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San Francisco, California, United States About Blog Techmeme provides the essential tech news of the moment. It provides the top news and commentary for technology's leaders. Frequency 28 posts / day Blog techmeme.com
Facebook fans 174.7K ⋅ Twitter followers 424.2K ⋅ Social Engagement 70ⓘ ⋅ Domain Authority 79ⓘ ⋅ Alexa Rank 11.8Kⓘ

United States About Blog Reporting on the business of technology, startups, venture capital funding, and Silicon Valley Frequency 30 posts / day Since Aug 2008 Blog techcrunch.com
Facebook fans 2.8M ⋅ Twitter followers 10.1M ⋅ Social Engagement 1.3Kⓘ ⋅ Domain Authority 94ⓘ ⋅ Alexa Rank 1.7Kⓘ

Cambridge, Massachusetts, United States About Blog Join MIT Technology Review in leading the conversation about technologies that matter. Get stories from www.technologyreview.com and more from their editors, staff & readers. Frequency 4 posts / day Blog technologyreview.com
Facebook fans 1.5M ⋅ Twitter followers 1M ⋅ Instagram Followers 1.1M ⋅ Social Engagement 6.9Kⓘ ⋅ Domain Authority 91ⓘ ⋅ Alexa Rank 9.3Kⓘ

New York, United States About Blog Technology Lab provides original tech news, reviews and analysis on the most fundamental aspects of tech. Ars Technica has been serving the Technologist for more than a decade. Information technology news, reviews, and analysis. Frequency 1 post / day Blog arstechnica.com
Facebook fans 375K ⋅ Twitter followers 1.2M ⋅ Instagram Followers 19.4K ⋅ Social Engagement 2.9Kⓘ ⋅ Domain Authority 92ⓘ ⋅ Alexa Rank 4.5Kⓘ

California, United States About Blog Readwrite is a popular weblog that provides web technology news, reviews and analysis, covering web apps, web technology trends, social networking and social media. It is the leading media platform dedicated to IoT and Connected World. Forbes named ReadWrite one of the top 100 websites for entrepreneurs. Frequency 4 posts / day Blog readwrite.com
Facebook fans 117.3K ⋅ Twitter followers 1.6M ⋅ Instagram Followers 715 ⋅ Social Engagement 17ⓘ ⋅ Domain Authority 85ⓘ ⋅ Alexa Rank 26.7Kⓘ

San Francisco, California, United States About Blog VentureBeat is the leading source for latest technology news. We give context to help execs, entrepreneurs, & tech enthusiasts make smart decisions. Frequency 11 posts / day Also in Tech News Websites Blog venturebeat.com
Facebook fans 434.7K ⋅ Twitter followers 712.4K ⋅ Instagram Followers 3.3K ⋅ Social Engagement 443ⓘ ⋅ Domain Authority 93ⓘ ⋅ Alexa Rank 6.8Kⓘ

San Francisco, California, United States About Blog Recode covers tech news, reviews, and analysis with a team of the most informed and respected journalists in technology and media. It has received Excellence in Online Journalism Award from the U.S. National Press Foundation. Frequency 3 posts / day Blog vox.com/recode
Facebook fans 317.3K ⋅ Twitter followers 379.4K ⋅ Social Engagement 3.3K ⋅ Domain Authority 93 ⋅ Alexa Rank 2.2K

New York, United States About Blog Hosted by Nilay Patel and Dieter Bohn, alongside a cavalcade of tech luminaries, Vergecast is the only podcast you need to make sense of the week in tech news. The weekly show gives an irreverent and informative look at what's happening right now (and next) in the world of technology and gadgets. Frequency 2 posts / week Also in Technology Podcasts Blog theverge.com/the-vergecast
Facebook fans 3.5M ⋅ Twitter followers 2.7M ⋅ Domain Authority 93 ⋅ Alexa Rank 770

San Francisco, California, United States About Blog WIRED is where tomorrow is realized. You'll get the latest in tech news, science news, and geek culture. Frequency 16 posts / day Also in Technology Magazines, Geek Blogs Blog wired.com
Facebook fans 3M ⋅ Twitter followers 10.4M ⋅ Instagram Followers 1.4M ⋅ Social Engagement 1.5K ⋅ Domain Authority 94 ⋅ Alexa Rank 1.5K

Maine, United States About Blog Free Technology for Teachers provides teachers with ideas for using free technology resources in their classrooms for students education. The website is winner of many awards. Richard Byrne was a high school social studies teacher for nine years. Now, he conducts PD workshops, speaks at conferences all over the world, and writes about educational technology. Frequency 2 posts / day Blog freetech4teachers.com
Facebook fans 452.1K ⋅ Twitter followers 113.9K ⋅ Social Engagement 5K ⋅ Domain Authority 62 ⋅ Alexa Rank 143.5K

London, England, United Kingdom About Blog Readers will get the latest stories from the Technology section of the BBC News web site. You will find breaking news and analysis on computing, the web, blogs, games, gadgets, social media, broadband and more. Frequency 7 posts / day Blog bbc.com/news/technology
Facebook fans 463 ⋅ Twitter followers 762.9K ⋅ Instagram Followers 11.3M ⋅ Social Engagement 4.9K ⋅ Domain Authority 95 ⋅ Alexa Rank 93

New York, United States About Blog Technology News By The New York Times provides Insight and analysis on Silicon Valley and the technology industry. Frequency 7 posts / day Blog nytimes.com/section/technology
Facebook fans 17.2M ⋅ Twitter followers 1.8K ⋅ Social Engagement 13.3K ⋅ Domain Authority 95 ⋅ Alexa Rank 87

San Francisco, California, United States About Blog Asia AI News is a daily email digest of curated news covering artificial intelligence across Asia. Frequency 2 posts / quarter Blog medium.com/@asiaainews
Twitter followers 170 ⋅ Domain Authority 96 ⋅ Alexa Rank 130

San Francisco, California, United States About Blog CNET news editors and reporters provide top technology news, with investigative reporting and in-depth coverage of tech issues and events. It brings readers unbiased product reviews, the latest tech news, videos, podcasts, and helpful tech tips. Frequency 30 posts / day Blog cnet.com/news
Facebook fans 3.2M ⋅ Twitter followers 673.2K ⋅ Instagram Followers 823.4K ⋅ Social Engagement 457 ⋅ Domain Authority 94 ⋅ Alexa Rank 167

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States About Blog Technology News from The Washington Post includes topics such as social media, tech gadgets, tech news, internet policy, internet privacy, social networks, internet gaming, technology policy, technology regulation, patents, intellectual property policy and more. Frequency 5 posts / day Blog washingtonpost.com/business/..
Facebook fans 6.4M ⋅ Twitter followers 16.5M ⋅ Social Engagement 21 ⋅ Domain Authority 95 ⋅ Alexa Rank 178

New York, United States About Blog Business Insider is a fast-growing business site with deep financial, media, tech, and other industry verticals. here you will get to know, what you need to know about tech. Frequency 30 posts / day Blog businessinsider.com/sai
Facebook fans 9.4M ⋅ Twitter followers 3.1M ⋅ Instagram Followers 2.2M ⋅ Social Engagement 4.2K ⋅ Domain Authority 93 ⋅ Alexa Rank 256

New York, United States About Blog Get the latest technology news, including new product releases, sales figures and tech industry performance information at Reuters.com. Frequency 30 posts / year Blog reuters.com/news/technology
Facebook fans 4.3M ⋅ Twitter followers 22.5M ⋅ Instagram Followers 2.8M ⋅ Social Engagement 2K ⋅ Domain Authority 95 ⋅ Alexa Rank 421

New York City, New York, United States About Blog Get the latest science news and technology news, read tech reviews and more at ABC News. Frequency 2 posts / day Blog abcnews.go.com/Technology
Facebook fans 14.2M ⋅ Twitter followers 64 ⋅ Instagram Followers 2.2M ⋅ Social Engagement 32 ⋅ Domain Authority 93 ⋅ Alexa Rank 636

New York, United States About Blog The Verge covers the intersection of technology, science, art, and culture. Its mission is to offer in-depth reporting and long-form feature stories, breaking news coverage, product information, and community content in a unified and cohesive manner. Frequency 30 posts / day Blog theverge.com
Facebook fans 3.5M ⋅ Twitter followers 2.7M ⋅ Social Engagement 3K ⋅ Domain Authority 93 ⋅ Alexa Rank 770

Portland, Oregon, United States About Blog Cool Tech provides news and reviews covering everything from emerging technologies and cutting-edge scientific research to new products and concepts that defy categorization. Digital Trends mission is to help readers easily understand how tech affects the way they live. They are your authoritative guide to the world around you. They love, live and breathe tech so that they can explain it to you simply and clearly. Frequency 8 posts / month Blog digitaltrends.com/cool-tech
Twitter followers 2.1M ⋅ Social Engagement 1.1K ⋅ Domain Authority 92 ⋅ Alexa Rank 872

Sterling, Virginia, United States About Blog How-To Geek provides tech help to readers. It Includes help, tutorials, tips and how-to guides for Windows and Linux. Frequency 21 posts / day Blog howtogeek.com
Twitter followers 62.4K ⋅ Social Engagement 48 ⋅ Domain Authority 89 ⋅ Alexa Rank 791

About Blog The technology section of HuffingtonPost features Tech news and opinion. Get the latest tech news about the Web's top sites, the best gadgets, social media, high-tech companies, and current technology trends. Frequency 2 posts / month Blog huffpost.com/impact/technology
Facebook fans 10.2M ⋅ Instagram Followers 2.4M ⋅ Social Engagement 16.5K ⋅ Domain Authority 93 ⋅ Alexa Rank 863

Los Angeles, California, United States About Blog Technology news from the L.A. Times, covering devices, social media, apps, electronics and more technology business news. The Los Angeles Times is the only news organization in the West with the resources and commitment to cover important stories wherever they happen. Frequency 3 posts / week Blog latimes.com/business/technology
Facebook fans 2.8M ⋅ Twitter followers 3.5M ⋅ Instagram Followers 367.9K ⋅ Social Engagement 4.5K ⋅ Domain Authority 93 ⋅ Alexa Rank 1.6K

London, England, United Kingdom About Blog Keep a close eye on the fast-moving world of tech with the latest news and comment at the Technology section of Mirror.co.uk. It provides must-see news, features, videos and pictures from the Mirror's technology and science desk. Frequency 9 posts / day Blog mirror.co.uk/tech
Facebook fans 30.4K ⋅ Twitter followers 16.7K ⋅ Instagram Followers 188K ⋅ Social Engagement 308 ⋅ Domain Authority 93 ⋅ Alexa Rank 1.7K

Washington, District Of Columbia, United States About Blog Get latest updates from the technology section of the official site of The Atlantic Magazine. Frequency 3 posts / week Blog theatlantic.com/technology
Facebook fans 2.4M ⋅ Twitter followers 21.7K ⋅ Instagram Followers 383.1K ⋅ Social Engagement 8.2K ⋅ Domain Authority 93 ⋅ Alexa Rank 1.6K

London, England, United Kingdom About Blog The Daily Express is a daily national tabloid newspaper in the United Kingdom. Its technology section provides latest tips, trends and news on technology. Frequency 5 posts / day Blog express.co.uk/life-style/sci..
Facebook fans 1.4M ⋅ Twitter followers 806.9K ⋅ Social Engagement 4 ⋅ Domain Authority 93 ⋅ Alexa Rank 1.8K

United States About Blog MakeUseOf is your guide in modern tech. Learn how to make use of tech and gadgets around you and discover cool stuff on the Internet. Their blog covers all types of technology, including advice for all the popular operating systems and gadgets on the market. They also write about tips for users browsing, social media and gaming habits. Frequency 30 posts / quarter Blog makeuseof.com
Facebook fans 442.7K ⋅ Twitter followers 176.5K ⋅ Instagram Followers 20.5K ⋅ Social Engagement 434 ⋅ Domain Authority 88 ⋅ Alexa Rank 2.2K

Boston, Massachusetts, United States About Blog O'Reilly spreads the knowledge of innovators through technology books, online services, and tech conferences. You will find the technology resources you need at O'Reilly Media, a technology company at the leading edge. Frequency 3 posts / week Blog oreilly.com
Facebook fans 127.2K ⋅ Twitter followers 104.5K ⋅ Social Engagement 2 ⋅ Domain Authority 92 ⋅ Alexa Rank 2.9K

United States About Blog Android Authority is your source for Android. All the latest news, reviews, opinions, videos, giveaways and more. Android News blog dedicated to providing expert tips, news, reviews, Android Phones, Android Apps, Android Tablet, Rooting & Howtos. Frequency 30 posts / week Blog androidauthority.com
Facebook fans 2.3M ⋅ Twitter followers 1.1M ⋅ Instagram Followers 788.8K ⋅ Social Engagement 1.3K ⋅ Domain Authority 90 ⋅ Alexa Rank 3.1K

United States About Blog TechSpot has been breaking tech news and analysis catered to enthusiasts, power users, IT professionals and PC gamers. It is a computer and technology publication established in 1998. Read daily by thousands of power users, tech enthusiasts, IT decision makers and gamers, Frequency 16 posts / day Blog techspot.com
Facebook fans 139.4K ⋅ Twitter followers 21.4K ⋅ Instagram Followers 2K ⋅ Social Engagement 29 ⋅ Domain Authority 87 ⋅ Alexa Rank 3K

United Kingdom About Blog The Metro is a free newspaper published in tabloid format in the United Kingdom by DMG. Its technology section provides latest technology headlines, apps, mobile news and reviews Frequency 6 posts / day Blog metro.co.uk/news/tech
Facebook fans 2.4M ⋅ Twitter followers 330.7K ⋅ Instagram Followers 63.4K ⋅ Social Engagement 185 ⋅ Domain Authority 93 ⋅ Alexa Rank 3.6K

Mumbai, Maharashtra, India About Blog Tech2 provides latest technology news, reviews on mobile phones, laptops, gaming products, tablets and help you to make smart buying decisions with our product comparison tool and expert reviews. It is India's widest reach muti-platform technology media brand today. Frequency 23 posts / day Blog firstpost.com/tech
Facebook fans 105.3K ⋅ Twitter followers 75.7K ⋅ Instagram Followers 182.6K ⋅ Social Engagement 13 ⋅ Domain Authority 91 ⋅ Alexa Rank 4.1K

India About Blog Fossbytes is a leading source of technology news with a focus on Linux distro releases, security & hacking news, tutorials, tips and tricks, VPNs & more. Frequency 7 posts / day Since Aug 2014 Blog fossbytes.com
Facebook fans 564.6K ⋅ Twitter followers 13.1K ⋅ Instagram Followers 13.6K ⋅ Social Engagement 1.2K ⋅ Domain Authority 80 ⋅ Alexa Rank 6K

United States About Blog Team at iMore is dedicated to expanding users Apple universe with expert analysis, how-tos, and reviews for Mac, iPhone, iPad, Apple Watch, and beyond. Frequency 30 posts / day Also in Apple Blogs Blog imore.com
Facebook fans 98.7K ⋅ Twitter followers 188.5K ⋅ Instagram Followers 22.6K ⋅ Social Engagement 32 ⋅ Domain Authority 89 ⋅ Alexa Rank 5.6K

Sunnyvale, California, United States About Blog FindLaw, a Thomson Reuters business, providers consumers and lawyers with a range of case law, statutes, legal news, online career center, blogs and a variety of community-oriented tools. Technologist covers the latest legal technology news and developments. Frequency 4 posts / quarter Blog blogs.findlaw.com/technologist
Facebook fans 35.9K ⋅ Twitter followers 22.7K ⋅ Domain Authority 83 ⋅ Alexa Rank 6.1K

India About Blog Intellipaat offers professional certification online training courses authored by industry experts. Learn the high in-demand skills from our experts. Frequency 4 posts / week Also in IT Blogs Blog intellipaat.com/blog
Twitter followers 12.1K ⋅ Instagram Followers 818 ⋅ Domain Authority 50 ⋅ Alexa Rank 7.6K

Amsterdam, Noord-Holland, Netherlands About Blog The Next Web is one of the world's largest online publications that delivers an international perspective on the latest news about Internet technology, business and culture. The Tech section features the latest tech news from around the world. Internet of things, development, coding, infrastructure, security, cloud. Frequency 2 posts / day Blog thenextweb.com/section/tech
Facebook fans 1.1M ⋅ Twitter followers 1.7M ⋅ Instagram Followers 98.4K ⋅ Social Engagement 108 ⋅ Domain Authority 92 ⋅ Alexa Rank 7.4K

Boston, England, United Kingdom About Blog Computerworld covers a wide range of technology topics, including software, security, operating systems, mobile, storage, servers and data centers, emerging tech, and technology companies such as Microsoft, Google and Apple. Frequency 4 posts / day Blog computerworld.com
Facebook fans 958K ⋅ Twitter followers 250.7K ⋅ Social Engagement 150 ⋅ Domain Authority 89 ⋅ Alexa Rank 7.9K

United States About Blog Macworld from IDG provides news, reviews, tips, and insight on Apple's Mac, iPhone, iPad, iPod touch, and more. Whether you are a Mac die-hard or an iPad newbie we give you the scoop on what's new, what's best and how to make the most out of the products you love. Frequency 6 posts / day Blog macworld.com
Facebook fans 89.8K ⋅ Twitter followers 551.3K ⋅ Social Engagement 1.2K ⋅ Domain Authority 85 ⋅ Alexa Rank 8.1K

Cupertino, California, United States About Blog AppleInsider has been providing In-depth Apple news, analysis, reviews, how-to's and more since 1997. Frequency 26 posts / day Blog appleinsider.com
Facebook fans 53.2K ⋅ Twitter followers 518.7K ⋅ Instagram Followers 45.9K ⋅ Social Engagement 254 ⋅ Domain Authority 90 ⋅ Alexa Rank 7.9K

New York City, New York, United States About Blog BGR is your top source for everything entertaining, from gadgets and games to the most interesting stories on the web. It is a daily news source for technology, always encompassing cutting edge news and rumors. It has been featured in many major news sources such as the Wall Street Journal, ABC News, Reuters, Huffington Post, CNBC and more. Frequency 10 posts / day Blog bgr.com/tech
Facebook fans 268.6K ⋅ Twitter followers 150.8K ⋅ Social Engagement 114 ⋅ Domain Authority 91 ⋅ Alexa Rank 12.6K

About Blog This site is for the serious techie. At the same time, it's good for a laugh or a new hobby. It provides collaborative project hosting built for hackers by hackers. Frequency 11 posts / day Blog hackaday.com/blog
Facebook fans 179.7K ⋅ Twitter followers 171.5K ⋅ Social Engagement 231 ⋅ Domain Authority 87 ⋅ Alexa Rank 11.5K

Seattle, Washington, United States About Blog GeekWire provides tech news, commentary and other nerdiness from Seattle, covering Microsoft, Amazon, Google, Internet, startups, mobile, PCs, geek culture and more. It is a fast-growing, national technology news site with strong roots in the Seattle region and a large audience of loyal, tech-savvy readers around the globe. Frequency 1 post / day Blog geekwire.com
Facebook fans 135.7K ⋅ Twitter followers 137.1K ⋅ Instagram Followers 5.8K ⋅ Social Engagement 134 ⋅ Domain Authority 86 ⋅ Alexa Rank 13.5K

About Blog Connecting top publishers with leading advertisers inside a high value video ecosystem. Check the latest updates from vdo.ai blog posts. Read everything about Content, technology & Advertising. Frequency 12 posts / quarter Blog vdo.ai/blog
Facebook fans 252 ⋅ Twitter followers 34 ⋅ Domain Authority 26 ⋅ Alexa Rank 14.6K

Los Angeles, California, United States About Blog TechEBlog brings you the latest technology, gadget, and geek-related news from around the world. Blog techeblog.com
Facebook fans 152.5K ⋅ Twitter followers 47.4K ⋅ Domain Authority 72 ⋅ Alexa Rank 15.9K

New York, United States About Blog ExtremeTech is the Web's top destination for news and analysis of emerging science and technology trends, and important software, hardware, and gadgets. It delivers deep, insightful analysis of the very fundamentals of technology. Frequency 6 posts / day Blog extremetech.com
Facebook fans 507.2K ⋅ Twitter followers 112.8K ⋅ Social Engagement 282 ⋅ Domain Authority 89 ⋅ Alexa Rank 15.9K

San Francisco & Colorado, United States About Blog Hacker Noon is everything hackers need at noon. Frequency 29 posts / day Also in Hacker Blogs Blog hackernoon.com
Facebook fans 23.8K ⋅ Twitter followers 59.9K ⋅ Social Engagement 1 ⋅ Domain Authority 85 ⋅ Alexa Rank 16.8K

San Francisco, California, United States About Blog InfoWorld provides business technology, IT news, product reviews and enterprise IT strategies. InfoWorld from IDG is the website for IT decision makers seeking to modernize operations using the latest technologies, architectures, and strategies. Frequency 4 posts / day Also in San Francisco Blogs Blog infoworld.com
Facebook fans 77.4K ⋅ Twitter followers 93.7K ⋅ Social Engagement 269 ⋅ Domain Authority 83 ⋅ Alexa Rank 19.5K

United States About Blog TechHive helps you find your tech sweet spot. The guide you to products you'll love and show you how to get the most out of them. Get the latest news and analysis on smart-home technology. They cover everything from lighting controls to home security; home entertainment to smart appliances and more. Frequency 4 posts / day Blog techhive.com
Facebook fans 56.6K ⋅ Twitter followers 59.6K ⋅ Social Engagement 746 ⋅ Domain Authority 83 ⋅ Alexa Rank 19.5K

India About Blog Find Android Root, ROMs, Reviews & Tips. Frequency 9 posts / month Since Jan 2012 Blog droidviews.com
Facebook fans 42.9K ⋅ Twitter followers 2.7K ⋅ Domain Authority 71 ⋅ Alexa Rank 19.6K

Delaware, United States About Blog Welcome to Knowledgehut Blog. Explore ideas related to technology. All the things you need to know. Discover more about web development, mobile development, database, programming, marketing courses, etc and explore more. Frequency 5 posts / week Blog knowledgehut.com/blog
Facebook fans 88.5K ⋅ Twitter followers 5.1K ⋅ Instagram Followers 446 ⋅ Domain Authority 42 ⋅ Alexa Rank 22.2K

Minnesota, United States About Blog The School of Technology blog features industry tips and insight on the fast-growing technology world of today with topics that encompass everything from emerging IT and software engineering solutions, to cyber security and network administration, to everything in between. Blog rasmussen.edu/degrees/techno..
Facebook fans 5.4K ⋅ Twitter followers 367 ⋅ Instagram Followers 3.5K ⋅ Domain Authority 65 ⋅ Alexa Rank 21K

About Blog BetaNews is a leading source of technology news and analysis. Frequency 7 posts / day Blog betanews.com
Facebook fans 6.1K ⋅ Twitter followers 15.5K ⋅ Social Engagement 81 ⋅ Domain Authority 87 ⋅ Alexa Rank 22.6K

About Blog Techdirt blog uses a proven economic framework to analyze and offer insight into news stories about changes in government policy, technology and legal issues that affect companies' ability to innovate and grow. Frequency 8 posts / day Blog techdirt.com
Facebook fans 29.8K ⋅ Twitter followers 44.9K ⋅ Social Engagement 29 ⋅ Domain Authority 80 ⋅ Alexa Rank 20.9K

About Blog Redmond Pie is a site focused on technology news, views and reviews about products/services from Microsoft and its competitors like Apple and Google. They also specialize in developing and reviewing new Internet or mobile based software/services for iPhone, Android, Windows, Macs, Facebook and more that could make an impact on the new web space. Frequency 13 posts / day Blog redmondpie.com
Facebook fans 251.9K ⋅ Twitter followers 75.5K ⋅ Instagram Followers 7.2K ⋅ Social Engagement 17 ⋅ Domain Authority 80 ⋅ Alexa Rank 23.4K

Canada About Blog MobileSyrup is an independent resource on mobile technology in Canada - connecting to those who are mobile enthusiasts, professionals and shoppers. They provide daily market and industry news & reviews. Frequency 17 posts / day Also in Canadian Technology Blogs Blog mobilesyrup.com
Facebook fans 77.8K ⋅ Twitter followers 100.2K ⋅ Instagram Followers 26.6K ⋅ Social Engagement 31 ⋅ Domain Authority 80 ⋅ Alexa Rank 27.7K

New York, United States About Blog Gadget Flow is the original product discovery platform for staying up to date with the latest tech, gear, and most incredible crowdfunding campaigns. Reaching over 28 million people per month, our iOS and Android apps support AR and VR for next-level product exploration. Frequency 9 posts / day Also in Gadget Blogs Blog thegadgetflow.com
Facebook fans 383.6K ⋅ Twitter followers 47.3K ⋅ Instagram Followers 298K ⋅ Social Engagement 2 ⋅ Domain Authority 67 ⋅ Alexa Rank 29.8K

London, England, United Kingdom About Blog Read the latest technology news and expert analysis from Campaign, the world's leading business media brand for the marketing, advertising and media communities. Its Mission is to provide professionals from across the marketing, advertising and media communities with the creative firepower they need to attract and delight consumers. Frequency 1 post / week Blog campaignlive.co.uk/brand/tech
Facebook fans 30.4K ⋅ Twitter followers 204.6K ⋅ Instagram Followers 35K ⋅ Social Engagement 20 ⋅ Domain Authority 83 ⋅ Alexa Rank 30.9K

North Carolina, United States About Blog GFI Software builds affordable and easy-to-use IT solutions that enable businesses to discover, manage and secure their networks. GFI Blog is a technology blog for sysadmins and IT enthusiasts, covering tech issues most relevant to their day to day job of IT admins. Frequency 1 post / quarter Blog techtalk.gfi.com
Facebook fans 52K ⋅ Twitter followers 33.3K ⋅ Social Engagement 11 ⋅ Domain Authority 70 ⋅ Alexa Rank 31.9K

Palo Alto, California, United States About Blog EdSurge is an independent education technology information resource and community. Find K12 and HigherEd Edtech News, Research, Jobs, Products and Events. Frequency 2 posts / day Also in Education Technology Blogs, Education News Websites Blog edsurge.com
Facebook fans 30K ⋅ Twitter followers 145.6K ⋅ Social Engagement 96 ⋅ Domain Authority 77 ⋅ Alexa Rank 36.3K

Austin, Texas, United States About Blog Gigaom is the leading global voice on emerging technologies. They aim to demystify the world of emerging technologies. Their news, research and events provide deep insight on the companies, people and trends disrupting technology and media. Frequency 1 post / week Blog gigaom.com
Facebook fans 101K ⋅ Twitter followers 303K ⋅ Social Engagement 29 ⋅ Domain Authority 86 ⋅ Alexa Rank 37.2K

Portland, Oregon, United States About Blog Droid Life is an intense Android news community bringing you the latest in phones, rooting, apps, and reviews. They talk general news, feature apps, review phones, and even teach you how to hack a little. Frequency 7 posts / day Blog droid-life.com
Facebook fans 237.8K ⋅ Twitter followers 238.9K ⋅ Instagram Followers 37.5K ⋅ Social Engagement 81 ⋅ Domain Authority 84 ⋅ Alexa Rank 39.2K

Palo Alto, California, United States About Blog The SiliconANGLE Network, through video, blogging and photography, is your reference point for tech innovation. They combine wide-angle reporting with high quality insight to bring you daily breaking analysis on the areas of cloud, mobile, social and big data. Frequency 12 posts / day Blog siliconangle.com
Twitter followers 17.4K ⋅ Social Engagement 5 ⋅ Domain Authority 80 ⋅ Alexa Rank 39.2K

India About Blog Just Web World is a Popular trending Technology Blog which mainly covers topics related to Computer Tips and Tricks, Android, Business, How to Blog, SEO, WordPress, Web Designing tutorial, Security, Lifestyle and Technology News. The Just Web World is started in November 2012 by Harshil Barot. In a short time it going up and up. This blog provide such valuable information above the mentioned areas of interests. Frequency 5 posts / day Blog justwebworld.com
Facebook fans 27.4K ⋅ Twitter followers 737 ⋅ Instagram Followers 1.2K ⋅ Domain Authority 45 ⋅ Alexa Rank 43.9K

India About Blog Latest Technology news blog & a chrome extension that help to buy flash sale mobile. Best comparison chrome extension. Frequency 2 posts / day Blog flipshope.com/blog
Facebook fans 11.7K ⋅ Twitter followers 291 ⋅ Domain Authority 32 ⋅ Alexa Rank 47.3K

About Blog Tricky Enough aims to provide the best tips and tricks about internet marketing, SEO, WordPress and Blogging. Frequency 3 posts / day Blog trickyenough.com
Facebook fans 918 ⋅ Twitter followers 791 ⋅ Instagram Followers 335 ⋅ Domain Authority 34 ⋅ Alexa Rank 49.4K

New Delhi, Delhi, India About Blog Tech GYD (www.techgyd.com) is a technology oriented blog. The blog serves you important internet tips and tricks related to social media, blogging world, software reviews, troubleshooting problems. TechGYD covers tutorial, tips and tricks on Software, Mobile Apps, Blogging, Social Media, Web 2.0. Other topics Frequency 2 posts / day Blog techgyd.com
Facebook fans 70K ⋅ Twitter followers 5.8K ⋅ Social Engagement 2 ⋅ Domain Authority 54 ⋅ Alexa Rank 51.5K

Texas, United States About Blog With 28 years in IT business, ScienceSoft regularly providers experienced IT professionals and motivated beginners in IT with the best ideas and practices on project management, IT strategy development, platform consulting, digital transformation, and related topics in ScienceSoft's blog. Since May 2014 Also in Software Development Blogs Blog scnsoft.com/blog
Facebook fans 480 ⋅ Twitter followers 575 ⋅ Domain Authority 51 ⋅ Alexa Rank 52.8K

Irvine, California, United States About Blog iLounge is an independent provider of information about Apple Inc.'s iPod, iPhone and iPad digital media players, accessories, and related software. Its website is owned and operated by Dennis Lloyd's company iLounge, Inc. Frequency 6 posts / day Blog ilounge.com
Facebook fans 11.8K ⋅ Twitter followers 18.8K ⋅ Social Engagement 1 ⋅ Domain Authority 73 ⋅ Alexa Rank 53.8K

Fresno, California, United States About Blog Alice Keeler is Author 50 Things You Can Do With Google Classroom, her blog and a certified google teacher. Teacher Tech is a website created by her on educational topics such as Google Classroom, Google Apps, 3D printing, coding, common core, and teaching in the 21st century. Frequency 1 post / day Blog alicekeeler.com
Twitter followers 167.5K ⋅ Instagram Followers 3.6K ⋅ Social Engagement 20 ⋅ Domain Authority 53 ⋅ Alexa Rank 58.3K

Himachal Pradesh, India About Blog iTechHacks Welcomes you on the premium brand based blog of technology, we work hard and wants to put you up to date before others. Here we share our best knowledge to satisfy your hunger and craze about technology. Hope you will get all latest hacking tricks and tricks & tips about tech hacks and security tricks to protect you from hacking attacks. Frequency 1 post / day Blog itechhacks.com
Facebook fans 192.7K ⋅ Twitter followers 85 ⋅ Social Engagement 4 ⋅ Domain Authority 39 ⋅ Alexa Rank 60.3K

Dublin, Ireland About Blog Silicon Republic is a leading source for technology, science and start-up news, information and resources for people who are passionate about STEM. It is Ireland's leading website for IT and business decision-makers focused on making effective use of business and technology. Frequency 7 posts / day Also in UK Tech Blogs Blog siliconrepublic.com
Facebook fans 11.8K ⋅ Twitter followers 68.9K ⋅ Social Engagement 12 ⋅ Domain Authority 76 ⋅ Alexa Rank 77.2K

India About Blog TechQuila provides you with your daily shot of PC, video-game, smartphone, entertainment, lifestyle and science news. Here at TechQuila, we also hardware testing, game reviews and smartphone analysis. Frequency 10 posts / week Blog techquila.co.in
Twitter followers 371 ⋅ Domain Authority 44 ⋅ Alexa Rank 79.1K

About Blog @Techblog is an aspiring place for every software developer, designer, QC/QA engineers, PM, and business people. We aim to explore, collect, in order to share useful news, tutorials, tips, resources tools, design ideas, development, software development trend, and other inspirational topics. Frequency 5 posts / month Blog tech2020.news.blog
Domain Authority 46 ⋅ Alexa Rank 83.5K

New York, United States About Blog Explore what is happening in the world of web and technology here! Look out for the latest trends and find out our reviews and updates on all you need to know about. Frequency 1 post / week Blog unifiedinfotech.net/blog
Facebook fans 2.5K ⋅ Twitter followers 4.3K ⋅ Instagram Followers 84 ⋅ Social Engagement 6 ⋅ Domain Authority 35 ⋅ Alexa Rank 88.5K

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Science journalist and broadcaster Robyn Williams presents RN's The Science Show and Ockham's Razor. He has conducted countless interviews with scientists on ABC TV on programs such as Quantum and Catalyst, narrated the Nature of Australia series and appeared in World Safari with David Attenborough.

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The Science Show gives Australians unique insights into the latest scientific research and debate, from the physics of cricket to prime ministerial biorhythms.Airs Saturday 12pm Repeated: Monday 4am, Wednesday 12pmListen for free on your mobile device on the ABC Listen app, Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts or your favourite podcast app.

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Around the world, there are huge laboratories, impressive test chambers, and bizarre contraptions: all built to help us understand the world. Built for science.

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How Nokia Went From Phone Titan To Obsolete

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An element of truth - videos about science, education, and anything else I find interesting.

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Enter the world of the Mathologer for really accessible explanations of hard and beautiful math(s). In real life the Mathologer is a math(s) professor at Mon...

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3Blue1Brown, by Grant Sanderson, is some combination of math and entertainment, depending on your disposition. The goal is for explanations to be driven by animations and for difficult problems to be made simple with changes in perspective. For more information, other projects, FAQs, and inquiries…

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How clever is artificial intelligence? It currently helps us in many ways from car satnavs to detecting cancer cells but it's yet to be cleverer than us humans. We still need to train AI to do things but should we fear that it eventually learns too much? Neil and Sam discuss the subject and teach some useful vocabulary.

This week's question

In terms of brain cell count, what level of intelligence is AI currently working at? Is AI as smart as:

a) a frog
b) an earthworm
c) a bumblebee

Listen to the programme to find out the answer.

Vocabulary

chat-up lines
remarks men and women make to start up a romantic conversation with someone they don't know but find attractive

computer programmers
people who write, or code, computer programmes

algorithms
a set of rules or procedures to be followed by computers in problem-solving exercises

trial and error
repeating the same task over and over until finding the most successful way

minimising
reducing as much as possible

a stroke of luck
when something unexpected happens by good luck or chance

Transcript

Note: This is not a word-for-word transcript

Neil
Hello. This is 6 Minute English from BBC Learning English. I'm Neil.

Sam
And I'm Sam.

Neil
Do you like cooking, Sam? There's a new recipe I've been trying out - it's for 'frosted oysters'.

Sam
Frosted oysters?! Sounds... unusual. How do you make it?

Neil
Well, take a pound of chicken, then some cubed pork and half a crushed garlic.

Sam
Eh? I thought you said it was for 'frosted oysters', whatever they are.

Neil
Yes, that's right. Now heat it up until boiling and serve with custard.

Sam
Ugh, that sounds disgusting! Who on earth told you that recipe?

Neil
It's not 'who' told me, Sam, but 'what'. In fact, that recipe was made by computers using artificial intelligence, or AI, which is the topic of today's programme. In real life, AI is making huge progress - from car satnavs to detecting cancer cells. But as you can see from that revolting recipe, things don't always go according to plan.

So, just how intelligent is a rtificial intelligence? I mean, it definitely needs some cooking lessons!

Neil
Right. AI is not as intelligent as we tend to think. AI programmes use artificial brain cells to roughly imitate real brain cell activity, but they're still a long way behind human levels of intelligence. And that's my quiz question - in terms of brain cell count, what level of intelligence is AI currently working at? Is AI as smart as:

a) a frog

b) an earthworm

c) a bumblebee

Well, I don't think anyof those are good cooks either, to be honest. I'll say c) a bumblebee, because at least they can make honey!

Neil
Nice guess, Sam. We'll find out the answer later. But first let's find out more about how AI misunderstandings like the oyster recipe can happen. Janelle Shane is the author of 'You Look Like a Thing and I Love You' in which she tells her amusing experiences and bizarre experiments with AI.

Sam
You Look Like a Thing and I Love You - that's a strange title for a book, Neil.

Yes. It's another example of AI miscommunication. The book title is what a AI produced when asked to write chat-up lines - remarks men and women make to start up a conversation with someone they don't know but find attractive.

Here she is talking to the BBC World Service programme More or Less:

So even though we're talking about machines learning for themselves, there still need to be humans involved at the start of the journey. This human teaching is done by computer programmers - people who write, or code, the computer programmes used by AI.

Right. These programmers write algorithms - a set of rules or procedures to be followed in problem-solving exercises. So, for example, the AI that wrote that oyster recipe read thousands of other recipes before coming up with its own version.

In other words, Artificial intelligence uses a process of trial and error - repeating the same task over and over until finding the most successful way. Only in the case of the oyster recipe, there was more 'error' than 'trial'!

Neil
Well, according to Janelle Shane, we can learn a lot about something by seeing how it goes wrong. Here she is, talking about an AI which had been told to solve maths problems:

Neil
Well, let's settle it once and for all by answering today's quiz question. Remember I asked you how intelligent AI was in terms of brain cell count and you said, as intelligent as...

Sam
I said c) a bumblebee.

Neil
Well, here's Janelle again with the answer...

Janelle Shane
If you're looking at rough computing power, the algorithms we're working with are probably somewhere around the level of an earthworm.

Sam
So, the correct answer was b) as clever as an earthworm! No wonder AIs can't cook!

Sam
And AIs don't know much about cooking oysters either!

Neil
That's all from us from this programme. Be sure to join us again for more topical discussion and vocabulary at 6 Minute English for BBC Learning English. Bye for now!

Sam
Bye.

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How clever is artificial intelligence? It currently helps us in many ways from car satnavs to detecting cancer cells but it's yet to be cleverer than us humans. We still need to train AI to do things but should we fear that it eventually learns too much?

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IQ2 Debates - Tech

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We're curious what you would like to hear debated on the IQ2US stage, and who you would like to see debate.

Our producers read every submission.

Please send us an email to info@iq2us.org or click the button below.
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The 21st Century promises to revolutionize the way we work, eat, and interact with the world. From the security threats imposed by a digitized world to the role of workers in an automated economy, Intelligence Squared U.S. tech debates bring some of today's most advanced minds to the national conversation on America's technological future.

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Breakthroughs in science, from nuclear weapons development to genetic engineering, challenge society's moral and legal limits - and demand debate. Answering that call, Intelligence Squared U.S. science debates bring issues of the lab, and the law, to center stage.

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World renowned physicist Stephen Hawking died at the age of 76.

He died peacefully at his Cambridge home in the early hours of Wednesday, his family said.
Stephen Hawking is probably the most recognizable and admired scientist of recent times. Diagnosed with amyotrophic lateral sclerosis (ALS), a form of motor neurone disease, at age 21, he overcame debilitating illness to produce some of the most groundbreaking scientific theories in the last few centuries.
Hawking's goal has been no less than to understand the workings of the universe, devoting his life to uncovering "The Theory of Everything". Stephen Hawking might be disabled in body, but certainly not in his ambitions.

His life is an astonishing story of a man who faced enormous odds and went on to become one of the world's most famous scientists..

He has been and will be the most influential face of courage and inspiration for generations to be.
Here are some of his most insightful quotes which will inspire you to think bigger and to never get discouraged in life.
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"My expectations were reduced to zero when I was 21. Everything since then has been a bonus."

2.

"Intelligence is the ability to adapt to change."

3.

Although I cannot move and I have to speak through a computer, in my mind I am free.

4.

We are just an advanced breed of monkeys on a minor planet of a very average star. But we can understand the Universe. That makes us something very special.

5.

Life would be tragic if it weren't funny.

6.

However difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do and succeed at.

7.

I think computer viruses should count as life ... I think it says something about human nature that the only form of life we have created so far is purely destructive. We've created life in our own image

8.

My advice to other disabled people would be, concentrate on things your disability doesn't prevent you doing well, and don't regret the things it interferes with. Don't be disabled in spirit, as well as physically.

9.

"One of the basic rules of the universe is that nothing is perfect. Perfection simply doesn't exist.....Without imperfection, neither you nor I would exist"

10.

"The greatest enemy of knowledge is not ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge."

11.

It is no good getting furious if you get stuck. What I do is keep thinking about the problem but work on something else. Sometimes it is years before I see the way forward. In the case of information loss and black holes, it was 29 years.

12.

I have noticed that even people who claim everything is predetermined and that we can do nothing to change it, look before they cross the road.

13.

Quiet People have the Loudest minds

14.

We are all different, but we share the same human spirit. Perhaps it's human nature that we adapt and survive.

15.

So next time someone complains that you have made a mistake, tell him that may be a good thing. Because without imperfection, neither you nor I would exist.

16.

I am just a child who has never grown up. I still keep asking these 'how' and 'why' questions. Occasionally, I find an answer.

17.

Try to make sense of what you see and wonder about what makes the universe exist. Be curious, and however difficult life may seem, there is always something you can do, and succeed at. It matters that you don't just give up.

18.

One, remember to look up at the stars and not down at your feet. Two, never give up work. Work gives you meaning and purpose, and life is empty without it. Three, if you are lucky enough to find love, remember it is there and don't throw it away.

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Keeping an active mind has been vital to my survival, as has been maintaining a sense of humor.

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Top 22 Stephen Hawking Quotes and Lessons That Will Inspire You To Think Bigger and Never Get Discouraged In Life

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World renowned physicist Stephen Hawking died at the age of 76. He died peacefully at his Cambridge home in the early hours of Wednesday, his family said. Stephen Hawking is probably the most recognizable and admired scientist of recent times.

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Stephen Hawking on the Meaning of the Universe

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"Every formula which expresses a law of nature is a hymn of praise to God," the trailblazing astronomer and leading figure Maria Mitchell wrote in the second half of the nineteenth century as she contemplated science, spirituality, and the human hunger for truth. Every great scientist in the century and a half since has been faced with this question, be it by personal restlessness or public demand. Einstein addressed it in answering a little girl's question about whether scientists pray. Quantum theory originator Max Planck believed that "science cannot solve the ultimate mystery of nature [because] we ourselves are part of nature and therefore part of the mystery that we are trying to solve." His fellow Nobel laureate and quantum theory founding father Niels Bohr defied the sentiment in his incisive distinction between subjective and objective reality, noting that religions have always addressed the former, while science addresses the latter, which is measurable and therefore knowable. Wolfgang Pauli, whose groundbreaking scientific ideas were greatly influenced by Bohr's, concluded that the effort to reconcile science and religion "will always be full of pitfalls and one can fall down on both sides."

It takes a mind of rare courage and insight to address this abiding question without falling into the most pernicious trap of all - that of artificial compatibilism; to take a lucid stance without fright of offense, then to explain the basis of that stance thoughtfully and sensitively, systematically dismantling every reflexive argument against it.

That is what Stephen Hawking (January 8, 1942-March 14, 2018) does in his final book, Brief Answers to the Big Questions (public library) - a collection of ten enormous questions Hawking was asked regularly throughout his life, by children and elders, by entrepreneurs and political leaders, by men and women young and old attending his prolific lectures and public appearances, with answers drawn from his extensive personal archive of correspondence, notes, drafts, interviews, and essays. The book - which was conceived during Hawking's lifetime but finished only after his death with help from his family and academic colleagues, and proceeds from which benefit the Stephen Hawking Foundation and the Motor Neurone Disease Association - opens with the question that has bellowed in humanity's chest since science first confronted superstition: Is there a God?

Hawking - whom many consider the greatest scientist since Einstein and whose residual stardust was interred between Darwin's and Newton's in Westminster Abbey - enlists his disarming deadpan humor in placing the query in a personal context, then uses the fulcrum of his magnificent mind to pivot into the serious answer to the universal question:

For centuries, it was believed that disabled people like me were living under a curse that was inflicted by God. Well, I suppose it's possible that I've upset someone up there, but I prefer to think that everything can be explained another way, by the laws of nature. If you believe in science, like I do, you believe that there are certain laws that are always obeyed. If you like, you can say the laws are the work of God, but that is more a definition of God than a proof of his existence.

With an eye to the discovery, which began in antiquity and culminated with Kepler and Galileo, that "the heavens" are in fact a complex universe governed by discoverable and discernible physical laws, he builds upon his earlier reflections on the meaning of the universe and adds:

I believe that the discovery of these laws has been humankind's greatest achievement, for it's these laws of nature - as we now call them - that will tell us whether we need a god to explain the universe at all. The laws of nature are a description of how things actually work in the past, present and future. In tennis, the ball always goes exactly where they say it will. And there are many other laws at work here too. They govern everything that is going on, from how the energy of the shot is produced in the players' muscles to the speed at which the grass grows beneath their feet. But what's really important is that these physical laws, as well as being unchangeable, are universal. They apply not just to the flight of a ball, but to the motion of a planet, and everything else in the universe. Unlike laws made by humans, the laws of nature cannot be broken - that's why they are so powerful and, when seen from a religious standpoint, controversial too.

[...]

One could define God as the embodiment of the laws of nature. However, this is not what most people would think of as God. They mean a human-like being, with whom one can have a personal relationship. When you look at the vast size of the universe, and how insignificant and accidental human life is in it, that seems most implausible.

I use the word "God" in an impersonal sense, like Einstein did, for the laws of nature, so knowing the mind of God is knowing the laws of nature. My prediction is that we will know the mind of God by the end of this century.

But even with the laws of nature conceded, Hawking recognizes that their existence still leaves room for religions to lay claim to the grandest question - how the universe and its laws began. He addresses the question both plainly and profoundly:

I think the universe was spontaneously created out of nothing, according to the laws of science.

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Despite the complexity and variety of the universe, it turns out that to make one you need just three ingredients. Let's imagine that we could list them in some kind of cosmic cookbook. So what are the three ingredients we need to cook up a universe? The first is matter - stuff that has mass. Matter is all around us, in the ground beneath our feet and out in space. Dust, rock, ice, liquids. Vast clouds of gas, massive spirals of stars, each containing billions of suns, stretching away for incredible distances.

The second thing you need is energy. Even if you've never thought about it, we all know what energy is. Something we encounter every day. Look up at the Sun and you can feel it on your face: energy produced by a star ninety-three million miles away. Energy permeates the universe, driving the processes that keep it a dynamic, endlessly changing place.

So we have matter and we have energy. The third thing we need to build a universe is space. Lots of space. You can call the universe many things - awesome, beautiful, violent - but one thing you can't call it is cramped. Wherever we look we see space, more space and even more space. Stretching in all directions.

The instinctual question is where all the matter, energy, and space came from - a question we hadn't been able to answer with more than mythological cosmogonies until the early twentieth century, when Einstein demonstrated that mass is a form of energy and energy a form of mass in what is now the best known equation in the history of the world: E=mc ². This reduces the ingredients of the "cosmic cookbook" from three to two, distilling the question to where the space and energy originated. Generations of scientists built upon each other's work to deliver the answer in the Big Bang model, which holds that in a single moment around 13.8 billion years ago, the entire universe, with all its space and energy, ballooned into being out of the nothingness that preceded it.

Half a century after Nabokov's poetic admonition against common sense, Hawking echoes Carl Sagan's observation that common sense can blind us to the realities of the universe and addresses this deeply counterintuitive notion of generating something out of nothing:

As I was growing up in England after the Second World War, it was a time of austerity. We were told that you never get something for nothing. But now, after a lifetime of work, I think that actually you can get a whole universe for free.

The great mystery at the heart of the Big Bang is to explain how an entire, fantastically enormous universe of space and energy can materialise out of nothing. The secret lies in one of the strangest facts about our cosmos. The laws of physics demand the existence of something called "negative energy."

To help you get your head around this weird but crucial concept, let me draw on a simple analogy. Imagine a man wants to build a hill on a flat piece of land. The hill will represent the universe. To make this hill he digs a hole in the ground and uses that soil to dig his hill. But of course he's not just making a hill - he's also making a hole, in effect a negative version of the hill. The stuff that was in the hole has now become the hill, so it all perfectly balances out. This is the principle behind what happened at the beginning of the universe.

When the Big Bang produced a massive amount of positive energy, it simultaneously produced the same amount of negative energy. In this way, the positive and the negative add up to zero, always. It's another law of nature.

So where is all this negative energy today? It's in the third ingredient in our cosmic cookbook: it's in space. This may sound odd, but according to the laws of nature concerning gravity and motion - laws that are among the oldest in science - space itself is a vast store of negative energy. Enough to ensure that everything adds up to zero.

I'll admit that, unless mathematics is your thing, this is hard to grasp, but it's true. The endless web of billions upon billions of galaxies, each pulling on each other by the force of gravity, acts like a giant storage device. The universe is like an enormous battery storing negative energy. The positive side of things - the mass and energy we see today - is like the hill. The corresponding hole, or negative side of things, is spread throughout space.

So what does this mean in our quest to find out if there is a God? It means that if the universe adds up to nothing, then you don't need a God to create it. The universe is the ultimate free lunch.

This is where the wheels of our common-sense understanding screech to a frustrated halt - after all, in our daily lives, we can't just manifest a cone of ice cream or a long-lost lover with the snap of our fingers. But on the subatomic stratum undergirding our physical reality, things work differently - particles pop up at random times in random places only to disappear again, governed by the laws of quantum mechanics, which seem downright mystical in their manifestation but are in fact discovered and calculable laws of the universe. Hawking explains:

Since we know the universe itself was once very small - perhaps smaller than a proton - this means something quite remarkable. It means the universe itself, in all its mind-boggling vastness and complexity, could simply have popped into existence without violating the known laws of nature. From that moment on, vast amounts of energy were released as space itself expanded - a place to store all the negative energy needed to balance the books. But of course the critical question is raised again: did God create the quantum laws that allowed the Big Bang to occur? In a nutshell, do we need a God to set it up so that the Big Bang could bang? I have no desire to offend anyone of faith, but I think science has a more compelling explanation than a divine creator.

Once again he illustrates this assault on our basic common-sense intuitions with that supreme lever of understanding, the analogy:

Imagine a river, flowing down a mountainside. What caused the river? Well, perhaps the rain that fell earlier in the mountains. But then, what caused the rain? A good answer would be the Sun, that shone down on the ocean and lifted water vapour up into the sky and made clouds. Okay, so what caused the Sun to shine? Well, if we look inside we see the process known as fusion, in which hydrogen atoms join to form helium, releasing vast quantities of energy in the process. So far so good. Where does the hydrogen come from? Answer: the Big Bang. But here's the crucial bit. The laws of nature itself tell us that not only could the universe have popped into existence without any assistance, like a proton, and have required nothing in terms of energy, but also that it is possible that nothing caused the Big Bang. Nothing.

This explanation, Hawking points out, rests on the shoulders of Einstein's groundbreaking relativity theory - that daring leap of the imaginative intellect, which furnished the staggering revelation that space and time are a single entity comprising the basic fabric of the universe. Hawking writes:

Something very wonderful happened to time at the instant of the Big Bang. Time itself began.

To understand this mind-boggling idea, consider a black hole floating in space. A typical black hole is a star so massive that it has collapsed in on itself. It's so massive that not even light can escape its gravity, which is why it's almost perfectly black. It's gravitational pull is so powerful, it warps and distorts not only light but also time. To see how, imagine a clock is being sucked into it. As the clock gets closer and closer to the black hole, it begins to get slower and slower. Time itself begins to slow down. Now imagine the clock as it enters the black hole - well, assuming of course that it could withstand the extreme gravitational forces- it would actually stop. It stops not because it is broken, but because inside the black hole time itself doesn't exist. And that's exactly what happened at the start of the universe.

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As we travel back in time towards the moment of the Big Bang, the universe gets smaller and smaller and smaller, until it finally comes to a point where the whole universe is a space so small that it is in effect a single infinitesimally small, infinitesimally dense black hole. And just as with modern-day black holes, floating around in space, the laws of nature dictate something quite extraordinary. They tell us that here too time itself must come to a stop. You can't get to a time before the Big Bang because there was no time before the Big Bang. We have finally found something that doesn't have a cause, because there was no time for a cause to exist in. For me this means that there is no possibility of a creator, because there is no time for a creator to have existed in.

Hawking concludes with his most direct, personal answer to the universal question:

It's my view that the simplest explanation is that there is no God. No one created the universe and no one directs our fate. This leads me to a profound realisation: there is probably no heaven and afterlife either. I think belief in an afterlife is just wishful thinking. There is no reliable evidence for it, and it flies in the face of everything we know in science. I think that when we die we return to dust. But there's a sense in which we live on, in our influence, and in our genes that we pass on to our children. We have this one life to appreciate the grand design of the universe, and for that I am extremely grateful.

Rather than dispiriting, this lucid awareness of our ephemerality can be the wellspring of our noblest, most deeply spiritual and spiritualizing impulses - a catalyst for finding holiness in the richness of life itself, in the splendor of this peculiar and irreplaceable planet, rooted in the awareness that, in the poetic words of naturalist Sy Montgomery, "our world, and the worlds around and within it, is aflame with shades of brilliance we cannot fathom - and is far more vibrant, far more holy, than we could ever imagine." Hawking channels this orientation of mind and spirit in a stirring passage from the book's introduction:

One day, I hope we will know the answers to all these questions. But there are other challenges, other big questions on the planet which must be answered, and these will also need a new generation who are interested and engaged, and have an understanding of science. How will we feed an ever-growing population? Provide clean water, generate renewable energy, prevent and cure disease and slow down global climate change? I hope that science and technology will provide the answers to these questions, but it will take people, human beings with knowledge and understanding, to implement these solutions. Let us fight for every woman and every man to have the opportunity to live healthy, secure lives, full of opportunity and love. We are all time travellers, journeying together into the future. But let us work together to make that future a place we want to visit. Be brave, be curious, be determined, overcome the odds. It can be done.

Complement this particular portion of Hawking's altogether magnificent Brief Answers to the Big Questions with Carl Sagan on science and mystery, Alan Lightman on nonreligious divinity in the known and the unknowable, and Buckminster Fuller's scientific revision of "The Lord's Prayer," then revisit poet Marie Howe's gorgeous tribute to Hawking.

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Join the 35th annual celebration of our own homegrown holiday! March 14th (3/14) commemorates the irrational, transcendent, and never ending ratio that helps describe circles of all sizes. Watch resident artist John Sims (creator of the Pi Day Anthem) showcase his handmade Pi Quilt and perform spoken word poems with poets Kim Schuck and Sylvia Blalock and original music performed by Science Band. Explore math inspired activities and presentations, then join our pi parade and eat a free piece of pie. Come for the STEAM and stay for the slice!

Pi (π) Day Livestream
Art + Science of Pi
With John Sims, Kim Shuck, Sylvia Blalock, and Science Band
12:00-1:30 p.m.
Bechtel Gallery 3, Wattis Studio
Free online event-join via Facebook or YouTube

No matter how you slice it, you don't want to miss Pi (π) Day. Math artist John Sims will share some of his pi inspired visual art, poetry, and music. Poets Kim Shuck, and Sylvia Blalock will join in performing their own spoken word odes to pi. Jazz combo Science Band will perform John Sims' latest composition, Pi Notes. Afterward, our expert educators Ron Hipschman and Lori Lamberston will share pi's mathematical history and activities you can try at the museum and at home.

John Sims, a Detroit native, is a Sarasota based conceptual artist, writer, and activist who creates art and curatorial projects spanning the areas of installation, performance, text, music, film, and large-scale activism, informed by mathematics, design, the politics of white supremacy, sacred symbols/anniversaries, and poetic/political text.

Kim Shuck is a silly protein. Shuck is the seventh Poet Laureate of San Francisco Emerita, solo author of eight books, and a long time fan of whimsical numbers.

Sylvia Blalock is a San Francisco native and former Explainer under Darlene Librero and Frank Oppenheimer. She is the author of Uprising-A Book of Poetry and founder of Queendom Network LLC. Her latest project is "Voices That Carry: Being Loud on Purpose"

Math artist John Sims; an image of "Civil Pi," a quilt made by Sims as part of his project, SquareRoots: A Quilted Manifesto

Pi Day Musical Performance
With Science Band
2:30 p.m.
Bechtel Gallery 3, Wattis Studio

Groove with Science Band's setlist as they pair pi trivia and science facts with a full jazz combo.

The Value of Pi
With the Facilitators
10:30 a.m.-1:00 p.m. and 2:30-4:30 p.m.
Bechtel Gallery 3, Demo Station

Can you estimate the value of pi with string and scissors? Or by tossing pie pans? Can pi help determine the best deal when buying a pie or pizza pie? Explore these questions and more with our team of informal, museum educators.

Storytime Science for Kids: March Mathness
With Vivian Altmann
11:00 a.m.
Bechtel Gallery 3, Classroom 1606

Join us for a special math-inspired edition of Storytime Science! Enjoy a math-themed storybook read-aloud for children and their grown-ups. The Exploratorium's own Vivian Altmann will read The Cookie Fiasco by Dan Santat and Mo Willems. After the story, take math into the third dimension by crafting paper plate Bucky balls, greeting card boxes, and pinwheel shapes.

Pi (π) Day Celebration
With John Sims
Join for free online viaFacebook or YouTube or at the Exploratorium
Noon-1:30 p.m.
Bechtel Gallery 3, Wattis Studio

No matter how you slice it, you don't want to miss Pi (π) Day. Math artist John Sims will perform work from his music project 31415: The Pi Collection and showcase his Pi Quilt. Afterward, our expert educators share pi's mathematical history and activities you can try at the museum and at home.

Grab your digit and get in line for the annual Pi Procession! A high-spirited crowd parades through the museum and circles the Pi Shrine 3.14 times, waving the digits of pi and singing a rousing chorus of "Happy Birthday" to Einstein. All participants will enjoy a free slice of pie following the parade.

Founded in 1988 at the Exploratorium, Pi (π) Day has become an international holiday, celebrated live and online all around the world. The numbers in the date (3/14) match the first three digits of the mathematical constant pi.

What is pi, anyway? Divide any circle's circumference by its diameter; the answer (whether for a pie plate or a planet) is always approximately 3.14, a number we represent with the Greek letter π. Keep calculating pi's digits with more and more accuracy-as mathematicians have been doing for 4,000 years-and you'll discover they go on literally forever, with no pattern.

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Reserve Tickets Join the 35th annual celebration of our own homegrown holiday! March 14th (3/14) commemorates the irrational, transcendent, and never ending ratio that helps describe circles of all sizes.

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Bloom's Taxonomy

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Algorithms

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The Truth About Algorithms | Cathy O'Neil