A computer is a complex machine. While most of it works on a microscopic level, it certainly has recognizable macroscopic components that contribute to its uses. A computer can be used to do just ...

Posts from this topic will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. Although I assembled it myself, and its software all comes from an open-source DIY project, in many ways my ...

Everything you do on your computer is the direct result of hardware and software working together. The hardware provides the raw power and functionality that enables the computer to work, and the ...

A new Royal Society report called “iHuman: blurring lines between mind and machine” is for the first time systematically exploring whether it is “right” or not to use neural interfaces – machines ...

Adding more memory or storage, or swapping in a new battery or wireless card, can help squeeze a few more years out of that aging laptop. Here's how to figure out what you can upgrade, and how to do ...

The tools covered in this post work differently. For example, while one tool lets you use multiple black strips to hide screen areas, another tool lets you select a custom area to make it visible and ...

Researchers from Microsoft and the University of Washington have demonstrated the first fully automated system to store and retrieve data in manufactured DNA — a key step in moving the technology out ...

In a world first, a team of engineers, neuroscientists and neurosurgeons at UC Davis and UC Davis Health has demonstrated ...

Rachel Martin talks to Matt Tait, a senior cybersecurity fellow at the University of Texas at Austin, about what's at stake after two new security flaws were discovered. If you own an iPhone or a Mac ...