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Chinese Workers Abandon Silicon Valley For Riches Back Home
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Chinese Workers Abandon Silicon Valley For Riches Back Home

A few years ago, Wang Yi was living the American dream. He had graduated from Princeton, landed a job at Google and bought a spacious condo in Silicon Valley.

The Real Future of Work
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The Real Future of Work

In 2013, Diana Borland and 129 of her colleagues filed into an auditorium at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center.

Students Build Supercomputer Cluster from Raspberry Pi Boards
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Students Build Supercomputer Cluster from Raspberry Pi Boards

Ohio State University students built the Buckeye Pi supercomputer with 128 off-the-shelf Raspberry Pi circuit boards.

­w Reality Lab Launches with $6m from Tech Companies to Advance Ar and Vr Research
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­w Reality Lab Launches with $6m from Tech Companies to Advance Ar and Vr Research

The University of Washington is launching a new augmented and virtual reality research center — funded by Facebook, Google, and Huawei — to accelerate innovation...

Beijing to Build $2 Billion AI Technology Park
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Beijing to Build $2 Billion AI Technology Park

Beijing is planning to build a 13.8 billion yuan (US$2.12 billion) artificial intelligence development park, the Xinhua news agency reports, as China pushes to...

A Visit to Facebook's Recently Opened Center For Deleting Content
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A Visit to Facebook's Recently Opened Center For Deleting Content

For the first time, Facebook granted journalists access to its new center in Essen, Germany for deleting content from its platform. In the five-story building,...

Research Reveals 'shocking' Weakness of Lab Courses
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Research Reveals 'shocking' Weakness of Lab Courses

Higher education lab courses would seem to have the advantage on hands-on, active learning, but new research reveals traditional labs fall far short of their pedagogical...

The Labs that Protect Against Online Warfare
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The Labs that Protect Against Online Warfare

Several months after the WannaCry cyber-attack, much of the world still seems to be asleep to the potential catastrophic effects of cyber-attacks on critical infrastructure...

At This Camp, Kids Learn Computer Science (without Computers)
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At This Camp, Kids Learn Computer Science (without Computers)

Miryung Kim of UCLA uses blocks, stickers, and large pieces of paper to explain distributed and parallel computing  to kids at the Mommy Computer Science Camp. ...

Scientific Database Arxiv Reaches Billionth Download Milestone
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Scientific Database Arxiv Reaches Billionth Download Milestone

arXiv.org, the open-access repository of scientific research, has surpassed 1 billion downloads.

56,000 Layoffs and Counting: India's It Bloodbath This Year May Just Be the Start
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56,000 Layoffs and Counting: India's It Bloodbath This Year May Just Be the Start

Once a top employment generator, India's $160 billion IT industry laid off more than 56,000 employees this year. Meanwhile, hiring plummeted, with entry-level openings...

The Robots Are Coming, and Sweden Is Fine
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The Robots Are Coming, and Sweden Is Fine

From inside the control room carved into the rock more than half a mile underground, Mika Persson can see the robots on the march, supposedly coming for his job...

What Amazon's Alexa Economy Pays the People Building Its Skills
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What Amazon's Alexa Economy Pays the People Building Its Skills

On a lark, Joel Wilson started developing skills for Alexa, Amazon's voice assistant, this past January.

73 Percent of Developers Who Don't ­se AI Plan to Learn How in 2018
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73 Percent of Developers Who Don't ­se AI Plan to Learn How in 2018

Although only 17 percent of software developers worked with artificial intelligence or machine learning this year, 73 percent of those who did not say they are...

The Best Toys That Teach Kids How to Code
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The Best Toys That Teach Kids How to Code

If you're looking for the perfect gift for children eager to learn the basics of coding, or want to give a little one a heads up when they get to logic and problem...

Satya Nadella on Ai, Sexual Harassment, and Microsoft's Soul
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Satya Nadella on Ai, Sexual Harassment, and Microsoft's Soul

Microsoft Chief Executive Officer Satya Nadella is putting his own stamp on the tech giant once led by Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer.

Software Developers Step Into the World of Teaching
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Software Developers Step Into the World of Teaching

Students at the Cleveland School of Science and Medicine are getting a crash course on computer programming. The two-people leading the class aren't teachers but...

A 'stem' Parent Boosts Girls' Participation in Science Degrees
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A 'stem' Parent Boosts Girls' Participation in Science Degrees

Having one parent or guardian work in a STEM field makes it more likely for girls to perform better in math and to enroll in a "hard sciences" college degree program such...

Why Silicon Valley Is Hiring Ex-Federal Agents
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Why Silicon Valley Is Hiring Ex-Federal Agents

The chart on the screen looks like something out of a TV crime drama: an elaborate web of emails and phone numbers, some names and photos, all connected by a mesh...

New It Jobs Created By Bitcoin and Blockchain
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New It Jobs Created By Bitcoin and Blockchain

Searches for jobs mentioning blockchain, bitcoin, or cryptocurrency jumped more than 1,000% since November 2015, according to job search site Indeed. Job postings...
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