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It’s not more bandwidth that users need

An exclusive look inside Turing’s notebooks shows his DIY approach

Rachel Plotnick’s “re-buttonization” expertise is in demand

Companies are thinking seriously about how to link quantum processors

Several companies have announced record-breaking 128-terabyte SSDs

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Big data and AI specialist roles are expanding rapidly

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Our new strategic plan emphasizes collaboration and aims to boost members’ careers

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TryEngineering is among 52 projects sharing a $2 million grant

The USC professor’s tools can interpret emotional cues

A Nigerian student hopes to use tech to improve health care and infrastructure

Hagit Messer-Yaron’s algorithm uses cellular networks to collect weather data

IEEE-USA’s annual survey shows base salaries climbed by 5 percent

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Grace Hopper’s A-0 compiler paved the way for modern programming languages

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