Turing Award Goes to Creators of Computer Programming Building Blocks
When Alfred Aho and Jeffrey Ullman met while waiting in the registration line on their first day of graduate school
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Month: March 2021
Why Amazon’s Union Vote Matters
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Review: In ‘Made for Love,’ She Can’t Get Him Out of Her Head
Cristin Milioti has claimed a curiously specific character niche: woman escaping from twisted sci-fi trap. In the “Black Mirror” episode
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If You Care About Privacy, It’s Time to Try a New Web Browser
Meet the private browsers Firefox Focus, DuckDuckGo and Brave are all similar, but with some important differences. Firefox Focus, available
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Black Executives Call on Corporations to Fight Restrictive Voting Laws
Dozens of the most prominent Black business leaders in America are banding together to call on companies to fight a
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How Big Is Amazon, Really?
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The company behind N.B.A. Top Shot, a viral NFT trend, raises $305 million.
Here’s what you need to know: The I.R.S. said it had begun a “multi-step process” to check the eligibility for
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How the Pandemic Changed Office Design: Hot Desks and Zoom Rooms
Since the pandemic sent workers home last year, a slew of modifications have been made to office buildings to protect
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As Mask Mandates Lift, Retail Workers Again Feel Vulnerable
Marilyn Reece, the lead bakery clerk at a Kroger in Batesville, Miss., started noticing more customers walking around the store
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Hunting Ghost Particles Beneath the World’s Deepest Lake
The lake is as much as a mile deep, with some of the clearest fresh water in the world, and
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