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Yes, Amazon, I've always wanted to talk to my 1980s microwave

Some of Amazon's newest gadgets are wonderfully infantilizing, showing humans just how useless we are.
It's not the jobs AI is destroying that bother me, it's the ones that are growing

There are tragedies in a new list prepared by LinkedIn. Some of them are in the section that shows which jobs have grown in this era of artificial intelligence. ...
How 9/11 changed my IT consulting career

It felt great to have full command of one's destiny, to report to no-one. To not have to climb any ladders or engage in corporate politics. It was invigorating to be one's own man and my ...

Do you have to wear those AirPods all the time?

What is it with people who insert Apple's bluetooth headphones and wear them all day? Is this the horror of the wearable future that Apple will be enhancing next week? ...
Samsung's foldable phone: Here's how it could be brilliant

Samsung says it's time to deliver on a foldable phone. But what might the benefits for consumers be?
Holberton alternative school for software engineers comes to the East Coast

Holberton, the software engineering school for software developers by software programmers, is coming to New Haven, Connecticut.

OK, Google. What are you afraid of?

As Twitter's Jack Dorsey and Facebook's Sheryl Sandberg prepare to face the Senate Select Committee, Google only offers up a lawyer. Why?
How to remove bots and trolls and clean up your Twitter feed in seconds

Some simple changes to your Twitter account settings instantly removes most of the bots and trolls and anything else you don't want from your feed, which results in a much more pleasant ...
Trump says Google peddles fake news. The horror of it

The president believes Google is against him and fixes its search results. Can this be?

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