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invention

[in-ven-shuhn] / ɪnˈvɛn ʃən /




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From the invention of the answering machine to caller ID, Hall said people “really enjoy” having the ability to control when, and whether, they answer the phone.

From Salon ● Sep. 30, 2026

The subculture organized around the fear that AI could kill us all began to coalesce more than a decade before the invention of the underlying technology that enabled it.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

With thrilling reverse sweeps here, he showed the invention that drew those comparisons.

From BBC ● Sep. 27, 2026

The study’s authors effectively found that necessity is the mother of invention.

From MarketWatch ● Sep. 11, 2026

But the most important transformation in human history before the invention of science, the Neolithic Revolution, took place comparatively recently, between 12,000 and 7,000 years ago.

From "The Invention of Science" by David Wootton

It also accused Apple of using its inventions "without license or authority".

From BBC ● Sep. 28, 2026

In short, unruly crowds, strange smells, intrusive noise and late nights are not unique inventions of the TikTok era.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 6, 2026

In 1876, he built the country’s first industrial research laboratory at Menlo Park, New Jersey, for $2,500, paid for with money earned from his telegraph inventions.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 31, 2026

Cyber security Professor Alan Woodward from Surrey University told reporters OpenAI had "egg on it's face", and Katie Moussouris from Luta Security went further, suggesting the AI industry is failing to control its dangerous inventions.

From BBC ● Jul. 24, 2026

Though, Otto supposed, the flip side was someone like Leen Ellison, who failed to keep her inventions contained anywhere, usually resulting in mayhem.

From "The Last Last-Day-of-Summer" by Lamar Giles




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