Electronic microchips are at the heart of the modern world. They’re found in our laptops, our smartphones, our cars and…
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In 1981, American physicist and Nobel Laureate, Richard Feynman, gave a lecture at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) near Boston, in which…
Most research into the ethics of Artificial Intelligence (AI) concerns its use for weaponry, transport or profiling. Although the dangers presented by an autonomous,…
It shouldn’t come as a surprise to anyone to learn that the International Space Station (ISS) is packing some pretty…
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One of the central technologies of artificial intelligence is neural networks. In this interview, Tam Nguyen, a professor of computer science…
The world of computing is full of buzzwords: AI, supercomputers, machine learning, the cloud, quantum computing and more. One word…
Today, quantum computing is in its infancy. Quantum computation incorporates some of the most mind-bending concepts from 20th-century physics. In the U.S., Google, IBM and NASA are experimenting and building the first quantum computers. China is also investing heavily in quantum technology.