The Domain Name System, like most pieces of the internet, was designed to be distributed across many computers. Concentration ...
The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...
When U.S. Navy SEALs raided Osama bin Laden’s compound in 2011, they uncovered more than a fugitive — they discovered a digital time capsule. His hard drives contained a bizarre mix of terrorist ...
Code.org CEO Hadi Partovi during an event in Seattle in July, announcing a new “Hour of AI” campaign to demystify AI in the spirit of the group’s past “Hour of Code” initiatives. (GeekWire Photo / ...
Elon Musk’s Neuralink and the Sam Altman-backed Merge Labs are driving a new wave of billionaire-backed brain-computer interface ventures. Current BCI progress remains medical, with only five ...
The “Micah Parsons Bowl” takes place this Sunday night in Arlington, Texas as the Green Bay Packers linebacker returns to face his former team, the Dallas Cowboys. The visiting Packers are -6.5 ...
A U.K. startup has created the world's first silicon-based quantum computer manufactured using the same transistor technology found in nearly all modern digital electronics. The machine is built using ...
Chicago has quickly emerged as a hub for quantum computing, with the state of Illinois and technology companies pouring millions of dollars into developing a campus to build the world’s first ...
We’ve known for a long time that passwords have their flaws. Whether it’s phishing, brute force, or dictionary attacks, password-based authentication remains one of the weakest links in cybersecurity.