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Harvard Academics Build Robot That Teaches Kids How to Write Code
Harvard researchers have built a $10 robot that has been designed to teach children how to write code. The small AERobot can be connected to a computer via USB and programmed in a specially modified language called minibloqs. The language is similar to Scratch, which allows kids to learn programming by…
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Northern Ireland Government Website Displayed Users’ Information in Public Searches
In an example of truly terrible website design, a site set up by the government of Northern Ireland to encourage people to learn the Irish language, has been temporarily shut down after it was revealed that users’ private and personal data was indexed in public searches. If you visited the Líofa website and conducted…
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Oxford Dictionary Adds Douchbaggery, Adorbs & Many More to Its Collection
The Oxford English Dictionary has done well to avoid many of the new words that litter our vocabulary these days, but as our language is ever evolving and changing, so as the terms that need to be recorded for future generations. Of course even I will admit that some of…
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13 New Languages Added to Gmail Covering 94% of the World’s Internet Population
Google has announced it has added 13 new language support for its Gmail service, which previously had support for 58 languages, summing up the service’s language support to a total of 71 languages now. The company has stated that, along with the new languages addition, it also now covers 94…
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Modified Version Of “Google Now” Available In Any Android Supported Language
Up until now, Google Now app could be used only when the device is set to English US and would not allow non-English users to use the application in their native language. However, Sletmo from XDA has found a way to modify the source code in order to use Google Now…
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