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‘Shark Tank’ backs invention of New York City firefighter who died of cancer, pitched by his kids

The sharks on “Shark Tank” are supporting an invention created by a New York City firefighter who died of cancer after helping clean up the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks. Keith Young’s …
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“Shark Tank” backs invention created by 9/11 firefighter who died

LOS ANGELES — Who says sharks can’t be nice? Five venture capitalists on “Shark Tank” are coming together to support an invention created by a New York City firefighter who died of cancer after helpin…
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She nearly died, now she’s pitching Walmart an invention that soothes her injuries

Katie Sauls knows how one event can change a person’s entire life. In 1993, a tire blew out and her car slammed into a concrete embarkment. Doctors told her she died three times on the table. Her leg was severed and miraculously reattached. Years of …
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The man who invented email and ‘put the @ sign on the map’ has died

With his invention, the New York-born electrical engineer not only changed forever the way we communicate, but also rescued the “@” sign from relative obscurity, a fact noted by Gmail in a tribute tweet posted on Monday. Recognizing its importance …
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Father of Lisp and AI John McCarthy has died (Iain Thomson/The Register)

Iain Thomson / The Register:
Father of Lisp and AI John McCarthy has died  —  Early computing pioneer undergoes final upload  —  Stanford University has confirmed that John McCarthy, the inventor of the LISP programming language and one of the pioneers of artificial intelligence (AI), has died at the age of 84.

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