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Job security and hiring in tech have plummeted. How much is AI to blame?

by Kristin Schwab and Sarah Leeson
Apr 1, 2024
Tech companies may have over hired in the pandemic. Now, AI and other economic forces are creating a shrink in the tech sector.
While the IT sector added more than 260,000 jobs in 2022, last year it grew by a mere 700 jobs, and that number is expected to shrink even more in 2024.
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Atlanta museum charts computers' evolution over time

by Stephen Fowler
Aug 23, 2019
The Computer Museum of America features massive supercomputers, an evolutionary timeline of computing and a tribute to tech that got us to space.
One of the earliest known computers, a Datapoint 2200, sits in a glass case at the Computer Museum of America.
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CEO Satya Nadella on why he's hitting refresh at Microsoft

by Kai Ryssdal and Bridget Bodnar
Sep 27, 2017
The "consummate insider" talks about the course change he's planned for the legacy tech company.
Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft Corp., speaks at the Microsoft annual shareholders meeting in Bellevue, Washington, in 2016.
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"Did Apple effectively work with China to burn a billion books in Tiananmen Square this weekend?"

by Ben Johnson and Kristin Schwab
Aug 1, 2017
Here's how the VPN ban will affect businesses' bottom lines — and user browsing.
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Why this ransomware attack is more alarming than the last

by Ben Johnson and Kristin Schwab
Jun 28, 2017
Chester Wisniewski, senior security researcher with Sophos, talks to us about the latest cyber breach.
Is your computer safe?
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Amazon is helping veterans find jobs in cloud computing

by Molly Wood and Clare Toeniskoetter
Jun 8, 2017
The tech company's head of talent acquisition says she knows difficult it can be for a vet to find a civilian job.
Veterans register for a job fair.
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Microsoft thinks Minecraft can help STEM education

by Molly Wood and Jana Kasperkevic
May 2, 2017
An interview with Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella on the company's new suite of software for students and teachers.
Students at Tesla STEM High School in Redmond, Wash. have been coding with Minecraft and working alongside the Minecraft Education Team.
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Will your city be the next tech hub?

by Molly Wood
Apr 18, 2017
Droves of places beyond New York, Boston and Silicon Valley want to become the next center of local and global innovation. Do they have the right ingredients?
An aerial view shows the Silicon Valley location of IBM in San Jose, California April 21, 2000.
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Min Headroom: Pop artificial intelligence t 30

by Ben Johnson
Aug 14, 2014
How does 80s character Max Headroom compare to AI products in 2014?
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