Software & IT

What Sheryl Sandberg’s Exit Reveals About Women’s Progress in Tech

New York Times: When Sheryl Sandberg said this week that she was resigning as chief operating officer of Meta, she also reflected on her legacy as a woman in tech. “I’m especially proud that this is a company where many, many exceptional…

How Physicists Are Using Quantum Computers to Hunt for Quantum Gravity

Discover Magazine: One of science’s great challenges is to reconcile the two theories that form the foundation of modern physics. These are quantum field theory, which governs the universe on the smallest scale, and general relativity, which governs the universe on…

4 Tips to Make Tech Work Better in Schools, From Sal Kahn and Other Experts

Education Week: It’s been more than two years since schools pivoted wholesale to remote learning and pumped up their use of technology to record levels. Yet even though most schools…

How to Write Software With Mathematical Perfection

Quanta Magazine: Leslie Lamport may not be a household name, but he’s behind a few of them for computer scientists: the typesetting program LaTeX and the work that made cloud infrastructure at Google and Amazon possible. He’s also brought more attention…