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Extending tax cuts will put serious strain on the national debt, which is currently at unsustainable levels. The economy was one of their top issues as voters went to the polls this year. So what does Donald Trump’s return to the White House—as well as Republican gains in Congress—mean for the U.

Gender was part of the campaign landscape in many different ways this election. Kamala Harris was a candidate of many firsts, including the first Black and South Asian woman to run for president as the Democratic nominee.

Delwest is bringing some income-restricted apartments to an “impressive” location. The local developer closed last month on the purchase of 1.5 acres in the 2200 block of South Albion Street that it needed to develop a 170-unit income-restricted multifamily project. “To be in this kind of core of Denver where you can sit there and say, your southern boundary is Cherry Hills and your northern boundary is Belcaro, it was pretty impressive for us, and we feel like the need is just so big,” said Joel DelZotto, Delwest CEO and 9resident. In addition to the apartments, the project will incorporate a 5,000-square-foot preschool and a few townhomes in front of it. Currently, there’s a handful of old office buildings at the site that Delwest is working on demolishing.

LONDON — Phones hold so much of our digital lives — emails, social media and bank accounts, photos, chat messages and more — that if they ever get stolen or go missing, it can cause major disruption beyond just the loss of a device. In some places, phone thefts have surged so much it’s now an everyday problem, with thieves on electric bikes snatching them out of pedestrians’ hands, swiping them off restaurant tables or pickpocketing them on the subway. In Britain, where 200 phones are stolen every day in “snatch thefts,” the government has pledged to crack down on the crime and is meeting with tech companies and device makers to come up with solutions. Here are steps you can take before and after your phone goes missing: Basic protections There are things you can do to make it less painful if your phone is stolen.

The Boulder Valley and St. Vrain Valley school districts are working to help teachers harness the power of AI, while keeping student data safe and teaching students how to use the emerging technology ethically. When Open AI launched ChatGPT in November 2022, neither district decided to block the new, generative AI technology that so quickly exploded. Bre and Shawn Jaworski teach a session on “Prompting” during an AI “pop-up” teacher training hosted by the Skyline High School feeder system on Oct.

Big tech brands like Google, Apple, Microsoft and Meta have all unleashed tech that they describe as artificial intelligence. Soon, the companies say, we’ll all be using artificial intelligence to write emails, generate images and summarize articles. But who asked for any of this in the first place? Judging from the feedback I get from readers of this column, lots of people outside the tech industry remain uninterested in AI — and are increasingly frustrated with how difficult it has become to ignore.