Computers
Ten Research-Backed Tips on Parenting in a Digital Era
With screen time at a high during the Covid-19 pandemic, two educators offer some advice
How Algorithms Discern Our Mood From What We Write Online
While sentiment analysis is far from perfect, it distills meaning from huge amounts of data—and could one day even monitor mental health
A New System for Cooling Down Computers Could Revolutionize the Pace of Innovation
A Swiss team has created tiny, fluid-filled channels in microchips to spirit away heat and save energy
With a Simple Piece of Paper, Engineers Create Self-Powered, Wireless Keyboard
Scientists at Purdue University have found a way to make a piece of paper digitally interactive
This A.I. Can Recognize Individual Birds of the Same Species
Humans can’t reliably tell birds of the same species apart, limiting our ability to study their behavior, but the new A.I. is 90 percent accurate
See the Face of a Man Whose Skull Was Mounted on a Stake 8,000 Years Ago
A forensic artist used 3-D scans of the hunter-gatherer's cranium to envision what he may have looked like in life
You Can Help Teach the Curiosity Rover to Drive on Mars
The rover isn’t quite eight years old, but NASA thinks it’s time that Curiosity becomes more independent
Is COVID-19 the Tipping Point for Telemedicine?
Sheltering in place has pushed virtual health care into the mainstream, making us wonder if we'll ever go back to waiting rooms
Why Microsoft Word Now Considers Two Spaces After a Period an Error
Traditionalist "two-spacers" can still disable the function
What Happened When Hong Kong's Schools Went Virtual to Combat the Spread of Coronavirus
A temporary solution during months-long school shutdowns, the online classrooms may be an experiment the rest of the world can learn from
Inventor Alex Kipman's Grand Vision for How Holograms Will Change Our Lives
The designer behind Microsoft's HoloLens 2 predicts a future driven by augmented reality
A.I. Mastered Backgammon, Chess and Go. Now It Takes On StarCraft II
DeepMind's AlphaStar learns the complex strategy video game, which has trillions and trillions of possible moves conducted in real time
How a Generation Became Obsessed With Tracking Down Carmen Sandiego
The globe-trotting thief of the popular 1985 computer game is back at it in a second season of an animated Netflix series
Development of the Lithium-Ion Battery Earns Nobel Prize in Chemistry
The award honors three scientists whose contributions led to the rechargeable battery that makes our modern world possible
How Susan Kare Designed User-Friendly Icons for the First Macintosh
The graphic designer is receiving a Lifetime Achievement Award from Cooper Hewitt for her recognizable computer icons, typefaces and graphics
Here’s Why A.I. Can’t Be Taken at Face Value
Cooper Hewitt’s new show drills down into the inherent biases lurking within computer intelligence systems
Alan Turing Will Be the New Face of Britain’s £50 Note
Persecuted at the end of his life, the British mathematician and code-breaker is now widely admired as a father of computer science
New Hampshire Is First State to Install Highway Marker to Computer Programming
The roadside sign is dedicated to BASIC, a computer programming language developed at Dartmouth College in 1964
A.I. Is Learning Teamwork by Dominating in Multiplayer Video Games
Google's DeepMind labs trained bots play a virtual version of capture the flag, showing them how to work as a unit
A Laptop Infected With the World’s Most Dangerous Viruses Sold for $1.3 Million
The computer is a work of art designed to provide a physical manifestation of abstract digital threats
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