Larry Tesler, the computer scientist who pioneered ‘copy’ and ‘paste,’ has died at 74

When cutting and pasting or doing other common computer tasks, you can thank Lawrence Tesler. The technology pioneer, who created the now-ubiquitous computer concepts such as “cut,” “copy” and “paste,” has died. He was 74. He worked for Xerox, Apple, Amazon, Yahoo and the genetics-testing service 23andMe.

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