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C# nears Java: a dramatic climb in programming language popularity rankings

TechSpot

Java was ranked top in April 2020, its highest position since 2001, and dropped to number 4 in September 2023, its lowest position (since. Java is currently at number 4 on the Tiobe index of language popularity, with an 8.92% rating, while C# is ranked fifth with a 7.71% rating. Read Entire Article

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Feds award $15M for new cutting-edge research center to study Pacific NW earthquakes

GeekWire

Damage to the Cadillac Hotel in Seattle’s Pioneer Square neighborhood following the 2001 Nisqually earthquake. 28, 2001, the Seattle area experienced the 6.8 The funding will also support programs to increase diversity in geosciences. magnitude Nisqually earthquake, which damaged buildings and roadways.

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Bang & Olufsen is making audio gear for the Xbox

TechSpot

Designed for Xbox is a licensing program that was introduced with the launch of the original Xbox in 2001. Partners are given access to Xbox guidelines, specifications and IP, and gain valuable internal connections as well as prominent placing on the Xbox storefront.

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Blue Origin puts a test pilot who could have been NASA’s first Black astronaut on its next space crew

GeekWire

Kennedy to enter an Air Force flight training program that was regarded as a pathway to NASA’s astronaut corps, and went on to win an Air Force recommendation to join NASA. In 2001, Hess founded Science Buddies , a K-12 nonprofit that’s based in California and focuses on STEM literacy. with her husband of 40 years.

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IT leaders turn to HBCUs for future IT talent

CIO Business Intelligence

So NCDIT officials took action, creating an internship program for Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs) students, a move that would open up for the organization a new pipeline for talent traditionally underrepresented in the IT industry. The HBCU internship program launched in 2023.

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Xbox’s Larry ‘Major Nelson’ Hryb ‘taking a step back’ from Microsoft

GeekWire

Hryb, a director of programming at Xbox Live, has worked at Microsoft since 2001 and on the Xbox project since 2003. (GeekWire File Photo) Larry Hryb, better known to the Xbox player community by his gamer tag “Major Nelson,” announced Friday that he’s “taking a step back” from his job at Microsoft.

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Astronaut Sally Ride will be one of the women featured on a 2022 US quarter

The Verge

Sally Ride, the first American woman to travel to space, will be featured on one of the first five coins in the US Mint’s American Women Quarters Program. She was slated to go on a third shuttle mission, but after the Challenger blew up in 1986, NASA suspended the shuttle program, and Ride retired a year later.