The humble personal computer has been a part of our lives, directly or indirectly, for nearly five decades, but its most significant transformations have transpired over the last thirty years. During ...

In June, an IBM computing executive claimed quantum computers were entering the “utility” phase, in which high-tech experimental devices become useful. In September, Australia’s chief scientist Cathy ...

Few computer science breakthroughs have done so much in so little time as the artificial intelligence design known as a transformer. A transformer is a form of deep learning—a machine model based on ...

One day soon, at a research lab near Santa Barbara or Seattle or a secret facility in the Chinese mountains, it will begin: the sudden unlocking of the world’s secrets. Your secrets. Cybersecurity ...

NORFOLK, Va. — Video games have been part of our lives for decades. Kids and adults have been entranced by the glowing screen of new worlds, battles, and triumph; it’s an addiction that first began in ...

You know the smell of warm, buttered popcorn. A crisp autumn day. The pungent, somewhat sweet scent that precedes rain. But could you begin to describe these aromas in detail? Or compare them? Your ...