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Face It, Meatsack: Pro Gamer Will Be the Only Job Left
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Face It, Meatsack: Pro Gamer Will Be the Only Job Left

Look at economic data closely and the trends aren't pretty: People with elite backgrounds are hoovering up an increasing share of new income and wealth.

How We Could Close Tech's Gender Gap In a Decade
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How We Could Close Tech's Gender Gap In a Decade

We all know that the technology industry has a gender problem. But how do you move the needle from awareness to action? Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg and Girls Who...

No, Robots Aren't Killing the American Dream
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No, Robots Aren't Killing the American Dream

Defenders of globalization are on solid ground when they criticize President Trump's threats of punitive tariffs and border walls.

Grace Hopper's Compiler: Computing's Hidden Hero
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Grace Hopper's Compiler: Computing's Hidden Hero

One, zero, zero, one, zero, one. Zero, one, one…

The Former Secretary of Defense Outlines the Future of Warfare
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The Former Secretary of Defense Outlines the Future of Warfare

To an engineer in Silicon Valley, the Defense Department can look a little old, a little slow, and a little fat.

Talk of Tech Innovation Is Bullsh*t. Shut ­p and Get the Work Done, Says Linus Torvalds
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Talk of Tech Innovation Is Bullsh*t. Shut ­p and Get the Work Done, Says Linus Torvalds

OSLS Linus Torvalds believes the technology industry's celebration of innovation is smug, self-congratulatory, and self-serving.

Nyu Creates Pathway to Master's Degree For Non Computer Science Students
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Nyu Creates Pathway to Master's Degree For Non Computer Science Students

New York University's Tandon School of Engineering has launched a new online program that gives students lacking a background in CS the opportunity to switch fields...

Is the Library the New Public Square?
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Is the Library the New Public Square?

The Future of the Libraries Task Force seeks feedback on recommendations to make MIT's research library an open global platform. 

Cryptoparties Teach Attendees How to Stay Anonymous Online
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Cryptoparties Teach Attendees How to Stay Anonymous Online

Don't expect balloons and singing at a cryptoparty.

The Next Big Blue-Collar Job Is Coding
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The Next Big Blue-Collar Job Is Coding

When I ask people to picture a coder, they usually imagine someone like Mark Zuckerberg: a hoodied college dropout who builds an app in a feverish 72-hour programming...

Coming Technology Will Likely Destroy Millions of Jobs. Is Trump Ready?
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Coming Technology Will Likely Destroy Millions of Jobs. Is Trump Ready?

American manufacturing job losses to China and Mexico were a major theme of the presidential campaign, and President Trump has followed up on his promise to pressure...

IBM to Train 25 Million Africans For Free to Build Workforce
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IBM to Train 25 Million Africans For Free to Build Workforce

IBM is ramping up its digital-skills training program to accommodate as many as 25 million Africans in the next five years, looking toward building a future workforce...

As Goldman Embraces Automation, Even the Masters of the ­niverse Are Threatened
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As Goldman Embraces Automation, Even the Masters of the ­niverse Are Threatened

At its height back in 2000, the U.S. cash equities trading desk at Goldman Sachs’s New York headquarters employed 600 traders, buying and selling stock on the orders...

Tech vs. Trump War Over Immigration Intensifies
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Tech vs. Trump War Over Immigration Intensifies

Shortly after his election victory, Donald Trump assembled executives from tech giants including Amazon, Apple and Google for a meeting at Trump Tower meant to...

Hour of Code Sends Computer Scientists to Schools
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Hour of Code Sends Computer Scientists to Schools

Computer scientists from Argonne and Fermilab National Laboratory and computer science students from the University of Chicago visited 49 schools in the greater...

Microsoft Leads Pushback Against Trump Immigration Order
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Microsoft Leads Pushback Against Trump Immigration Order

Microsoft Corp. is asking U.S. officials to grant exceptions for law-abiding, visa-holding workers and students from President Donald Trump’s immigration order,...

Will You Graduate? Ask Big Data
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Will You Graduate? Ask Big Data

At Georgia State's nursing school, the faculty used to believe that students who got a poor grade in "Conceptual Foundations of Nursing" probably wouldn't go on...

­.s. Reports on Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering
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­.s. Reports on Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering

The National Center for Science and Engineering Statistics has released the 2017 Women, Minorities, and Persons with Disabilities in Science and Engineering report...

Tech Companies Fight Trump Immigration Order in Court
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Tech Companies Fight Trump Immigration Order in Court

Technology executives have for days assailed President Trump's executive order suspending immigration from seven mostly Muslim countries, framing their arguments...

Quantum Computing Paranoia Creates a New Industry
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Quantum Computing Paranoia Creates a New Industry

Fear sells in the computer security business.
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