“Consider This, from NPR and WNYC, is the first podcast (ever!) to offer a mix of national and local news, every weekday at 5 PM. With NPR’s Audie Cornish and WNYC’s Rebeca Ibarra.”
“Do you have an old PC lying around gathering dust? Would you like to make use of the old small-capacity USB flash drive sitting in your draw? You can reuse your old computer and a USB flash drive by installing a super small Linux operating system (also known as a “distribution” or “distro”)”
“Microsoft tested out a four-day work week in its Japan offices and found as a result employees were not only happier – but significantly more productive.”
“Alphabet Inc.’s Google said it’s built a computer that’s reached “quantum supremacy,” performing a computation in 200 seconds that would take the fastest supercomputers about 10,000 years.”
“The overarching goal in business today is twofold: act in real time and increase efficiencies to a point of zero cost to execute. This effort applies to every process, from the basic to the most esoteric.”
“On Tuesday, Amazon announced in a blog post that the consumer business — which encompasses Amazon Prime, Alexa, and Kindle — has turned off the last Oracle database it was using, migrating 75 petabytes of data to Amazon Web Services databases.”
“Booking Holdings another Facebook Libra partner leaves the coalition of companies holding the founding member position at the Libra Foundation.”
“In every country of the world, the security of computers keeps the lights on, the shelves stocked, the dams closed, and transportation running.”
“Google Chrome is a powerhouse of a browser that’s been with us since it launched way back in 2008, ushering in a new era of speedy, simple tab-based browsing. These days its not quite as lean as it once was, but it’s risen to be the most popular browser out there.”
“Given the most recent stats, it’s highly likely you have. Over half of all Americans over 12 years of age have listened to at least one. Podcasts have well and truly hit the mainstream.”
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