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Sending "emails" before the Internet

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Sending "emails" before the Internet     Just like any other inventions, email also has a great history to look at. There were interesting stories which happened in the past which then became the premise of our great electronic mail system. For example, a fun fact is that the first version of email existed before the Internet! How is that possible? Well, then it is time to dive deeper! Image: Collection     Most of you might knew that in the past, computer was at the size of a room, what a massive machine. Back then, there was no "personal computer" because people had to share it. Everything started in  Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT). At first, people had to sign up for time to work with the computer (just like how I have to sign up for group study room at university). Email didn't exist, so if they want to leave a message to another user, their method was to leave a file on the computer and the receiver will read it when it is their time to work wi...

Tiana experience at the AI Ethics Competition

  Hi, everyone, is me, Tiana.  I'm back today with a story to share with you guys about my experience at the AI Ethics Competition.  Here is some basic information about the AI Ethics Competition: it is an online international competition for high school students who are going to start university in 2026 or 2027, hosted by the IE University. In this competition, I will take part in the role of Chief Ethics Officer at a fictional company called InnoAI Solutions. Moreover, I will create an original AI product and evaluate its potential ethical risks, such as privacy, bias, and fairness, and write a two-page ethical impact analysis and produce a five-minute video presentation summarizing my findings.  At first, I knew this competition through UniFrog (a website that my school uses for future planning), when I was scrolling and researching different universities on the UniFrog website. I came across the suggestion of what I may be interested in. When I first saw the name...