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Scrapping Ict Gcse 'was a Mistake' Finds Education and It Skills Report
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Scrapping Ict Gcse 'was a Mistake' Finds Education and It Skills Report

A new report says the U.K. government's November 2015 decision to scrap basic ICT instruction at secondary and A-Level schools was a mistake.

Facebook Has Repeatedly Trended Fake News Since Firing Its Human Editors
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Facebook Has Repeatedly Trended Fake News Since Firing Its Human Editors

The Intersect ran a little experiment a few weeks ago: During the work day, we’d check in with Facebook each hour, on the hour, and record which topics were trending...

The Search For Virtual Reality's Killer App
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The Search For Virtual Reality's Killer App

Sony Corp.'s release of the PlayStation VR on Thursday brings virtual reality to the cusp of mainstream adoption.

Why Do Some STEM Fields Have Fewer Women Than Others?
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Why Do Some STEM Fields Have Fewer Women Than Others?

A University of Washington study identifies three main factors driving gender disparities across STEM fields.

Welcome Your New Robot Overlords: Humans
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Welcome Your New Robot Overlords: Humans

I became a robot.

Celebrating Pioneering Women in STEM at the MIT Libraries
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Celebrating Pioneering Women in STEM at the MIT Libraries

For Ada Lovelace Day, an annual celebration of the history of women in STEM fields, the MIT Libraries looks at 10 women with works in its significant collection...

­nder Hawaii's Starriest Skies, a Fight Over Sacred Ground
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­nder Hawaii's Starriest Skies, a Fight Over Sacred Ground

Little lives up here except whispering hopes and a little bug called Wekiu.

Highlights from the 2016 World Maker Faire
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Highlights from the 2016 World Maker Faire

The chill in the air last weekend was a reminder that fall has arrived in New York City.

'we're Doing It Wrong'  Vandana Sikka on Computer Science Education
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'we're Doing It Wrong' Vandana Sikka on Computer Science Education

The alarming lack of computer science educated students is only matched by the lack of teachers in this discipline. Infosys Foundation USA chair Vandana Sikka talks...

Abi Names Highest Scoring Organizations from 2016 Top Companies Program
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Abi Names Highest Scoring Organizations from 2016 Top Companies Program

The Anita Borg Institute has announced the 2016 Top Companies for Women Technologists Leadership Index. The national benchmark program named 25 organizations as...

Europe's Love/hate Relationship with Silicon Valley, and What that Means For ­.s. Tech Firms
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Europe's Love/hate Relationship with Silicon Valley, and What that Means For ­.s. Tech Firms

The last time Mark Zuckerberg visited Berlin, he appeared to be having a really good time.

Science at Cusp of 'transformational' Grasp of Life via Cell Modeling, Researchers Say
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Science at Cusp of 'transformational' Grasp of Life via Cell Modeling, Researchers Say

A new paper recently published in the Journal of Molecular Biology shows how advances in molecular biology and computer science around the world soon may lead to...

Tech Billionaires Convinced We Live in the Matrix Are Secretly Fund Scientists to Break Us Out of It
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Tech Billionaires Convinced We Live in the Matrix Are Secretly Fund Scientists to Break Us Out of It

Some of the world's richest and most powerful people are convinced that we are living in a computer simulation. And now they're trying to do something about it.

STEM Programs Find Sexist Culture Hard to Shake
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STEM Programs Find Sexist Culture Hard to Shake

Many female students say that they still feel unwelcome in STEM culture, citing microaggressions and sometimes even downright misogyny

Even with Rising Wages, Robot Revolution Skips Restaurants
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Even with Rising Wages, Robot Revolution Skips Restaurants

Clamshell grills are making burger flipping obsolete at McDonald’s, Johnny Rockets and other burger chains. Digital kiosks, tabletop tablets and mobile phones are...

The Computer Voting Revolution Is Already Crappy, Buggy, and Obsolete
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The Computer Voting Revolution Is Already Crappy, Buggy, and Obsolete

Six days after Memphis voters went to the polls last October to elect a mayor and other city officials, a local computer programmer named Bennie Smith sat on his...

Nsf Grant Preps Milwaukee Teachers For Computer Science Certification
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Nsf Grant Preps Milwaukee Teachers For Computer Science Certification

Marquette University has received a $1 million U.S. National Science Foundation grant that will lead to thousands of Milwaukee Public Schools students learning...

Nsf Funds Big Data Project in Digital Agriculture
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Nsf Funds Big Data Project in Digital Agriculture

The NSF if funding a collaborative project focused on data science and Big Data applications in agriculture, concentrated on automating the Big Data lifecycle for...

Why Big Pharma Wants to Collect 2 Million Genomes
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Why Big Pharma Wants to Collect 2 Million Genomes

Five months after announcing its intentions to gather genome sequences from 2 million people, pharmaceutical giant AstraZeneca has selected geneticist David Goldstein...

Iphone Exploit Bounty Surges to an Eye-Popping $1.5 Million
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Iphone Exploit Bounty Surges to an Eye-Popping $1.5 Million

A controversial broker of security exploits is offering $1.5 million (£1.2 million) for attacks that work against fully patched iPhones and iPads, a bounty that's...
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