FOR someone my age, having a computer feels a little like being on "The Jetsons." While having video phone calls with my children who are off at college, instead of finding out what they've been up to ...
After decades of research, the first quantum computers are now up and running. The question now is: What do we do with them? IBM and D-Wave are trying to cash in on their expensive quantum computers ...
CHESTNUT HILL, MA) Regular use of computers can have an effect on student performance on standardized tests, according to a new study by researchers at Boston College and the University of ...
The idea of computer chip implants in the brain may seem futuristic to some, but this development could be widely available in the years to come. At this early stage of development, Americans are ...
In 1979, two M.I.T. computer-science alumni and a Harvard Business School graduate launched a new piece of computer software for the Apple II machine, an early home computer. Called VisiCalc, short ...
Firewalls scan data sent to your computer for malware and attempt to block files or other data they deem suspicious. Like ...
NINETEEN years ago, in the July, 1945, issue of the Atlantic, Vannevar Bush predicted that the “advanced arithmetical machines of the future” would be (a) electrical in nature, (b) far more versatile ...
Researchers have made a major advance in quantum computing with a new device that is nearly 100 times smaller than the ...