At a low-key talk for a local professional society in 1964, computer scientist and chemist Gordon Moore laid out a prediction that would define the world of technology for more than 50 years. In the ...

A definition should specify, in a clear and non-redundant way: a universe (a set); and a criterion for selecting some elements of the universe. The principles that make the Internet work so well can ...

Messages transmitted between two computers located about 380 miles apart would form the basis of what would become the internet. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...

AMSTERDAM, Oct 2 (Reuters) - A Dutch court on Thursday ordered Meta Platforms (META.O), opens new tab to provide Facebook and Instagram users with simpler options for a timeline that does not rely on ...

The Declaration of Independence was as much economic as political, resisting the mercantilist system favored by the British. That same year, Adam Smith published “The Wealth of Nations,” providing ...

Welcome to the final article in our three-part series on the history of the Internet. If you haven’t already, catch up with part one and part two. As a refresher, here’s the story so far: The ARPANET ...

Quantum computing could be on the verge of a quantum leap. Quantinuum CEO Rajeeb Hazra said yesterday that the revolutionary tech is at a “turning point” after years of experts pushing back ...

The ongoing advancement in quantum computing is raising urgent questions about the long-term security of Bitcoin (BTC). Unlike classical machines, quantum computers can solve certain problems ...

In a 1987 article in the Times Book Review, Robert Solow, a Nobel-winning economist at M.I.T., commented, “You can see the computer age everywhere but in the productivity statistics.” Despite massive ...

A hobbyist developer building AI language models that speak Victorian-era English “just for fun” got an unexpected history lesson this week when his latest creation mentioned real protests from 1834 ...

A Lady Writing (a cover letter) by Johannes Vermeer (1665) (edit Shari Flores/Hyperallergic, courtesy Courtesy National Gallery of Art, Washington) Obtaining a computer science degree once seemed like ...

This Research Topic brings together four articles that explore how computer technologies can contribute to building sustainable futures. The focus is on software and system-level innovations that ...