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First Black Female Leader for The Crimson

Writers and editors at The Harvard Crimson have gone on to be presidents, tech billionaires and news media bosses. But what the newspaper had in power, it lacked in diversity. Now Kristine E. Guillaume will lead The Crimson’s “146th guard,” making her the third black president and first black woman to helm the organization since its founding in 1873. Guillaume, a junior majoring in literature, history and African-American studies, won the job with a promise to steer the paper toward a more diverse, digital future. Guillaume, 20, said she took an interest in journalism while growing up in Queens.

TV Viewers Are Ready for Some Football, and Little Else

Viewership for entertainment programming on the broadcast networks continues to fall as audiences flock to streaming services. Among adults under age 50, the number of viewers for network shows has tumbled an additional 10 percent this season. Leadership changes at the four major broadcast networks have added to the uncertainty. As for the shows themselves, medical dramas have made a comeback, reboots and reality shows have lost some of their luster, a veteran producer has proved his mettle yet again and a new front in the late-night wars has opened between Stephen Colbert and Jimmy Fallon. Oh, and football. Viewers still can’t get enough.

Breaking the Cycles That Keep Women Out of Tech-Related Professions

No one disputes these days that STEM remains mostly a man’s world. But numerous speakers at the 2018 Global Meeting of the Women’s Forum for the Economy and Society last week agreed that needs to change soon if women are to adjust to fast-changing job markets. The time to encourage girls to develop an interest in math and sciences is between the ages of 11 and 15, said Shelley McKinley of Microsoft. She cited a recent study conducted in the United States that showed the gap in interest in STEM fields between boys and girls increased from 6.1 to 9.4 percent in those years.

Doing Time on the AI Assembly Line

In China, a new generation of low-wage workers is assembling the foundations of the future. Startups in smaller, cheaper cities have sprung up to apply labels to China’s huge trove of images and surveillance footage. If China is the Saudi Arabia of data, as one expert says, these businesses are the refineries, turning raw data into the fuel that can power China’s AI ambitions. Chinese startups made up one third of the global computer vision market in 2017, surpassing the United States. Last year, the China government said that it expected the country to become the world leader in artificial intelligence by 2030.

‘Ralph Breaks the Internet’ and ‘Creed II’ Are Thanksgiving Hits

Thanksgiving movie audiences stuck with the tried and true. A sequel from Walt Disney Animation, “Ralph Breaks the Internet,” sold the most tickets, followed by “Creed II,” the eighth film in the “Rocky” series. Original offerings, including a newfangled “Robin Hood” and the political drama “The Front Runner,” were scraped into the garbage disposal. “Ralph Breaks the Internet,” with a voice cast led by John C. Reilly and Sarah Silverman, collected an estimated $55.7 million at North American theaters over the weekend, for a total of $84.5 million since arriving Wednesday, according to Comscore. “Creed II” took in $55.8 million since arriving Wednesday.