug. 4 - To reach Genius, you had to milk this week’s toughest word for all it was worth. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/05/upshot/spelling-bee-words.html -

NY Times: How Big Is the Legacy Boost at Elite Colleges? - In the same week as a civil rights inquiry into Harvard, new data shows legacies are slightly more qualified yet are four times as likely to get into top schools. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/27/upshot/ivy-league-legacy-admissions.html -

NY Times: Why Trump Is So Hard to Beat - The first Times/Siena poll of the G.O.P. primary shows he still commands a seemingly unshakable base of loyal supporters. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/07/31/upshot/poll-trump-republican-primary.html -

NY Times: Biden and Trump Are Tied in a Possible 2024 Rematch, Poll Finds - A Times/Siena poll suggests a slight Biden edge among voters who don’t like either candidate. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/01/upshot/biden-trump-poll-2024.html -

NY Times: Can a Novice Beat a Professional Darts Player? - We had a chance to try — against the No. 1 player in the world. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/upshot/darts-pros-vs-novices.html -

NY Times: Studying the Limits of Human Perfection, Through Darts - Why do athletes always seem to get better, generation by generation? It’s not always for the reasons you might think. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/05/upshot/darts-sports-perfection.html -

NY Times: It’s Not Reagan’s Party Anymore - Ronald Reagan’s “three-legged stool” coalition supported the G.O.P. for decades. Our latest poll leaves little doubt that Donald J. Trump has put an end to that era. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/10/upshot/reagan-trump-gop-stool.html -

NY Times: Judge Narrows Scope of Google Search Antitrust Case - The ruling did not affect some central parts of the antitrust cases about Google search, which are scheduled to go to trial next month. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/04/technology/google-search-monopoly-judge.html -

NY Times: Big Tech Rebounds and Preps for Transformative A.I. Investments - As the tech giants found their financial footing last quarter, they doubled down on artificial intelligence, which has been a boon to companies like Nvidia. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/05/technology/tech-nvidia-chips.html -

NY Times: Ransomware Attack Disrupts Health Care in at Least Three States - It was not immediately clear how many locations operated by Prospect Medical Holdings were affected but some sites had to cut back services or close. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/05/us/cyberattack-hospitals-california.html -

NY Times: Schumer Wields Political Heft in Bid for New York Chips Funds - The Senate majority leader helped deliver billions of dollars in federal funding for semiconductors. Now he’s pushing for his state to reap benefits. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/06/business/economy/schumer-new-york-chips-funds.html -

NY Times: Eight Months Pregnant and Arrested After False Facial Recognition Match - Porcha Woodruff thought the police who showed up at her door to arrest her for carjacking were joking. She is the first woman known to be wrongfully accused as a result of facial recognition technology. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/06/business/facial-recognition-false-arrest.html -

NY Times: Indiana Tests if the Heartland Can Transform Into a Chip Hub - The state has little experience with semiconductors, but the Biden administration has promised to unleash opportunity in “the heartland of America” through the $52 billion CHIPS Act. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/06/technology/indiana-chips-act.html -

NY Times: With No Date Set, Musk and Zuckerberg Trade Barbs on ‘Cage Match’ - Elon Musk, in an early-morning post, said he planned to livestream the event on his own platform. Mark Zuckerberg called for a “more reliable” platform, adding, “I’m ready today.” - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/06/technology/elon-musk-mark-zuckerberg-cage-match.html -

NY Times: A Zoom Call, Fake Names and an A.I. Presentation Gone Awry - A.I. start-ups are competing fiercely with one another as a race to get ahead in the technology intensifies. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/07/technology/ai-start-ups-competition.html -

NY Times: Crypto’s Next Craze? Orbs That Scan Your Eyeballs. - Sam Altman, OpenAI’s chief executive, has started Worldcoin, a cryptocurrency project that aims to scan billions of human irises. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/07/technology/worldcoin-iris-scans.html -

NY Times: Amazon to Meet Regulators as U.S. Considers Possible Antitrust Suit - Amazon’s meetings with the Federal Trade Commission, known as “last rites” meetings, are typically a final step before the agency votes on filing a lawsuit. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/07/technology/amazon-ftc-antitrust.html -

NY Times: This Is a Reminder That You’re Probably Oversharing on Venmo - The mobile wallet service is a cautionary tale of how apps born at least a decade ago may be exposing more information than you would like. - https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/09/technology/personaltech/venmo-privacy-oversharing.html -