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On Thursday, pioneering computer engineer and Apple veteran William "Bill" Atkinson died of pancreatic cancer at his home in Portola Valley, California, surrounded by family. He was 74. "We regret ...
My first meeting with Bill Atkinson was unforgettable. It was November 1983, and reporting for Rolling Stone, I had gained access to the team building the Macintosh computer, scheduled to launch ...
However, the bill’s death will not derail psychedelics research in California. Scientists had hoped to use the pilot program to experiment with new ways of treating veterans and retired first ...
The engineer behind much of the Mac's early graphical user interfaces, QuickDraw, MacPaint, Hypercard and much more, William D. "Bill" Atkinson, died on June 5 of complications from pancreatic cancer.
A bill that would have legalized recreational adult use of cannabis in Pa. died in a state senate committee on Tuesday, by a vote of 3 to 7.
House Bill 4, authored by state Rep. Brad Buckley, would have swapped the State of Texas Assessments of Academic Readiness test for three shorter tests given throughout the school year.
Late last year, Bill Atkinson shared news of his health with the world (see “Bill Atkinson Diagnosed with Pancreatic Cancer,” 14 November 2024).Unfortunately, pancreatic cancer is particularly ...
The bill would have banned no-fault evictions, which typically occur at the end of a lease, in buildings with five or more units, after the tenant had been there for at least a year.
Bill Engelhart first picked up a guitar when he was around 6 years old upon hearing his uncle play. By age 7, he was taking guitar lessons at the Honolulu Conservatory of Music in Tacoma, Blecha said.
Bill Aitken, writer who adopted India as ‘father’ of hippies, dies at 90 The Scottish-born Mr. Aitken followed what would become the Hippie Trail to India in 1959 and wrote books exploring the ...
SALEM, Ore. — A bill in Salem seeking to require fertilizer reporting from large farms in the state in order to combat groundwater contamination died in committee early this year. KGW's The ...
A legislative effort to scrap the STAAR test to respond to concerns that the test puts unnecessary pressure on students died in the last days of the legislative session. House Bill 4, authored by ...