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Password alternatives exist, but a password-free future could be slow in coming

Most people use at least slightly different passwords to authenticate their multiple e-mail, financial ...

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Test your knowledge of IT name changes

Over the years, I've noticed many shifts in what things are called and the changes in language have always fascinated me. My first recollection of this was moving as a kid from one home to another. There ...

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Learning to write computer code provides numerous advantages to children

In 2012, Estonia started on a countrywide program to teach children as young as age 7 how to write computer code. England updated its national curriculum to include coding in September 2014, ...

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Ten popular programming languages to pay attention to

Programmers convert computer programs and applications designed by software developers into code or a set of instructions that a computer can understand and execute. Given that computers ...

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Make yourself an ideal coworker

We all have to work with other people to do our jobs though we don't always interact face-to-face — particularly now, with the pandemic far from over. Whether communication happens ...

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Distributed cloud computing is bring the cloud closer to all of us

The growth of distributed cloud computing is one of research and consulting firm Gartner's Top 10 Strategic Technology Trends for 2020. Gartner defines a distributed cloud as the distribution ...

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Snake your way into programming with Python

Snakes can be a peculiar thing. Some people hate them, and others love them but no one can deny their — wait, what? Oh, the development language. Who's ready to talk about Python? ...

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5G is what you think (faster, more powerful) and not what you've heard (a vector for infectious deseases)

During a recent conversation with a non-techie friend, I was asked about the impending rollout ...

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Have some Raspberry Pi! The tiny computer that makes a big difference

I remember when I was young and my mom would put out a fresh raspberry pie. I would sneak downstairs and peel off the crust, just enough to get a little filling, and then would run away to her screams ...

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Baked-in Bias: AI may not be forged from as many viewpoints as it should be

Artificial intelligence (AI) is an amazing realm and direction of research that promises to speed up the development of computer systems able to perform tasks that normally require human ...

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