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  1. Photo“I wish I could tell you I was running some hotshot rig with multicore processors and a boatload of RAM,” Ben Casselman said, but a laptop suffices for his economics reporting.
    CreditKarsten Moran for The New York Times

    In Data Journalism, Tech Matters Less Than the People

    Ben Casselman, an economics reporter, uses a programming language called R and works with vast data sets. But he says interviews still make for the best stories.

  2. PhotoTimekettle Technologies has developed a device consisting of two earbuds that look similar to large AirPods, and allow users to talk in any two of 36 languages and 84 accents.
    CreditTimekettle Technologies

    The Latest in Translation Devices

    New devices are getting closer to replicating the Babel fish, which in the “Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy” sits in your ear and instantly translates any foreign language.