Ex Microsoft engineer Dave Plummer says 'SD cards are lame!' and opts to rescue a 200 lb 14-inch magnetic disc drive from the '80s with just 622 MB of storage

In a video titled " SD Cards are LAME! ", Plummer shows off his DEC RA82 disc drive. "You can feel it through the floor when ...

File Sharing

Learn how to sync, back up, and share files in OneDrive with built-in Windows tools. With financial services ranking fourth out of 12 industries most vulnerable to digital disruption, providers of all ...

This 8-year-old Windows security flaw is still being exploited by hackers

Apparently not. One particular security flaw in Windows has not only existed for over eight years, but has been actively ...

Inside the UW Allen School: Six ‘grand challenges’ shaping the future of computer science

The University of Washington’s Allen School is tackling six “grand challenges” in computer science — from AI and education to ...
Quanta Magazine

Computer Scientists Figure Out How To Prove Lies

Randomness is a source of power. From the coin toss that decides which team gets the ball to the random keys that secure online interactions, randomness lets us make choices that are fair and ...
MIT Technology Review

IBM aims to build the world’s first large-scale, error-corrected quantum computer by 2028

The company says it has cracked the code for error correction and is building a modular machine in New York state. IBM announced detailed plans today to build an ...
The University of Chicago Chronicle

‘Theoretical rigor with practical application’: UChicago master’s in data science and computer science

Editor’s note: This is part of a series of stories featuring master’s degree programs at the University of Chicago. Bradley Stoller knew the University of Chicago was an ideal fit to pursue a master’s ...
KCTV News

99 victims identified through child porn files found on KC man’s computer

KANSAS CITY, Mo. (KCTV) - A Kansas City man has been charged after 99 girls were identified from the thousands of files of child sexual abuse he allegedly kept on his computer. Platte County, Missouri ...
Wall Street Journal

I Have 20 Years of Digital Files. What Do I Do With Them?

I started with “A” and a Word document labeled “Advicetokids.” It was followed by 149 files—and that was just the A’s. This was going to be a huge project.
PC Gamer

'Is this a practical way to play your Steam games? Nope, not even a little bit.' But getting Steam running on Armbian and a single board computer really is a thing

Valve's dedication to its portable PC SteamDeck has given us many surprising little side benefits in the PC gaming community. For couch lovers like myself, the improvements to big picture mode have ...
NBC New York

Why startups and tech giants are racing to build a practical quantum computer

Technology giants Amazon, IBM, Google, Intel and Microsoft are all working on quantum technology, as are various other companies like Rigetti, IonQ, Quantum Computing Inc. and D-Wave Quantum Inc. The ...