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Baltimore, MD, United States
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Documentation Academy Aims to Empower Open Source Newcomers
Canonical's Open Documentation Academy aims to help newcomers participate in the open source community, offering mentorship and…
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The Trouble With Brain Science
Are we ever going to figure out how the brain works?
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The Incredible Shrinking Tech Spending Projections
Summer is flying by; Gartner has already trimmed its annual projections for worldwide information technology spending.
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Searching For Answers in Very Old Dna
As he puts it in the subtitle of his memoir, "Neanderthal Man," Svante Paabo goes in search of lost genomes.
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Microsoft Makes Bet Quantum Computing Is Next Breakthrough
Modern computers are not unlike the looms of the industrial revolution: They follow programmed instructions to weave intricate patterns.
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nblinking Eyes Track Employees
A digital Big Brother is coming to work, for better or worse.
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As Robotics Advances, Worries of Killer Robots Rise
From driverless cars to delivery drones, a new generation of robots is about to revolutionize the way people work, drive and shop.
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Losing the Key
In this age of rapid transformation, the house key has been surprisingly resistant to change.
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Jonathan Ive on Apple's Design Process and Product Philosophy
When Steven P. Jobs led Apple, he created a core principle for the company's designers and engineers: stay fully focused on making great products.
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Cyberattack Insurance a Challenge For Business
Julia Roberts's smile is insured. So are Heidi Klum’s legs, Daniel Craig's body and Jennifer Lopez's derrière.
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Tackling the Limits of Touch Screens
Touch screens are ubiquitous on tablets and smartphones, but their flat glass surfaces can hinder close reading and accurate typing.
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Should Young Children Learn Coding?
Re "Reading, Writing, Arithmetic and Now Coding" (front page, May 11): Schools and parents are really off the mark in introducing coding (and technology in general)...
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Some Predictions About the Internet of Things and Wearable Tech From Pew Research
Remember the prediction that one day your oven would be connected to the Internet and have the ability to talk to your car?
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Your Digital Trail Follows You to the Border
Information, money and jobs flow easily around the world, yet it’s getting tougher for travelers to cross some borders.
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Devices That Know How We Really Feel
Admit it: Sometimes you just want to punch your PC, or slap your smartphone, or knock your notebook.
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A Student-Data Collector Drops Out
To hear executives at inBloom tell it, their $100 million education technology start-up is shutting down after only 15 months of operation because it was too far...
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Bend It, Charge It, Dunk It: Graphene, the Material of Tomorrow
I just want to say one word to you. Just one word.
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Hey, Robot: Which Cat Is Cuter?
One recent morning, while contemplating writing this column, I scrolled through thousands and thousands of listings for mundane microgigs on Mechanical Turk, or...
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Half of New York's Tech Workers Lack College Degrees, Report Says
The fast-growing technology industry in New York is often cited as a magnet for graduates of the nation's top universities.
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Search For Lost Jet Is Complicated By Geopolitics and Rivalries
The frantic hunt for Malaysia Airlines Flight 370 has been, in one way, a nearly miraculous display of international collaboration: 26 nations, many of them rivals...
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Faculty Mini Sabbatical Program - Summer 2025 - Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory - Livermore, CA
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