Deportes

The rise of the NFL’s 2-point conversion

The NFL playoffs have already delivered high-stakes moments around a simple decision: After a touchdown, should your team kick for 1 point, or go for 2? The 2-point try — where teams get to run one play to score from the 2-yard line — was initially a hit with coaches when it was introduced to

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Global

Conversion Therapy Ban Stands in Washington State

On Dec. 11, the Supreme Court declined to hear a challenge to the state’s ban concerning minors, NPR reports. The court’s inaction upheld a lower court’s ruling banning conversion therapy in Washington. The law, which went into effect in 2018, grants Washington the ability to revoke therapists’ licenses if they attempt to alter the sexual

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Global

Supreme Court rebuffs gay ‘conversion therapy’ case

WASHINGTON —  A divided Supreme Court on Monday turned down a Christian group’s free-speech challenge to the laws in California and 21 other states that forbid licensed counselors from using “conversion therapy” with children and teenagers. Justices Clarence Thomas and Samuel A. Alito Jr. filed dissents, and Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh said he also voted to

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Noticias de dinero

Farm conversion blamed for high food prices

THE conversion of agricultural lands is also a factor in the prevailing high food prices that, in turn, cause malnutrition and stunting among children, especially among poor families, the dean of the Ateneo School of Government told The Manila Times. Philip Arnold Tuaño said in a Viber message that the issue of low agricultural supply

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Entretenimiento

Electric bike conversion kits: boost

Boost adds a new option to the list of electric bike conversion kits in the form of a round battery pack. It sits inside the bottle cage and easily mounts to the downtube instead of wires in controllers and more. Boost adds a kit to the back, allowing for a much more intense initial setup.

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Entretenimiento

3D model text-to-image conversion systems: point-e

OpenAI, the artificial intelligence startup founded by Elon Musk, recently unveiled its new POINT-E imaging technology, which works similarly to the DALL-E generator. It can only create 3D point clouds from text hints. Alex Nichol, a member of the OpenAI research team, talks about the new development in a published article on 3D generation from

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