Founder of Adobe and developer of PDFs dies at age 81
Charles "Chuck" Geschke—the co-founder of the major software company Adobe Inc. who helped develop Portable Document Format technology, or PDFs—died at age 81.
Apr 18, 2021
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Automotive
CEO of Google's self-driving car spinoff steps down from job
The executive who steered the transformation of Google's self-driving car project into a separate company worth billions of dollars is stepping down after more than five years on the job.
Apr 2, 2021
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Security
Airline IT provider hacked, frequent flyer data breached
The hack of a company that manages ticket-processing and frequent-flier data for major global airlines—including Star Alliance and OneWorld members—has compromised the personal data of an unspecified number of travelers.
Mar 6, 2021
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Business
AI panel urges US to boost tech skills amid China's rise
An artificial intelligence commission led by former Google CEO Eric Schmidt is urging the U.S. to boost its AI skills to counter China, including by pursuing "AI-enabled" weapons – something that Google itself has shied ...
Mar 1, 2021
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Engineering
What does a rock climbing belay device have in common with a subsea cable installation vessel?
,What does a rock climbing belay device have in common with a subsea cable installation vessel?
Jan 14, 2021
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Robotics
Butler on wheels, robot cutting salad: How COVID-19 sped automation
For decades, the attitude of unions and their advocates to increased automation could be summed up in one word: no. They feared that every time a machine was slipped into the workflow, a laborer lost a job.
Dec 16, 2020
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Business
Google AI researcher's exit sparks ethics, bias concerns
Prominent artificial intelligence scholar Timnit Gebru helped improve Google's public image as a company that elevates Black computer scientists and questions harmful uses of AI technology.
Dec 5, 2020
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Boeing to consolidate US 787 production in cost-saving move
Boeing will consolidate manufacturing of the 787 Dreamliner plane to one plant in the US, ending production of the wide-body jet in Washington state, the company announced Thursday.
Oct 1, 2020
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Security
Report: Hackers aimed at manufacturing firms during pandemic
In the first six months of the year, as most of the world shut down because of COVID-19 and workers everywhere shifted to working remotely, online criminals and state-backed hackers got busy breaking into computer networks, ...
Sep 16, 2020
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Internet
Zoom got big fast. Then videobombers made it rework security
intrusive "videobombers" barged into private meetings or just spied on intimate conversations.
Jul 1, 2020
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