Prime Leverage: How Amazon Wields Power in the Technology World ...
Software start-ups have a phrase for what Amazon is doing to them: ‘strip-mining’ them of their innovations. Published: […]
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To Prevent Deadly Infections, F.D.A. Approves the First Disposable ‘Scope’ ...
Reusable duodenoscopes infected patients in a series of notorious outbreaks. Now there’s a disposable model to be used […]
Tony Brooker, Pioneer of Computer Programming, Dies at 94 by ...
After meeting Alan Turing, Mr. Brooker went to work at the University of Manchester and wrote the programming […]
A Research Nonprofit Shutters TB Vaccine Effort and Lays Off ...
A financially troubled Seattle research institute cut back programs, leaving researchers to find new homes for work on […]
Frail Older Patients Struggle After Even Minor Operations by BY ...
These patients are not aware of the true risks, and surgeons aren’t telling them, new research suggests. Published: […]
Even Hermit Crabs Have Wealth Inequality by ELIZABETH PRESTON
The distribution of shells in one population of hermit crabs matched how wealth is shared in some human […]
The Week in Tech: Countdown to the California Consumer Privacy ...
Companies are figuring out how to deal with a new law that gives individuals the right to see, […]
China’s Climate Paradox: A Leader in Coal and Clean Energy ...
As world leaders gather in Spain to discuss how to slow the warming of the planet, a spotlight […]
Geminids Meteor Shower Will Peak in Night Skies by NICHOLAS ...
Meteor showers can light up night skies from dusk to dawn, and if you’re lucky you might be […]
Killer Robots Aren’t Regulated. Yet. by BY JONAH M. KESSEL
“Killing in the Age of Algorithms” is a New York Times documentary examining the future of artificial intelligence […]