computers

Globally, computation is booming at an unprecedented rate, fueled by the boons of artificial intelligence. With this, the staggering energy demand of the world’s computing infrastructure has become a major…

Dr. Kanad Basu (left) and his colleagues developed a way to counteract the impact of attacks designed to disrupt artificial intelligence’s ability to make decisions…

Can quantum computers be useful?Erik Lucero/Google Google and XPRIZE are launching a $5 million competition to find practical uses for quantum computers that could actually benefit society. We already know that…

A D-Wave Advantage quantum computer in Julich, GermanyLukas Schulze/Getty Images Quantum computers can now solve problems with real-world applications faster than any ordinary computer, suggesting they could be…

Can quantum computers be useful?Eric Lukero/Google Google and XPRIZE are launching a $5 million competition to find practical uses for quantum computers that could actually benefit society. We already know that…

IBM is one of many companies working on quantum computers Nearly a fifth of all difficult-to-correct errors in quantum computers are caused by powerful particles from space hitting the machines. While these cosmic…

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The team’s graphene device, grown on a silicon carbide substrate chipGeorgia Institute of Technology A working, scalable semiconductor has been created from graphene for the first time, potentially paving the way for…

We probably don't need to worry about quantum computers being able to break encryption in 2024, but cryptographers are planning a security upgrade just in case

To hold and cool computer servers, China has installed a 1300-tonne watertight cabin on the shallow seafloor – it is the first of 100 planned for an underwater data centre

The oversampling regime of an exemplary clock—a pendulum in a weakly lit environment. The two sources of entropy production for this clock are: the friction within the…

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Michael G. Kapteyn and Karen E. Willcox | SIAM News, 2021 | ArticleWhat are the mathematical concepts needed to make a digital twin a reality?Michael G. Kapteyn, Jacob V. R. Pretorius and Karen E. Willcox | Nature Computational Science,…

Competition is a core part of human nature, and it can drive us to extraordinary feats. But when it goes wrong, the results can be devastating. Poker champion and science communicator Liv Boeree introduces us to the dark force of game…

The current explosion of exciting commercial and open-source AI is likely to be followed, within a few years, by creepily superintelligent AI – which top researchers and experts fear could disempower or wipe out humanity. Scientist Max…

Passive cooling could be more efficient using a device containing a salt water solutiondaniiD/Shutterstock Computers could see their performance jump by one-third through an inexpensive cooling solution based on…

Drawing on his decades-long mission to formulate the world in computational terms, Stephen Wolfram delivers a profound vision of computation and its role in the future of AI. Amid a debut of mesmerizing visuals depicting the underlying…

Conventional semiconductor circuit boards are made using siliconaPhoenix photographer/Shutterstock A “superatomic” material has become the fastest semiconductor known and could lead to computer chips that are…

When technologist Luis von Ahn was building the popular language-learning platform Duolingo, he faced a big problem: Could an app designed to teach you something ever compete with addictive platforms like Instagram and TikTok? He…

K Allado-McDowell | MoMA, 2023 | Article"Play with AI"What if we imagined a healing AI?K Allado-McDowell | Ignota Books, 2021 | BookPharmako-AIThe first book written with GPT-3 inaugurates a new kind of human-AI writing…

Leigh R. Hochberg, Mijail D. Serruya et al. | Nature, 2006 | Article"Neuronal ensemble control of prosthetic devices by a human with tetraplegia"Breakthrough report of the first human implant of an invasive brain-computer interfaceKai J.…

What if robots could build and optimize themselves -- with little to no help from humans? Computer scientist Emma Hart is working on a new technology that could make "artificial evolution" possible. She explains how the three ingredients…

Half of all politicians in the German parliament now take a tablet computer to work for surfing online, writing official mails or pursuing more trivial pursuits. They can even use them when making speeches. While some have taken to the new…