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Arianna Huffington Wants You To Observe Shabbat — And Switch Off Your Devices
Arianna Huffington has embarked on a new initiative aimed at reducing our dependence on technology.
Google Translate for Yiddish? It Ain’t Worth Bupkis.
Google’s new translation program may be top of the line but it still mixes up the Yiddish words for “brothel” and “dictionary.”
Jew Bot Eugene Goostman Is Kind of a Perv
Eugene Goostman is happy to talk about his ‘Jewish identity.’ But you don’t want to know what the computer-generated entity has to say about his ‘little friend.’
The Smartest Computer-Generated Kid Ever Is Jewish
Eugene Goostman is the first-ever computer generated entity to respond so well to questions that even experts would think he’s a real person. Guess what? He’s totally Jewish.
Apple's Jewish History — 30 Years After Iconic Super Bowl Ad
In 1984, a Super Bowl ad touted the MacIntosh computer — and changed the world. Thirty years later, Eric Schulmiller looks back at the Jewish role in the emergence of Apple.
A Program Developed by German Police Could Help Track Down Neo-Nazis
The German police plans to up their game in the fight against neo-Nazism with a app that can identify “forbidden songs” beloved of Germany’s far-right.
Dead Sea Scrolls Get New Translation Courtesy of High-Resolution Imaging
With the help of new technology, three experts in ancient Hebrew have been able to discern a different reading of the passage from a fragment of one of the Dead Sea Scrolls.
Can Computers Break Codes of Cairo Genizah?
The Friedberg Genizah Project will use a high performance computer network at Tel Aviv University to break the codes of the Cairo Genizah.
Federations Ramp Up Defense Against Computer Hacking
The security arm of the Jewish federations network is intensifying training to resist cyber attacks in the wake of a wave of such attacks on synagogue websites.
Raining on Likud's Parade
It looked as if today’s primaries to choose the candidate roster for Israel’s ruling Likud party was going to be delayed by Operation Pillar of Defense. But the party showed resilience and went to the polls as scheduled — only to have the process descend in to a shambles by problems with the snazzy computerized system on which members are meant to vote.