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Eugene H. Spafford: Malware Nemesis

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Spafford ’s more than three decades as professor of computer sciences at Purdue University , in West Lafayette, Ind., Indeed, the field didn’t really exist when he graduated from the State University of New York at Brockport with a bachelor’s degree in math and computer science in 1979. During Eugene H.

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Why Are More U.S. Drivers Going Without Auto Insurance?

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While insurers bemoan the fact that people are abandoning coverage, Americans are annoyed that the rates (which they’re legally obligated to pay in most cases) continue to climb. But the above numbers are from 2022 and are universally assumed to have increased a few percentage points by now. Rules between states vary immensely.

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This Harvard Law Professor is an Expert on Digital Technology

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Zittrain conducts research on what’s happening across the sweep of digital technology and writes about his findings in blogs, magazines, and books. Providing free access to books and legal decisions Much of Zittrain’s work looks at ways to make information more widely available. His legal work includes working on Eldred v.

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When "AI for Good" Goes Wrong

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This guest article is adapted from the author’s new book From Pessimism to Promise: Lessons from the Global South on Designing Inclusive Tech , published by MIT Press. The Market for Tech Altruism In August, the European Union’s legal framework on AI, the AI Act , entered into force.

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Who Really Invented the Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery?

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Oxford takes the handoff In 1976, John Goodenough [left] joined the University of Oxford, where he headed development of the first lithium cobalt oxide cathode. The University of Texas at Austin It was the first of many false starts for the rechargeable lithium battery. But he found no takers. Sony, however, did more than “confirm” it.

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How the Graphical User Interface Was Invented

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It took some 30 years of effort by engineers and computer scientists in universities, government laboratories, and corporate research groups, piggybacking on each other’s work, trying new ideas, repeating each other’s mistakes. Menus list choices of action. But the development of today’s graphical user interface was anything but simple.

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How Ted Hoff Invented the First Microprocessor

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His passion for the field led him from New York City’s used electronics stores to elite university laboratories, through the intense early years of the microprocessor revolution and the tumult of the video game industry, and ultimately to his job today: high-tech private eye. While working toward his Ph.D. Date of birth Oct. MS, 1959, Ph.D.,

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