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		<title>Reader: Waymo didn’t get a real winter to test drive</title>
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					<dc:creator>Thomas Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 12 Jul 2026 08:19:08 -0600</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.westword.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/03/waymo-crop-e1772717195162.jpg" alt="a waymo vehicle stops at a red light in downtown denver" /><p>Some readers are seeing skynet, while others worry the driverless cars can't handle snow.</p>
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		<title>No-mo drivers: Waymo will soon begin autonomous rides in Denver</title>
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					<dc:creator>Hannah Metzger</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 08 Jul 2026 08:00:09 -0600</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.westword.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/07/waymo-e1783458605727.webp" alt="No-mo drivers: Waymo will soon begin autonomous rides in Denver" /><p>The robotaxis will be self-driving through the city "in a matter of weeks."</p>
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		<title>Artificial resurrection: CU study used AI to chat with dead loved ones, to surprising results</title>
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					<dc:creator>Hannah Metzger</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 07 Jul 2026 13:30:00 -0600</pubDate>
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		<title>A buzz above: How drones are rewiring the Fourth of July</title>
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					<dc:creator>Sage Kelley</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 03 Jul 2026 07:21:13 -0600</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.westword.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/07/IMG_0672-e1783035472924.jpeg" alt="Wheat Ridge police drone hovers over a cop car" /><p>From replacing fireworks shows to patrolling neighborhood and forest skies, drones are playing a larger role in summer holidays.</p>
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		<title>These are challenging times for Colorado&#8217;s renewable energy laboratory</title>
		<link>https://www.westword.com/opinion/renewable-energy-lab-work-in-colorado-more-critical-than-ever-40898130/</link>
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					<dc:creator>Chuck Kutscher</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Jun 2026 08:31:46 -0600</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.westword.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/nreldoe.webp" alt="big federal facility golden" /><p>Why its mission is now more important than ever.</p>
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		<title>​Federal measure could undermine rideshare safety laws, state legislators say</title>
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					<dc:creator>Sara Wilson, Colorado Newsline</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Jun 2026 06:37:54 -0600</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.westword.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/05/rideshare-driver-prasad-panchakshari-unsplash.jpg" alt="A rideshare driver drives down the street In a big city" /><p>According to state lawmakers, including one from Colorado, the bill would make it "effectively impossible" to hold rideshare companies accountable for sexual assault. </p>
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		<title>Cellphones and other personal devices will be banned in Denver schools</title>
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					<dc:creator>Melanie Asmar, Chalkbeat Colorado</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Jun 2026 07:23:35 -0600</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.westword.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/chalkbeat-dps-cellphone-woolf.png" alt="An assistant principal at Girls Athletic Leadership School, a Denver charter school where cellphones were already prohibited, takes a phone from a student in September 2025. This fall, all Denver students will have to turn off or turn in their phones at school." /><p>The school board unanimously passed a new bell-to-bell ban for students on Monday.</p>
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		<title>Colorado just blinked on AI and we&#8217;re going to pay for it</title>
		<link>https://www.westword.com/opinion/colorado-ground-zero-for-ai-2008-moment-40896640/</link>
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					<dc:creator>Eduardo Samayoa</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Jun 2026 06:40:29 -0600</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.westword.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/06/AI-Image-1.jpg" alt="Colorado just blinked on AI and we&#8217;re going to pay for it" /><p>A plain-language description of AI's role is not the same thing as an explanation of its reasoning. </p>
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		<title>Why are over 12,000 different businesses all using the same downtown Denver address?</title>
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					<dc:creator>Thomas Mitchell</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 29 May 2026 11:21:41 -0600</pubDate>
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				<description><![CDATA[<img src="https://www.westword.com/wp-content/uploads/sites/2/2026/05/IMG_7427.jpeg" alt="The 17th &amp; Larimer office buildings in downtown Denver" /><p>From Denver to Cripple Creek, Colorado businesses and homeowners have discovered their addresses are registered for thousands of different entities.  </p>
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		<title>Disgraced Colorado crime analyst&#8217;s case review is six months delayed. No one will say why</title>
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					<dc:creator>Hannah Metzger</dc:creator>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 22 May 2026 08:10:31 -0600</pubDate>
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