Technology

A new computing paradigm—thermodynamic computing—has entered the scene. Okay, okay, maybe it’s just probabilistic computing by a new name. They both use noise (such as that caused by thermal fluctuations) instead of fighting it, to perform computations. But still,...

Behavioral economist Sendhil Mullainathan has never forgotten the pleasure he felt the first time he tasted a...

Chatbots are more persuasive in online debates than people -- especially when they are able to personalize their arguments using information about their opponent. From a report: The finding, published in Nature Human Behaviour on 19 May, highlights...

Washington — President Trump on Monday signed a bipartisan bill into law that makes it a federal crime to post real and fake sexually explicit imagery online of people without their consent. The bill, known as...

At its Build 2025 conference, Microsoft open-sourced a number of apps and tools, including a new command-line text editor for Windows called Edit.Open source software may not earn the company direct revenue, but it can serve as a...

ReutersAnother major concern, says Nomura, is India's ongoing reliance on China for raw materials and components used in electronics like iPhones, limiting Delhi's ability to fully capitalise on supply chain shifts."India's earnings from making iPhones will only rise if...

BBCTom Leggett, vehicle technology manager at Thatcham Research - an independent car safety centre - said robotaxis would have to be "safety-led" in the UK."Secondly, they will have to make sure the data is available to those who need...

The Prossimo project (funded by the nonprofit Internet Security Research Group) seeks to "move the Internet's security-sensitive software infrastructure to memory safe code." Two years ago the Prossimo project made an announcement: they'd begun...

Joe TidyCyber correspondentBBCMessages that confirmed suspicionsThey were clearly frustrated that Co-op wasn't giving in to their ransom demands but wouldn't say how much money in Bitcoin they were demanding of the retailer in exchange for the promise that they...

"The world has changed," writes Stack Overflow's blog. "Fast. Artificial intelligence is reshaping how we build, learn, and solve problems. Software development looks dramatically different than it did even a few years ago — and the pace...