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Building the Metaverse - are you ready?

As the lines between offline and online begin to disappear, are we ready to build digital spaces that transcend the...
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From hero to zero: meteoric rise and fall of Tandy computers

Home computers should have been a short-term play, plugging a hole in Tandy Corps’ sales left by a passing tech...
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Designers gone wild: most bizarre functioning computers

Throughout the history of computing, computer manufacturers released quite a few oddities to the public. Take a look at some...
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A decade-long attempt to enter PC history: Atari home computers

Atari’s name is almost synonymous with video games and everything ’80s. However, the video game titan made home computers for...
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Titans that perished: Commodore

Few 'greats' from the dawn of personal computing of the late '70s remain unscathed. One of the unfortunate, Commodore, has...
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Recent Facebook, LinkedIn and Clubhouse leaks explained

Everyone’s social media platforms are leaking data lately. But why?It won’t have escaped your notice that a lot of people’s...
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Forget Windows, Apples, and Penguins: enter a world of ‘lost’ OSs

Most consumers can’t imagine their life without an established operating system. However there’s a whole world of alternative OSs.
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Coded bias: do you need to be white to play peekaboo with a robot?

Facial recognition systems are prone to errors, especially when it comes to people of color. When Joy Buolamwini first started...
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Bitcoin is horrible, but NFT will shine, early investor in blockchain claims

More than a decade ago, Shidan Gouran, an early investor in the blockchain space, got 3000 bitcoins as a gift....
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Facebook data leak: you should be on the lookout for scams

A database containing 533M Facebook users’ data resurfaced on the internet, only this time for free. It means that more...
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How hacking affects the bitcoin market

Is there more than just market forces behind crypto price fluctuations?The price of bitcoin has reached new highs during 2021,...
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How can we design AI systems to avoid health inequities? Anthropologist answers

The Sepsis Watch watch is a rare example of numerous AI systems in healthcare that actually works. The reason is...
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The cybersecurity skills gap: How businesses are attracting cyber talent

The effects of the global pandemic on the job market have been profound. It has impacted everything from healthcare to...
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Big tech races to reduce carbon footprint

As an environmentally conscious citizen of the world, you might take shorter showers, add LED lights to your home, recycle...
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NFTs: the future is non-fungible

Over the last few weeks, it has been impossible to escape the hype surrounding the latest tech craze of non-fungible...
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Cybersecurity limbo: is there a place for women in the industry?

11% of the cybersecurity workforce worldwide are women, and it drops to only 7% in Europe. Experts argue that cybersecurity...
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The birth of the Artificial Intelligence of Things

Emerging technologies such as the Internet of Things (IoT) and Artificial Intelligence (AI) have continued to dominate headlines in recent...
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The ‘1977 trinity’ and other era-defining PCs

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Technology is prone to lose functionality over time. Diminished performance, however, can be compensated by growing nostalgia. Since personal computing...
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Is someone tracking you? Signs that you may have been targeted by stalkerware

Are your emails disappearing? Does it feel like someone knows where you are at all times? Does someone recite you...
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A blast from the past: the finest retro PCs people use

In a world where new gadgets are released weekly, it’s easy to forget all the cool tech that was. Since...
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