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Sitting at his computer in Copenhagen in 2004, he would challenge players from all over the world on one of the first ...

With the holidays upon us: what do you gift to the person who seemingly: a) has everything, b) wants for nothing, or c) is ...

Computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee invented the World Wide Web. He helped ensure its core technologies were released to the world without patents or royalties. Universal, open access mattered more to ...

Excerpted with permission from the publisher The Shortest History of AI‎,‎ Toby Walsh, published by Picador India.

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