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AI is spreading, even among people who don’t feel good about using it. For some, it’s convenient. For others, it just seems inevitable.

We’ve seen this before: New technology moves from novelty to necessity, then becomes hard to give up — even as the costs climb and the downsides become clearer.

But no technology is truly inevitable, no matter how loudly tech companies insist this is the future. Find out how to determine what to adopt and what to leave behind: www.vox.com/advice/508283/gabe-bullard-questions-t…<media_url>

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A decade ago, a water lead crisis launched Flint, Michigan, into national headlines. But for years, the city of roughly 80,000 has also quietly carried the weight of a tragically high newborn mortality rate.

In 2024, there were 9.4 infant deaths for every 1,000 births in Flint — nearly twice the mortality rate of 5.54 in the US, which itself outpaces all other high-income nations.

But a new study shows that there might be a way to reverse that grim trend — a method that seems to have already made an enormous difference in Flint.

Learn more: www.vox.com/future-perfect/508855/cash-transfer-in…<media_url>

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Sweden has given the world many wonderful gifts. Zara Larsson, obviously. Spotify and social democracy. And Ikea, the company that showed us you can furnish your apartment, stylishly and affordably, with the contents of a few flatpack boxes.

Sweden’s talent for mass-producing clever, easy-to-assemble home fixtures also extends to something much bigger than bookshelves and bed frames: building entire houses and apartments.

So what can we learn from the Swedes’ dreamy, high-tech housing industry — and what would it take to bring about an American version of that success? Find out: www.vox.com/future-perfect/509022/sweden-prefabric…<media_url>

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The dust is beginning to settle after Israel’s first national election since Hamas’s attack on October 7, 2023, and the war Israel waged on Gaza in response.

Neither Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu nor his opponents won the 61 parliamentary seats needed to govern.

Now the fate of the next government hinges on a less-discussed part of the Israeli electorate: Arab citizens, who voted in record numbers and whose parties have emerged with more leverage than ever before.

Read more: www.vox.com/politics/508662/israel-election-netany…<media_url>

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When Abdul El-Sayed narrowly won the Democratic nomination for an open Senate seat in Michigan back in August, it teed up the first true swing-state test for the party’s left faction, which had largely been confined to representing progressive enclaves in the Trump era.

They just passed that test. El-Sayed defeated GOP nominee Mike Rogers, and he’ll be the newest US senator from Michigan in January.

So how did he get here? Find out more about his path to victory in the midterms: www.vox.com/politics/508901/abdul-el-sayed-wins-mi…<media_url>

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The Trump administration’s final bid to get the Supreme Court to interfere in the midterms, at least before Election Day, focuses on California.

On Monday, the eve of the election, President Donald Trump’s Justice Department asked the justices to order California to “segregate” as many as 20,000 ballots and place them in a special pile where they may never be counted.

The case emerges out of a list of over 20,000 names that the Trump administration first sent to California on October 13, asking election officials to separate their ballots and verify the voters’ eligibility. The administration claims that these individuals are “likely” noncitizens, but that they are nonetheless registered to vote in California.

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Although hobbies are meant to feel leisurely, they can quickly become another point of stress.

This happens when we feel the pressure to perfect our newfound craft in order to best optimize our free time.

And it’s not a new phenomenon. Americans have been trying to make the most of our time for a while now, meaning it’s difficult to cultivate hobbies without falling into the trap of relentless quantification and optimization.

So how do we learn to truly enjoy our leisure time, and why should we all consider failing a little more along the way? Find out: www.vox.com/explain-it-to-me/508137/hobbies-free-t…<media_url>

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As is the custom, millions of children in the United States will be out in the streets this Halloween to trick-or-treat, decked out in costumes.

Also as is custom, adults will fret about the mostly mythical dangers children may face. Once upon a time it was razor blades in apples; in 2022 it was rainbow fentanyl in candy.

But while fears of children receiving narcotic-spiked treats are unfounded, there is a very real danger that America’s children face on this most hallowed of evenings: cars.

That’s because pedestrians under the age of 18 are three times more likely to be struck and killed by a car on Halloween than any other day of the year.

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We’re in the thick of what Vox’s Astead Herndon has come to call the silly season of an election cycle.

Just days out from November 3 — but weeks into early voting — this is often the time when predictions, analysis, and expectation setting from both parties gets laundered through the media; and is most disconnected from the data.

Why? Reasons vary — but mostly Astead finds it an effort to proactively explain the expected results.

And the more we talk about a blue wave, the less likely it becomes.

Find out why by reading and subscribing to The Midterms, Actually newsletter: www.vox.com/politics/508270/republican-beat-midter…<media_url>

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Introducing the Vox mobile app, aka the best way to get all of our journalism in one place.📱

It brings together all of our work — our podcasts, videos, and written stories — into one experience, so you never have to look elsewhere.

The app is free to download in the Apple App Store or Google Play Store. If you’re not already a Vox Member, you’ll also get a 14-day free trial when you sign up.

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