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Artificial intelligence
fromFast Company
1 day ago

Historian Mar Hicks on why nothing about AI is inevitable

Generative AI hype often functions as marketing that drives deskilling, job displacement, and fragile infrastructure while accelerating credentialization and workforce churn.
fromPortland Monthly
1 month ago

Property Watch: A Commune Where Steve Jobs Picked Apples

The origins of Apple involve a McMinnville commune where Steve Jobs found inspiration for the company name.
Apple
fromArs Technica
2 months ago

Reddit user surprised when 1960s computer panel emerged from collapsed family garage

The RCA Spectra 70 family signifies an important technological advancement in the 1960s, with its mainframe systems now considered collectibles due to their rarity.
fromFast Company
3 months ago

Who invented Facebook's Like button? It's complicated, say the authors of this new book

The Like button has profoundly shaped digital interaction and social media culture.
A new book explores the origins and implications of the Like button.
fromMail Online
3 years ago

Early man's greatest invention was the HANDLE, study claims

The transition from hand-held to hafted tool technology marked a significant shift in conceptualising the construction and function of tools.
Gadgets
fromTheregister
3 months ago

Techie diagnosed fault by checking the customer's coffee

Ryan later chuckled, recalling that he had to explain to the customer that their calculators were working fine, but they weren't receiving adequate power.
Tech industry
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