Stanford’s John Hennessy, now chair of Google parent Alphabet, and Berkeley’s David Patterson developed the Reduced Instruction Set Computer in the 1980s. https://media.wired.com/photos/5ab1a93aec5e9b19adb81e03/master/pass/TuringAward-Hennessey-web.jpg
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Sewers paved with gold? $1.8m worth of precious metals turn up in Swiss wastewater
Published time: 12 Oct, 2017 05:06 The next gold rush could be brewing beneath the streets of Switzerland if a new study from the country’s water research body is to be believed. Researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, known as EAWAG, its German acronym, surveyed 64 wastewater treatment plants across […]
Sewers paved with gold? $1.8m worth of precious metals turn up in Swiss wastewater
Published time: 12 Oct, 2017 05:06 The next gold rush could be brewing beneath the streets of Switzerland if a new study from the country’s water research body is to be believed. Researchers from the Swiss Federal Institute of Aquatic Science and Technology, known as EAWAG, its German acronym, surveyed 64 wastewater treatment plants across […]
How Canadians paved the way for the U.S. women's hockey deal
It seems there is peace between the U.S. women’s hockey team and its federation. The deal reached Tuesday between the players and USA Hockey has averted a boycott of the upcoming world championships that nobody wanted. This battle over wages, equity and respect has spawned a loud debate, with many prominent voices weighing in, mostly […]
Obamacare Paved the Way for That Gattaca-Style Employer’s Law
A new Republican bill would loosen privacy protections for workers. And it would use parts of the Affordable Care Act to do it. The post Obamacare Paved the Way for That Gattaca-Style Employer’s Law appeared first on WIRED. WIRED