It's the kind of electronic junk that piles up in basements and garages—an old computer motherboard with wires sticking out.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jun 21, 2013
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An original Apple computer from 1976 has sold at auction for nearly $388,000.
Consumer & Gadgets
Jul 10, 2013
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If you are stuck in a highly repetitive, altogether routine job with no alternative employment options, then Scott Herriott of the Maharishi University of Management, in Fairfield, Iowa, suggests you take 20 minutes twice ...
Economics & Business
Jul 4, 2014
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Many households in impoverished regions around the world are starting to shift away from inefficient and polluting fuel-based lighting—such as candles, firewood, and kerosene lanterns—to solar-LED systems. While this ...
Energy & Green Tech
Jul 19, 2016
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Prison inmates who receive general education and vocational training are significantly less likely to return to prison after release and are more likely to find employment than peers who do not receive such opportunities, ...
Social Sciences
Aug 22, 2013
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Care to guess what is the world's fastest growing industry? Health care? Biotech? Energy? Nope. According to a recent report, it's robotics.
Robotics
May 7, 2015
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(Phys.org) —A study conducted by business and economic researchers Ernesto Reuben, Paola Sapienza, and Luigi Zingales, has found that both men and women hold biases against women's math abilities. In their paper published ...
With the rise of the big-box retailer in the past four decades, many are concerned that U.S. middle-class jobs in manufacturing have been replaced by minimum-wage jobs in retail.
Economics & Business
Jun 7, 2016
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Google's unveiling last week of yet another device it hopes will change the way people watch TV highlights a stubborn truth: The revolution may be televised, but television itself has so far been impervious to a revolution.
Telecom
Aug 2, 2013
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As part of the UK government's latest economic plan, disabled people may have to look for jobs they can do from home or face cuts to their benefits. Previously, disabled people with limited ability to work may have received ...
Social Sciences
Nov 27, 2023
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