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Meet the inventor of the electronic spreadsheet | Dan Bricklin

Dan Bricklin changed the world forever when he codeveloped VisiCalc, the first electronic spreadsheet and grandfather of programs you probably use every day like Microsoft Excel and Google Sheets. Join the software engineer and computing legend as he explores the tangled web of first jobs, daydreams and homework problems that led to his transformational invention.

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Quantum Computing

Astor Perkins: Quantum Computing Panel

The panel will be moderated by William Hurley, CEO of Strangeworks. Also on the panel are: – Peter Chapman, CEO & President of IonQ – Dan Caruso, Executive Chairman at ColdQuanta – Professor Winfred Hensinger from the University of Sussex – Dr. Joe Fitzsimons, CEO of Horizon Quantum Computing

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Covid Pandemic Future

The Workplace Of The Future

The pandemic has changed the way companies, even staunch opponents of remote work, look at remote working policies. What does this mean for the workplace of the future? BBC Click looks at what working will look like in years to come.

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Covid Pandemic Future

BBC Click on the WFH Boom

The pandemic has changed the nature of office work. BBC Click talks to Zoom about the future of home working and visits an AI insect farm that’s producing animal feed in a smart and sustainable way.

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Developer

Deep Dive into C# Async/Await/Task

Take a deep dive into the asynchronous programming style in C# we take a deep diving looking at the state machine that the async keyword spawns. Source: https://github.com/T0shik/raw-coding-101-tutorials/tree/master/Async%20Await%20Task Related Articles https://devblogs.microsoft.com/premier-developer/dissecting-the-async-methods-in-c/ https://www.codeproject.com/Articles/535635/Async-Await-and-the-Generated-StateMachine https://ranjeet.dev/understanding-how-async-state-machine-works/

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AI Economics of AI

Are Global Workers Are Ready for Retraining?

In light of the recent Data Driven podcast episode on preparing workers for the coming AI storm, Joseph Fuller, professor at Harvard Business School, says that the story we hear about workers being afraid for the future of their jobs might not be right. In surveying 11,000 people in lower-income and middle-skills jobs and 6,500 […]

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AI Economics of AI

Infinite Productivity and the End of Work

Loop AI Labs Cognitive Computing has an interesting video on what the future of work in a world where automation becomes commonplace.

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AI Economics of AI Future

Is Your Job Safe – Collaboration, Automation, or Annihilation?

The Economist has an interesting look at the future of work and how automation will change the face of work.

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