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Thinkstock The programming language Cobol has been around for 61 years in some form or another. For many organizations, that age shows, and people who can keep mainframe-based Cobol applications upright are becoming harder and harder to find, especially as most computer science programs aren’t teaching it any more. The importance, and brittleness, of these systems was on show back in April 2020, when, at the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, various state authorities from New Je...

In new book, UTA associate professor explains impact of streaming platforms on culture

Date Time Consuming culture in era of streaming services The explosion of services such as Netflix, Spotify, Disney+, Apple Music, Amazon Prime and YouTube allows access to content at the click of a button. It also has turned the norms surrounding cultural consumption upside down. David Arditi, associate professor of sociology at The University of Texas at Arlington whose research focuses on the intersection of culture and technology, wondered how this shift to an unending supply of content aff...