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A Wake County Board of Elections employee prepares a mail-in ballot to be sent out to a voter in September in Raleigh, N.C.
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Why mailing a ballot close to Election Day may get it rejected for a late postmark
Hansi Lo Wang
If you're using the U.S. Postal Service to return a ballot close to Election Day, officials recommend getting it postmarked at a post office to avoid getting caught up in mail processing changes.
OpenAI launched ChatGPT for Teens in August, but a watchdog group that studied it recommends that people under 18 not use the artificial intelligence platform.
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ChatGPT for Teens has special safeguards. A watchdog group finds most don't work
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Jeremy Strong plays Facebook co-founder Mark Zuckerberg in Aaron Sorkin's The Social Reckoning.
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Aaron Sorkin warns of Facebook's recklessness in 'The Social Reckoning'
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‘Coding Kids’ looks at big tech and AI’s impact on remaking public education
Author Natasha Singer delves into how schools became entangled with the industry — and how recent shifts in technology may have left some students behind.
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