The rapidly-improving speed and versatility of digital computers has mostly driven analogue computers out of use in modern systems, as has the relative difficulty of programming an analogue computer.
My contribution this week is about technical debt. One thing generative AI is good at doing is generating lots and lots of ...
The computer was built during World War 2 to speed up ballistics calculations, but its contributions to computing extend well beyond military applications. Two of ENIAC’s key architects—John W.
How they’re using AI at the lab that created the atom bomb.
For math, chalk is very effective for a number of reasons,” said Duke Professor of Mathematics Ezra Miller. Miller said using chalk forces him to be deliberate about what – and in what order – he ...
To this day, in the known universe, only one example exists of a system capable of general-purpose intelligence. That system ...
Latest report from Stanford's AI boffins finds unsafe usage practices, widespread anxiety about impacts, and China catching ...
NASA's Human Research Program studies team dynamics for its space programs and one finding says that humor is vitally ...
On April 6, 2026, NASA's Orion spacecraft cruised around the Moon, armed to the teeth with vehicle management computers around 20,000 times faster than those used to achieve an even greater feat ...
The University of Pittsburgh was one of eight schools selected by NASA to track the spacecraft and report the data back.
A certificate-based, tamper-proof system can stifle growing grey-market and counterfeit problems. But it requires investment ...
Some old media formats have enjoyed renewed attention. But others have largely fallen to the wayside, despite being ...