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Computer Sciences Mar 14, 2016

Using Minecraft to build more intelligent technology

In the airy, loft-like Microsoft Research lab in New York City, five computer scientists are spending their days trying to get a Minecraft character to climb a hill.

Security Feb 15, 2016

Making message encryption easier

Sending emails is as easy as pie. However, until now a lot of know-how has been required to securely encrypt them. This is bound to change: Deutsche Telekom and the Fraunhofer Institute for Secure Information Technology SIT ...

Computer Sciences Jan 29, 2016

Scientists build a neural network using plastic memristors

A collaborative of Russian and Italian scientists has created a neural network based on polymeric memristors, devices that can potentially be used to build fundamentally new computers. According to the researchers, these ...

Software Jan 28, 2016

Making operating systems safer and faster with 'unikernels'

Technology to improve the security, speed and scale of data processing in age of the Internet of Things is being developed by a Cambridge spin-out company.

Business Jan 13, 2016

Motorola brought us the mobile phone, but ended up merged out of existence

If you own a mobile phone, chances are that it isn't made by Motorola. But it was not always this way: Motorola was once the brand most associated with the mobile phone, and the firm whose products first popularised them. ...

Hardware Jan 11, 2016

NCAR announces powerful new supercomputer for scientific discovery

The National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) announced today that it has selected its next supercomputer for advancing atmospheric and Earth science, following a competitive open procurement process. The new machine ...

Consumer & Gadgets Jan 9, 2016

Palm-sized $79 computer targets emerging-nation needs

It is a spherical computer that costs $79, is packed with a fair amount of what the Internet has to offer—and fits in the palm of your hand.

General Physics Dec 22, 2015

A window on a world where cosmic rays are just background noise

Marco Colo waved a dismissive hand at a near-constant spatter of colorful streaks appearing across a screen monitoring action at the NOvA neutrino experiment.

Internet Dec 19, 2015

Bitcoin's 'blockchain' tech may transform banking

The technology that drives the shadowy cryptocurrency bitcoin is drawing interest from the established banking industry, which sees a potential to revolutionize the sector.

Internet Dec 11, 2015

Desperately seeking Bitcoin's Satoshi Nakamoto

In 2008, someone calling themselves Satoshi Nakamoto posted a paper describing the workings of what would become the world's most important digital cryptocurrency, Bitcoin. Two months later, he posted the code for the first ...

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