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Warren Buffett’s send-off letter before he steps down as CEO of Berkshire Hathaway should be taught at every business school ...

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Why the web as we know it may fade and what AI, personal agents, and data interfaces mean for publishers, SEO, and commerce.

Which NBA players have been the best of the best since the 2000-01 season? The Athletic NBA staff makes its picks.

Heretic, debater, wife-snatcher, subject of a posthumous cult: Pico della Mirandola certainly had a wild career. In this smart and rangy book, Wilson-Lee, a Cambridge don, paints a glorious portrait ...

With an entertaining storyline, R.L. Maizes' book "A Complete Fiction" explores the dangers of social-media addiction and the damage it can inflict.

American history, when told well, resists the tidy progressions we like to imagine for it. Two recent works -- Ken Burns and ...

Artificial intelligence has crept into marketing faster than most expected. It writes emails, scripts, captions, even sales pitches. But now something new is happening — AI is starting to sound human.