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An open call to technology companies: Do More, Know Less
Photo by Tracy Le Blanc from Pexels For over a decade, we’ve been told that participating in a connected digital world requires giving up our personal data, our privacy, and...
Feb. 20, 1995: Massachusetts builds 'motor voter' system
“Massachusetts drives ‘motor voter’ system” published in Computerworld Volume 29, Issue 8 on February 20, 1995 To comply with the 1993 National Voter Registration Act, Massachusetts built a centralized voter...
Feb. 5, 1990: MIT's Project Athena advances distributed computing
A collaborative project born to advance computing infrastructure at MIT led to important developments in distributed computing. “Petitioning the gods of distributed computing” published in Computerworld Volume 24, Issue 6...
Foundation announces new grants to accelerate potential of digital health
BOSTON – The Patrick J. McGovern Foundation has awarded more than $5.8 million in new grants for innovative data- and AI-driven approaches that support digital transformation of health systems and...
May 3, 1993: Computer users overwhelmed by new "unstructured" information streams
A flood of new information streams led to the birth of “information overload” for computer users. “Grow with the information flow” published in Computerworld Volume 27, Issue 18 on May...
May 3, 1993: Computer industry adopts green policies
In response to concerns about landfill waste from discarded computers and government incentives to be more energy efficient, companies adopted new environmentally friendly standards in the 1990s. “PC makers embrace...