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Martyring Aaron Swartz: where were the activists when he needed them?
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Big Data: from retrospect to prediction and back again
In the ‘50s Sci-Fi writer Isaac Asimov introduced the strange fictional science of psychohistory in his Foundation series. The story is set in the…
Beautifying Google and the story behind Siri: top tech stories you should read
From the big G’s revamp to the stories behind some major innovators: this instalment of our weekly tech round up features everything from Google’s…
Researchers use DNA to store an mp3, PDF and Shakespeare’s sonnets
Are you bored with carting around multiple flashdisks and hard-drives to carry around your digital possessions? How would you feel about storing your files…