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Xerox has agreed to restate several years’ worth of its financials and pay a record-shattering $10 million penalty. Meanwhile, the SEC now seems likely to go after Qwest. Months after Enron, in other
We live in a busy world and can save time and effort by using the ls command when we need to look for files and data. But without a lot of tweaking, the default ls output isn't quite soothing to the e
To justify new office space and perks for the Pied Piper team, incoming CEO Jack Barker delivers a well-worn anecdote. While Richard, who has accepted a demotion to Chief Technical Officer, is skeptic
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Image Credit: Shutterstock Dataminr , a New York-based company specializing in AI that provides real-time information to customers, today announced it has raised $475 million at a post-money valuation
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Computers and Creativity Computers and Creativity Last updated May 12, 2021 The value of computers is not inherent; it is what we are able to do with them that makes them valuable. But what we can do
I am sitting with my shoulders scrunched, my feet up on my desk, and my rear end tilted so that I am as close as one can be in a chair to lying down. In a pasta police lineup, I’d be elbow macaroni. “
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