This phenomenon became known as Moore’s Law, after the businessman and scientist Gordon Moore. Moore’s Law summarised the empirical observation that the number of transistors on a chip approximately ...

The deal, which forms a new U.S. TikTok under majority control of American investors, ends a yearslong battle that had pitted ...

Algorithms be darned. Google recently gave its users some autonomy over their search results with its “Preferred Sources” tool. And if you’re an outdoor junkie like us, you can now put Outside news ...

Supermicro's stock surged due to AI-driven demand for its high-density servers. Super Micro is publicly traded, enabling easy stock purchase via brokerages. Despite recent pullbacks, competition and ...

States are racing to rein in the growing use of artificial intelligence and computer algorithms to set prices, with New York leading the charge. On Dec. 15, a major amendment to New York’s antitrust ...

One day in November, a product strategist we’ll call Michelle (not her real name), logged into her LinkedIn account and switched her gender to male. She also changed her name to Michael, she told ...

Tor has announced improved encryption and security for the circuit traffic by replacing the old tor1 relay encryption algorithm with a new design called Counter Galois Onion (CGO). One reason behind ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.

When quantum computers become commonplace, current cryptographic systems will become obsolete. Scientists are racing to get ahead of the problem and keep our data secure. When you purchase through ...