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Inside the Computer (EDSAC) - Computerphileyoutube.com
One of the first computers in the world, EDSAC is being rebuilt at the National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park. Andrew Herbert takes us on a walk arou... -
Running on Emptyoutsideonline.com
Over the past decade, ultrarunning has gone from a fringe pursuit for distance freaks to a hypercompetitive sport attracting big-time sponsors. But a mysterious training condition is suddenly plaguing its ranks, robbing a generation of top athletes of ... -
chronicle.com
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The American Scholar: Instant Gratification - Paul Robertstheamericanscholar.org
As the economy gets ever better at satisfying our immediate, self-serving needs, who is minding the future? -
Australian senate passes controversial anti-piracy, website-blocking lawssmh.com.au
Watershed moment for film and TV industry as controverisal anti-piracy laws pass. -
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Google DeepMind Teaches Artificial Intelligence Machines to Read | MIT Technology Reviewtechnologyreview.com
The best way for AI machines to learn is by feeding them huge data sets of annotated examples, and the Daily Mail has unwittingly created one. -
Supreme Court Strikes Down Warrantless Searches of Hotel Records, Reaffirms Fourth Amendment Facial Challengeseff.org
The Fourth Amendment is one of the most powerful protections against intrusions into individuals' private lives, and the Supreme Court’s decision this week in City of Los Angeles v. Patel is a reassuring sign that citizens’ ability to rebuff overzealou... -
Dollar Shave Club Is Valued at $615 Millionblogs.wsj.com
Lots of videos go viral. Few prove as lucrative as Michael Dubin’s. -
The Trillion-Dollar Market To Remake Business Applicationstechcrunch.com
Among big businesses the proliferation of these on-demand services significantly trails their adoption amongst consumers, despite B2B services representing.. -
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raganwald.com
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wryun.github.io
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Magnetic mirror holds promise for fusionarstechnica.com
In a Polywell design, a high-density plasma excludes magnetic field, traps itself. -
Popular Security Software Came Under Relentless NSA and GCHQ Attacks - The Interceptfirstlook.org
To thwart and extract hacks from anti-virus software companies, the spy agencies reverse engineered software, intercepted email and spied on web traffic. Kaspersky Lab was a major target. The result was potentially a gold mine of exploits. -
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