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The Women Who Left Their Jobs to Code
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The Women Who Left Their Jobs to Code

Some U.K. women are defying the trend of lower female representation in science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) compared to men by becoming programmers...

Skilled Tech Workers Snapped Up Despite Downturn
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Skilled Tech Workers Snapped Up Despite Downturn

Despite layoffs at over 900 tech companies this year, skilled tech workers with experience in artificial intelligence and data science remain in high demand in...

Tim Cook: 'No Good Excuse' for Lack of Women in Tech
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Tim Cook: 'No Good Excuse' for Lack of Women in Tech

Apple chief executive Tim Cook says there are still "not enough women at the table" at the world's tech firms and that there are "no good excuses" for the lack...

Warning on AI: Staff 'Hired and Fired by Algorithm'
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Warning on AI: Staff 'Hired and Fired by Algorithm'

A Trades Union Congress official warns that U.K. workers could be "hired and fired by algorithm," and said new legal protections for regulating artificial intelligence...

'I Monitor My Staff With Software That Takes Screenshots'
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'I Monitor My Staff With Software That Takes Screenshots'

The increase of employees working from home during the coronavirus pandemic coincides with a spike in demand from employers for surveillance software.

Car Insurers Warn on 'Autonomous' Vehicles
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Car Insurers Warn on 'Autonomous' Vehicles

The motor insurance industry is warning carmakers against the use of the word "autonomous" in their marketing.

Who Controls Your Data?
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Who Controls Your Data?

The EU's General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) will change how companies and individuals collect, store and share data.

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...

More Than 480 Web Firms Record 'every Keystroke'
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More Than 480 Web Firms Record 'every Keystroke'

The technique—known as session replay—is used by companies to gain an understanding of how customers use websites.

Apple Defends Complying with China Over Vpns
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Apple Defends Complying with China Over Vpns

Virtual Private Networks are often used to skirt censorship and surveillance in countries with tight restrictions on internet use.

­S Ready to 'hand Over' the Internet's Naming System
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­S Ready to 'hand Over' the Internet's Naming System

The US has confirmed it is finally ready to cede power of the internet's naming system, ending the almost 20-year process to hand over a crucial part of the internet's...

How 'robo Recruiters' Could Affect Your Job Prospects
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How 'robo Recruiters' Could Affect Your Job Prospects

Next time you apply for a job, it could be a computer algorithm deciding whether or not you fit the bill.

Could Vietnam Become the Next Silicon Valley?
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Could Vietnam Become the Next Silicon Valley?

Eddie Thai and Binh Tran are the kind of American entrepreneurs you'd expect to meet in Silicon Valley.

Brynjolfsson and Mcafee: The Jobs that AI Can't Replace
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Brynjolfsson and Mcafee: The Jobs that AI Can't Replace

At the heart of capitalism is the concept of creative destruction.

The Team That Keep a Watchful Eye on the Iss
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The Team That Keep a Watchful Eye on the Iss

In a darkened room, deep within the high-security perimeter of Redstone Arsenal, a US army base in Huntsville, Alabama, eight men and women sit behind concave banks...

Hong Kong Children Learn to Code After School
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Hong Kong Children Learn to Code After School

On a lazy Friday afternoon, a small group of primary school students open their laptops and, laughing and chatting, plunge straight into the world of computer programming...

Facebook to Open AI Lab in Paris
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Facebook to Open AI Lab in Paris

Facebook is to expand its artificial intelligence research, opening its first lab outside the US, in Paris.

The Invisible Network That Keeps the World Running
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The Invisible Network That Keeps the World Running

It’s been just over 45 years since the Apollo Moon landings, and some would have it that we are failing to build big anymore; that we've since become too fascinated...

The Hidden Ways Traffic Flows Around ­s
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The Hidden Ways Traffic Flows Around ­s

Get in your car and drive.

How to Conquer the Galaxy on a Computer
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How to Conquer the Galaxy on a Computer

Space is big. Really big. And not just in terms of the mind-boggingly vast distances between the stars and planets out there in the Universe at large.
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