Photo: IBM You may not know who Frances Allen is from the top of your head, but you should. Not only was she the first female IBM colleague, but she was also the first female winner of the prestigious Turing Award. If that wasn’t impressive enough, Allen also pioneered computer …
Read More »Microsoft buying TikTok could lead to problems controlling social media content
If Microsoft were to complete a purchase of TikTok, it would get a company with a lot of potential for revenue growth. But with such a purchase, Microsoft would also adopt a whole new slate of problems. Microsoft announced on August 2 that it was in talks to buy TikTok’s …
Read More »Ilhan Omar faces a fierce primary challenge in Minnesota
If Minnesotans go to the polls Tuesday, the political futures of one of the state’s most progressive Democrats – as well as the most conservative – will be on the ballot. In the Fifth District of Minnesota, voters will decide whether to Rep. Ilhan Omar – a former Somali refugee …
Read More »Cuomo dismisses independent investigation into nursing home deaths coronavirus as political
New York Prime Minister Andrew Cuomo said on Monday “you should be blind” to thinking of talks to investigate further talks about the death of coronavirus linked to state nursing homes amid the pandemic are “not political.” Cuomo told a news conference Monday that he “would not investigate” the deaths …
Read More »Climate change: Satellites record history of Antarctic melting
Copyright Getty Images Image by image Ice boards can extend hundreds of meters underwater Twenty-five years of satellite observations have been used to reconstruct a detailed history of Antarctic ice sheets. These ice platforms are the driving protrusions of glaciers flowing out of the land, encircling the entire continent. The …
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