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DAVID Koch recalls the day Joe Hockey rang saying his investment banker wife Melissa Babbage was selling "everything we own''. It was a year before the global financial crisis hit and the stock market ...

Is it hyperbolic to say that humanity is entering a new age with AI? And what does that mean? Well, for one thing, many of those who think deeply about IT would contrast the twentieth century, as the ...

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As you might expect from its name, the "Difference Engine" is a strangely difficult object to describe. You might start by imagining the side of a large crib with uprights ringed by small metal wheels ...

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Ada Lovelace is having a moment. The Victorian mathematician and proto-computer programmer has long been one of precious few historical role models for scientifically inclined young girls; but as the ...