Computers

Cool Finds

Check Out These Vintage Computer Viruses at the Malware Museum

Relive the horror of watching your computer catch a ‘90s-era virus

February 11, 2016

Google’s New AI Can Beat Human Champions at the Game of Go

Google appears to have won the long race to develop a Go-winning artificial intelligence, considered a major step towards more human-like AIs

January 27, 2016

Cool Finds

Inside Iran’s Budding Video Game Industry

The Iranian video game industry, shaped around piracy and economic sanctions, is slowly growing

January 21, 2016

New Research

Missouri Mathematicians Discover New Prime Number

At more than 22 million digits, it’s the longest prime yet

January 20, 2016

Cool Finds

Watch 100 Drones Dance Their Way to a World Record

The swarm recently took to the skies to Beethoven’s Fifth Symphony

January 12, 2016

Trending Today

Washington State Has Released up to 3,200 Inmates Early Thanks to Computer Glitch

The software bug has been miscalculating release dates for 13 years

December 23, 2015

Cool Finds

These Old-School Internet Browsers Are Like Real-Life Time Machines

A new tool lets you experience the glory—and embarrassment—of the internet of yore

December 15, 2015

New Research

Army Ants Act Like Algorithms to Make Deliveries More Efficient

The marauding ants know just where to place living bridges to create shortcuts without sacrificing their food-gathering prowess

November 23, 2015

Cool Finds

The Robo-Journalists Are Coming

But did a machine write this story?

October 21, 2015

Cool Finds

The Search For Elusive Neutrinos in Antarctica Generates Massive Amounts of Data

The IceCube observatory at the South Pole collects roughly 36 terabytes of data a year in the search for ‘special’ neutrinos

October 20, 2015

The Innovative Spirit

New Software Makes Cyberbullies Think Twice

Teen programmer Trisha Prabhu created a program called ReThink to make cyberbullies reconsider before posting cruel messages

October 15, 2015

Cool Finds

How the Tetris Theme Song Was Made

A small piece of hardware produced the iconic sounds of gaming

October 9, 2015

Cool Finds

Thanks to Augmented Reality, These Coloring Books Come to Life

The new technology takes 2D pictures and turns them into 3D magic

October 8, 2015

New Research

Scientists Can Now Sequence a Human’s Genome in 26 Hours

New tools cut sequencing time almost in half

October 5, 2015

The Innovative Spirit

This Interactive Installation Rains a Poem Down on Viewers

Artists Camille Utterback and Romy Achituv wrote the software that drives an artwork, in which onlookers catch letters falling on a large screen

September 23, 2015

New Research

This Computer Can Track How Fashion Spreads From the Runway to the Street

Researchers created an algorithm to recognize and analyze fashion on the runway and in the street

September 9, 2015

New Research

Search Engines Can Sway Undecided Voters

New research uncovers “the search engine effect” and its potential to influence election outcomes

August 10, 2015

Trending Today

Steve Jobs is About to Get His Own Opera

But will it include a singing Woz?

August 7, 2015

IBM’s Tone Analyzer Could Save You From Sending That Awkward Email

The new service, part of IBM’s Watson artificial intelligence system, scans emails for emotions like cheerfulness or negativity

August 6, 2015

Cool Finds

How Emojis Could Help People With Food Allergies

Bread emoji. Disappointed face emoji.

August 4, 2015