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IBM’s Fall From World Dominance

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He's currently a senior research fellow at the University of Minnesota's Charles Babbage Institute , where he specializes in the history of technology. We're back with my guest Jim Cortada, a senior research fellow at the University of Minnesota's Charles Babbage Institute and author of a comprehensive corporate history of IBM.

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Can We Identify a Person From Their Voice?

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I didn’t know that word, honestly,” (presumably referring to the word “mayday.”) “And I just heard it freaking coming on that he lost his rudder, that he needed pumps.” According to a 2022 paper , there have been more than 740 judgements in Chinese courts involving voiceprints. Stillwell asked if they had heard the call. “I

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IEEE Spectrum’s Top Telecom Stories of 2023

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Cerf recounted to IEEE Spectrum three of the mistakes he made while developing the Internet Protocol Suite (more commonly referred to as TCP/IP). Secret Service claims to be able to identify an individual from a voice-only line-up, and Chinese courts have taken voiceprints into account in hundreds of judgments already.

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