Hiring from the Autism Spectrum
There is a “massive talent pool” of [autistic] individuals, many of whom understand patterns and have a proclivity for complex work.
Hiring from the Autism Spectrum Read MoreGenerally covering the broad topics of computing and related technology.
There is a “massive talent pool” of [autistic] individuals, many of whom understand patterns and have a proclivity for complex work.
Hiring from the Autism Spectrum Read MoreThere is a wealth of literature on safety-critical systems, much of which points in the same direction: toward simplicity.
Kode Vicious Plays in Traffic Read MoreI am in the interesting position at the moment of managing a team of people writing software who have almost no training or experience in software development. I find two things truly remarkable: first, that any modestly sophisticated working system can be made using code written by people that know almost nothing about software, and second, that smart people, who are motivated, can learn how to do things better pretty quickly.
10 Things All Software Engineers Should Know Read More5G will happen in the airy realm of radio waves. To get there, big telecoms have to harness underused parts of the spectrum. But there’s another crucial part underlying this system: lowly cable.
5G Is Coming, and It’s Fortified With Fiber Read MoreGoogle says the fiber-optic cable it’s building across the Atlantic Ocean will be the fastest of its kind. When the cable goes live next year, the company estimates it will transmit around 250 terabits per second, fast enough to zap all the contents of the Library of Congress from Virginia to France three times every second.
How Google Is Cramming More Data Into Its New Atlantic Cable Read MoreThe internet consists of tiny bits of code that move around the world, traveling along wires as thin as a strand of hair strung across the ocean floor. The data zips from New York to Sydney, from Hong Kong to London, in the time it takes you to read this word.
How the Internet Travels Across Oceans Read MoreBased on hundreds of interviews inside and outside the company, Levy’s sweeping narrative digs deep into the whole story of the company [Facebook] that has changed the world and reaped the consequences.
Facebook: The Inside Story Read MoreWe picked a hard goal. In our case, it was the replication of reality. And now things look so realistic that I often can’t tell in films, and I have a pretty good eye.”
Attaining The Third Dimension Read MoreWhen Ed Catmull earned his Ph.D. from the University of Utah in 1974, with a thesis on three-dimensional (3D) computer graphics, he applied for jobs in academia. He did not get a single one. His academic interests eventually led him to co-found Pixar Animation Studios, create the breakthrough 1995 animated film Toy Story, and receive the Association for Computing Machinery’s 2019 A.M. Turing Award, along with his colleague Pat Hanrahan.
An Animating Spirit Read MoreThe actor’s new project, A Starting Point, aims to give all Americans the TL;DR on WTF is going on in politics. It’s harder than punching Nazis on the big screen.
Chris Evans Goes to Washington Read MoreHow Washington went to war against the Chinese smartphone giant, and how the runaway conflict could spell the end of a single, global internet.
Inside the Feds’ Battle Against Huawei Read MoreSixty years ago, a sharecropper’s son invented a technology to identify faces. Then the record of his role all but vanished. Who was Woody Bledsoe, and who was he working for?
The Secret History of Facial Recognition Read MoreAnd better ones won’t save it. To get past misinformation and tribal rancor online, we need to face why people really want misinformation and rancor.
Bad Algorithms Didn’t Break Democracy Read MoreAs past identities become stickier for those entering adulthood, it’s not just individuals who will suffer. Society will too.
Why an internet that never forgets is especially bad for young people Read MoreAdministrators say installing listening devices like Alexa in student bedrooms and hallways could help lower dropout rates. Not everyone agrees.
Should colleges really be putting smart speakers in dorms? Read More…memes, bits of cultural DNA that encoded society’s shared experiences while also constantly evolving.
The WIRED Guide to Memes Read MoreWithout their phones, most of my students initially felt lost, but after just two weeks the majority began to think that their cell phones were in fact limiting their relationships with other people.
I asked my students to turn in their cell phones and write about living without them Read MoreSocial media allows young people to explore how they express themselves, says Taylor Fang of Logan, Utah, the winner of our youth essay contest.
We asked teenagers what adults are missing about technology. This was the best response. Read MorePolicing has always relied upon large amounts of information. But the scale and speed of its processing is different.
Increasing Automation in Policing Read MoreTrust is complicated. Blockchain technology does eliminate specific, narrow reliances on trust, but it also requires new assumptions that might be better or worse for specific use cases.
Blockchain Technology: What Is It Good For? Read More