We often think of digital as “permanent”, but is it really? What about my VHS tapes? https://xkcd.com/1909/

I feel like I always post dire warnings, so here is something great that people are doing with robots: https://spectrum.ieee.org/automaton/robotics/humanoids/iros-2017-honda-unveils-prototype-e2dr-disaster-response-robot

https://www.technologyreview.com/s/608871/finally-a-driverless-car-with-some-common-sense

https://news.vice.com/story/indias-biometric-database-is-a-massive-achievement-and-a-dystopian-nightmare

Did you know that in 2017 the information technology industry employed approximately 98 thousand individuals in the state of Minnesota?

https://www.cnbc.com/amp/2017/09/07/credit-reporting-firm-equifax-says-cybersecurity-incident-could-potentially-affect-143-million-us-consumers.html

http://blog.walmart.com/innovation/20170906/why-the-future-needs-more-girls-who-code

Would you like to be part of the next generation of voice recognition? Google is looking for volunteers to improve its understanding of different words and different accents. https://aiyprojects.withgoogle.com/open_speech_recording

Whether you played Zork as much as I did or not, this is an interesting read. Do videogames have to be fair (or winnable)? http://blog.zarfhome.com/2017/08/your-load-is-too-heavy-zork-deep-reading.html