Statistics Canada (StatsCan) recently published its population estimates for the second quarter (April to June) of 2022. Along with the raw estimated population growth figure, the report also indicated the significant influence that immigration had on Canada’s…

A tool that can classify water as hot or cold from the sound of pouring.

No one trusts Google. It has exhibited such poor understanding of what people want, need and will pay for that at this point, people are wary of investing in even its more popular products.

The Stellarium team did it. Stellarium 1.0 is here!

The oldest known writing systems first emerged in Mesopotamia, between 3400 and 3100 BC, and Egypt, around 3250 BC. The Latin alphabet, which I'm using to write this post and you're using to read it, gradually took the shape we know between the seventh century…

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Palantir Technologies had a secret plan to deepen its relationship with the UK’s National Health Service without public scrutiny.

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Two thousand years ago, a young Cilician named Oppian, wanting to rehabilitate his disgraced father, decided to write Halieutica, an account of the world of fishes, as a gift for Marcus Aurelius. It was a mixture of possible fact and definite fiction – if…

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NYU professor Jonathan Haidt is resigning an academic association after attempts to force diversity statements into his work.

This is a guest post from Jen Weber. Enjoy. Dear new developer, Welcome! I’m so glad you are here. We need your help to build accessible apps, inclusive engineering teams, and incredible products. …

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