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Some day fact-checking will be as easy as using spell-check.
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The recycling firm that had an Apple I computer dropped on its doorstep is now looking for the mystery woman that unknowingly donated the legendary piece of technology.
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Researchers use Minecraft as a testing ground for a new algorithm that will help robots make better decisions.
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Four states are currently in the process of approving measures to allow high school students to fulfill foreign language-learning requirements with a computer language instead.
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