The long view on computing is that every computer system starts with a limited set of functions and ultimately opens up to new functionality as creative individuals use the system in unexpected ways.

The System Idle Process is an important aspect of the Windows 11/10 operating system, but what’s interesting about it is the fact that from time to time, it tends to use a lot of system resources. We ...

As a Windows user, at some point in time, you do feel concerned about the speed of your machine. It could be about how quickly your system responds while logging in or how quickly it performs common ...

Researchers on Wednesday announced a major cybersecurity find—the world’s first-known instance of real-world malware that can hijack a computer’s boot process even when Secure Boot and other advanced ...

In a lab rack that looks more like a high-end audio system than a server, clusters of human brain cells are quietly learning ...

In 1979, two M.I.T. computer-science alumni and a Harvard Business School graduate launched a new piece of computer software for the Apple II machine, an early home computer. Called VisiCalc, short ...

Computer-aided design (CAD) systems are tried-and-true tools used to design many of the physical objects we use each day. But ...

The gap between conventional and quantum computers is closing when it comes to simulating scrambling of quantum information Figure 1: A close-up of the trapped-ion ...