Quantum computers—devices that process information using quantum mechanical effects—have long been expected to outperform ...

In a small lab at the University of California, Santa Cruz, clusters of mouse brain cells have taken on a task normally reserved for computer algorithms: ...

The Bitcoin network took its first step towards quantum-computing resistance with the addition of BIP 360 to its repository.

China’s government-facing communications framed the goal as scaling to a network of thousands of satellites. One official report described the constellation’s direction as a major step in “space-based ...

Neuromorphic computers modeled after the human brain can now solve the complex equations behind physics simulations — something once thought possible only with energy-hungry supercomputers. The ...

Researchers from Chiba University have developed a lightweight peer-selection algorithm that significantly reduces data propagation delays without increasing resource usage on internet of things (IoT) ...

The latest trends and issues around the use of open source software in the enterprise. Twitter reworking billionaire Elon Musk has stated that he will open up a new algorithm related to operations on ...

In a world run by computers, there is one algorithm that stands above all the rest. It powers search engines, encrypts your data, guides rockets, runs simulations, and makes the modern digital ...

Microsoft and Alphabet have resources that quantum computing pure-plays could only dream about. Nvidia has launched a device that allows for a hybrid quantum computing approach. All three of these ...

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