“Houston, we’ve had a problem”: The story of NASA’s most successful failure

This weekend marks 50 years since the launch of Apollo 13. Only seven months after Apollo 11, the third manned lunar landing attempt was already seen as routine, but it would become one of the most remarkable stories of survival in history.

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It only took Los Angeles 11 days to get 12,000 city workers telecommuting during the pandemic

As the coronavirus pandemic spreads, LA's IT department quickly developed a system to enable many city employees to work from home. Before Feb. 15, most of the 48,000 government employees…

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COBOL programmers are in demand to fight the coronavirus pandemic

A number of states continue to run the decades-old programming language on mainframe systems--including critical unemployment claims systems. Must-read developer content Wanted: COBOL programmers. You wouldn't expect to see them…

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