Pittsburg State University

Computer Science majors partner with Miners Hall Museum to bring local history into the digital age

Assistant Professor Jackson Samuel Ravindran and a team of Computer Science majors have transformed local history into an ...

Inside the Windows 1.0 reunion: How a scrappy team shipped the product that changed everything, eventually

A scrappy group of early Microsoft developers and business leaders reunited this week, 40 years after releasing Windows 1.0, ...

Several GCSE and A-level exams could be taken on screen from 2030

Exams regulator Ofqual is consulting on allowing exam boards to each submit proposals for two qualifications with onscreen ...

The EPA Was Considering a Massive Lead Cleanup in Omaha. Then Trump Shifted Guidance.

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The Economist

Humans were lighting fires from scratch a lot earlier than previously thought

The human use of fire, attested by evidence from Africa, goes back around 1.6m years. But, hitherto, the oldest signs of ...
The Economist

The next version of the web will be built for machines, not humans

Today’s web runs on monetising human attention, through search ads and social feeds. Alphabet and Meta, among the biggest ...
Nature

Neanderthals mastered fire — 400,000 years ago

Archaeological evidence makes a compelling case for Neanderthal-created fires 400,000 years ago in Suffolk, UK — plus, how ...

‘Artificial intelligence’ myths have existed for centuries – from the ancient Greeks to a pope’s chatbot

It seems the AI hype has turned into an AI bubble. There have been many bubbles before, from the Tulip mania of the 17th ...