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Is Computing Headed for Quantum Supremacy?

By March, says whurley (aka William Hurley), Austin-based entrepreneur and quantum computing expert, the subject of his SXSW keynote is going to be the huge topic. Quantum computing is poised to be a dramatic paradigm shift in computing. More so than the blockchain, it is an extraordinarily dense concept for…

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whurley. Photo by John Davidson

Inside the Songwriting Craft of Savan Kotecha

Remember the quaint notion of selling out? With each passing year, the fevered quest for exposure has rendered the detached, ultra-cool artist more and more of an outlier. Instead, these days, many artists dive into the mainstream from the very beginning. Songwriter Savan Kotecha began life as a typical pop…

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Savan Kotecha

The Disaster Artist Celebrates Accidental Celebrity

There was a palpable air of anticipation coming from many directions at once at the Paramount Theatre’s 2017 SXSW Film Festival screening of The Disaster Artist. James Franco had written, directed and starred in the adaptation of Greg Sestero and Tom Bissell’s book of the same name about the bizarre…

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(L-R) Seth Rogen, Tommy Wiseau, James Franco, Greg Sestero, and Dave Franco at the SXSW premiere of The Disaster Artist. Photo by Matt Winkelmeyer/Getty Images

In Workplaces and Workspaces, Women Change the Dynamics

The technology industry has a record of being unwelcoming and even harmful to women. Accusations of sexual harassment and pay gaps, especially for women of color, have plagued companies, with Google and Uber especially coming under recent scrutiny. “I believe that tech has a long way to go because the…

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Whitney Wolfe (R) during "The Future of Connection" session at SXSW 2017. Photo by David Zacek

Village Mentality Drives Music Industry’s Disaster Relief

Donnie Estopinal sums it up best when asked about the music community’s response to times of trouble: “It can’t just be ‘take the good times and do nothing during the bad.’ ” Many of his industry colleagues agree, especially in the wake of this summer’s series of natural disasters, from…

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An American Red Cross aid worker surveys Hurricane Irma damage in Big Pine Key, Florida. Photo by Marko Kokic for The American Red Cross

Urban Artists Make Cities Their Canvases

There was a time when “public art” consisted of putting up a statue in a heavily trafficked part of a city to commemorate some often long-gone historical figure. Now the city landscape itself has become an artistic medium, and few artists are more adept at using it than Janet Echelman…

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Theaster Gates

Overwatch Starts a League of Its Own

Global crises bring people together, even in the digital space. From Counterstrike to Call of Duty to Starcraft, conflicts between terrorists, nations and species have driven millions of players to mash buttons together. But few games have had the rabid appeal of Overwatch, which has developed a strong enough competitive…

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Good Intentions Key to Meaningful Social Media Engagements

What’s the first thing you do when you wake up in the morning—before making coffee, before brushing your teeth...before you even put your feet on the floor? Most people check their phones for email, notifications, tweets they missed and the latest news headlines. Over the past year, those headlines have…

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Cleo Wade
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