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Whether you’re a library user, board member, or staff member, you may find yourself in the position of pitching or defending video games for your library. There are many ways to go about incorporating video games at your library, which may include free-play arcade cabinets, consoles in dedicated playing areas, computer gaming stations, video game programming, borrowable consoles, borrowable games, and more. This guide is meant to offer some overarching ideas and justifications that would apply to any and all of these uses of video games. For details on handling the actual logistics of starting a video game collection,  check...

It was a typical online class in the Covid era. Emoji, ranging from heart-eyes to clapping hands, flooded the video call in an upward stream while students aged 6 to 18, as well as myself, watched a narrated slideshow presentation. The lesson for the day? Computational biology — using mathematics to study fields like genetics and ecology. But there was one glaring difference in this remote education session: The teacher was a humanoid robot. An artificial intelligence by the name of Sophia.   SEE ALSO: Xiaomi's shuffling humanoid robot is here to cheer you up I've sat through lectures with droning professors...

Jason Miller high-fives his daughter, Teagan, 8, as they pack for a family road trip at their home in Murray on Friday, Sept. 2, 2022.Jeffrey D. Allred, Deseret News On a beautiful September afternoon in Murray, Utah, Jason Miller and his wife Deb are set to load the tricked-out van they call “the camper” for a road trip weekend of camping and a music festival. Typically their 8-year-old daughter, Teagan, doesn’t help out with the loading process, but this time she decided to pitch in. And as many helping hands make light work, Teagan brought her stuffed animals and some...

100 things to do around San Francisco and the Bay Area that showcases the beauty, originality and downright fun that makes our city a great place to not just visit, but also live We’ve revamped our epic list of 100 best Bay Area activities the whole family will love, and bonus? You’ll definitely discover somewhere and something new that you and the family can explore, even for those in-the-know locals. Whether you’re looking for stroller-friendly hikes to try around the Bay Area, must-go museums in SF that delivery epic and learning, or family-friendly dining with a twist (we are a...

Image via New York Times Games    New York Times is putting its ‘Spelling Bee’ game to good work in a new campaign to help underprivileged kids learn.    Running across the NYC subway network, the new out-of-home ads ride on the upward trend of subway usage, which reportedly rose by almost 83% as the pandemic eases, to engage idle commuters in a “game for good.”   How to play, you ask? Well, basics first: the word game prompts players to think of as many words as possible from the set of seven alphabet letters.    The posters on the...