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How two computer scientists defied mainstream thinking by simplifying the way computers 'talk' to each other.
Delving into the distinct world of Chromebooks and laptops for the layperson.
They might not be for everyone, but chromebooks are fast, cheap, and sleek.
Coding is the easy part of programming. Here's why the two are fundamentally different.
Google's fail with Bard is just the latest in a long streak of embarassing flopped demos.
With the help of AI, the researchers were able to detect the movement of human bodies in a room using Wi-Fi routers -- even through walls.
The scale at which data storage is growing can be dizzying. Here's a brief bottom-up overview starting from the tiny byte to the mammoth yottabyte.
Devices inside modern homes are becoming increasingly interconnected, but the downside is a hacker can now spy on your more easily than ever before.
We may be about to witness a new age of the internet.
We're still eagerly awaiting a practical transparent smartphone.
Here's how wireless devices receive power -- and why it's such a big deal.
Algorithms aren't nearly as arcane as some make them to be.
Contact tracing apps could help us trace chains of infection as we relax lockdown, but there are many concerns.
It combines the raw processing power of neural networks with human-like concept recognition.
The science of why we always fall for clickbait.
Simple tips on how this happens and how you can protect yourself.
They changed our society from the ground up. And will do so again.
Let's put the hype away for a second and see what sets these two technologies apart.
Continue at your own risk.
Some 25 years ago, on December 1990, Tim Berners-Lee, then a scientist at the CERN facility in Switzerland launched what was the world’s first website – the forefather of everything that we today call ‘The Internet’. The first website Hosted by the World Wide Web (you know, the “www”) on Berners-Lee’s NeXT computer, the site was […]
Mary Kenneth Keller of the Sisters of Charity of the Blessed Virgin Mary was a pioneer in computer science. In 1965, she, along with Irving Tang at Washington University, was the first in the United States to earn a doctorate in that field; and yes, she was not only a woman, but also a nun.
That's the year man first set foot on the moon. Our computer tech has shot even farther away, though.
No matter how puritans might hate it, the English language, as any language for that matter, is constantly shifting, expanding and transforming. Previously, languages would influence one another based on proximity. French would influence English and vice-versa. But now, the world is smaller and borders between countries are thinning. On the internet, some people seem to have a language of their own. And while parents might scorn and others laugh, you should know in all seriousness that some of the weirdest internet slang words are actually real words now, as in they can be found in the Oxford English Dictionary. Let's just look at some:
On July 8, 2013, Yahoo!, Inc., officially shut down and sent AltaVista.com to the depths of the internet necropolis, along with other old services that could be treated as irrelevant in today’s technosphere. If you visit the site today, it will automatically redirect you to Yahoo!’s search site, Yahoo.com. Let’s take a look back to […]
