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FIT redesigns its art market Master’s programme with the aim of diversifying the field
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The Fashion Institute of Technology (FIT), part of the State University of New York, has revamped its Master’s programme in art market studies in an effort to “better reflect the realities of the evolving art market, and to…
With This App Made By 100+ Language Experts, You’ll Be Speaking A New Language In 3 Weeks
By Ed M. Wood
Over 100 linguists are currently beavering away at Babbel HQ to develop the best language-learning app ever. Over one million active subscribers are already convinced. So who are these people and what are they doing…
GoDaddy expels neo-Nazi site over article on Charlottesville victim
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Web hosting company GoDaddy has given a US neo-Nazi site 24 hours to find another provider after it disparaged a woman who died in protests in Virginia.
The Daily Stormer published a piece denigrating Heather Heyer, who was…
Silicon Valley’s accidental war with the far right has opened a Pandora’s box
Silicon Valley is finding itself entrenched in battle with the far right over ground rules for the digital world, a conflict that mirrors the polarization of American politics in recent years.
The recent firing of a Google engineer for…
A New Theory About How Acid Reflux Is A Lot Worse Than You Think
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Imagine being in so much pain because of acid reflux that you lose your ability to speak. Think about not being able to feed yourself because you are too scared of the inevitable pain that eating any kind of food will put you…
Look Ma, I Got a Job for Life: Teenager Hacks US Air Force in “Bug Bounty”
In April 2017, the US Department of Defense announced its “Hack the Air Force” bug bounty program, in which some 600 hackers and security researchers from around the world would be invited to hack USAF cyber programs and determine…
Farther and Faster – NASA’s New Horizons Spacecraft Heads for the ‘Third Zone
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NASA’s New Horizons spacecraft will now venture into the mysterious Third Zone – also known as the Kuiper Belt – an icy asteroid region containing objects well outside of the orbit of the farthest planets.
New…
DNA infected with a software virus has successfully been used to take control of a computer,…
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DNA infected with a software virus has successfully been used to take control of a computer, according to new research.
Popular open-source gene-sequencing software has now been spoofed by malware encoded inside of a…