Generally covering the broad topics of computing and related technology.
What was exceptional about MIT was not that it had a computer or that unkempt programmers were devising impressive tricks. It was that MIT had enough computers that a couple of surplus machines could be left out for members of the community to play with.
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Facebook, the Palo Alto, CA-based online social network, has teamed up with radiologists at New York University’s Langone Medical Center in Manhattan to develop an artificial intelligence (AI)-based imaging accelerator for MRI scanners.
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The growing number of end-user devices and a new layer of virtualization in datacenters has subtly but profoundly changed how the VPN abstraction fits into networking.
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Batteries are a part of everyday life; without them, the world would be a much different place. Your cellphone, flashlight, tablet, laptops, drones, cars, and other devices would not be portable and operational without batteries.
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Here are my top five favorite techniques Stack Overflow uses to make remote work successful on a social level.
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The bad news is that our slow-motion ecological catastrophe demands new ways of thinking. The good news? We’ve faced the end of the world before.
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Most legal scholars agree the list of professions includes medicine and law. Beyond that there is little consensus as to who else qualifies.
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This is the first textbook introducing law to computer scientists.
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For years, Big Tech has set the global AI research agenda. Now, groups like Black in AI and Queer in AI are upending the field’s power dynamics to build AI that serves people.
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Most importantly, WebRTC is growing from enabling useful experiences to being essential in allowing billions to continue their work and education, and keep vital human contact during a pandemic. The opportunities and impact that lie ahead for WebRTC are intriguing indeed.
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Technology doesn’t rule us. We direct it, but often by inaction.
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I haven’t been online in almost two decades. Being able to would help me prepare for life after my release.
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We can all learn from how today’s young people evaluate truth online.
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The rise of social media and being always online is changing the nature of civic engagement.
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These recommendations are meant to increase reliability, safety, and trustworthiness while increasing the benefits of AI technologies.
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Tech unions represent a new twist on an existing form of worker organization, and they’re looking to disrupt the status quo of major tech companies like Google.
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When people build a database to manage reading lists or feed their neighbors, that’s coding—and culture.
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A majority of U.S. adults can answer fewer than half the questions correctly on a digital knowledge quiz, and many struggle with certain cybersecurity and privacy questions.
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A generation ago, a tool unleashed the power of business modeling—and created an entrepreneurial boom.
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Electronic Life was created as a layman’s guide to computers. It explained simply, concisely and without jargon what computers really are, how to choose them, how to use them, how to think about them, how to live with them, how to get them to help you, how to keep them in their place, how to enjoy them. It described step-by-step instructions on what to do when you first approach a new computer to sound advice on how to stop your computer from causing trouble in the family. His message: Don’t be afraid of them, they’re only machines, they’re here to make your life easier, and, what’s more, they can be a lot of fun.
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