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Internet Dec 10, 2015

Have journalists found the inventor of Bitcoin or simply been duped?

Two US technology sites have claimed that the creator of the digital cryptocurrency Bitcoin is an Australian businessman called Dr Craig S Wright. Both Wired and Gizmodo have based their conclusions on documents and emails ...

Software Dec 4, 2015

Apple releases Swift programming language as open source

Apple today announced that its Swift programming language is now open source. As an open source language, the broad community of talented developers—from app developers to educational institutions to enterprises—can contribute ...

Computer Sciences Nov 17, 2015

Researchers develope software for finding tipping points and critical network structures

If you wanted to know whether shifts in the African climate during Paleolithic times correlated with the appearance and disappearance of hominin species, how would you find the answer? It's a tricky question because of the ...

Earth Sciences Nov 17, 2015

Scientist creates numerical models to predict the future of ice sheets

David Pollard spends his days with numbers. Lots and lots of numbers.

Social Sciences Nov 16, 2015

In Kenya, a digital classroom in a box

At the Lighthouse Grace Academy in Nairobi's downmarket Kwangware suburb, yellow school t-shirts carry the slogan 'To Fear God is Wisdom', but in their hands pupils clutch a more worldly path to knowledge: tablet computers.

Computer Sciences Nov 13, 2015

Google's release of TensorFlow could be a game-changer in the future of AI

The development of smarter and more pervasive artificial intelligence (AI) is about to shift into overdrive with the announcement by Google this week that TensorFlow, its second-generation machine-learning system, will be ...

Condensed Matter Nov 11, 2015

Researchers use high-performance computing to drive alloy design

The Department of Energy's Oak Ridge National Laboratory, FCA US LLC, and the foundry giant, Nemak of Mexico, are combining their strengths to create lightweight powertrain materials that will help the auto industry speed ...

Computer Sciences Nov 9, 2015

How computers broke science – and what we can do to fix it

Reproducibility is one of the cornerstones of science. Made popular by British scientist Robert Boyle in the 1660s, the idea is that a discovery should be reproducible before being accepted as scientific knowledge.

Software Oct 13, 2015

A sign of the digital times

A team of Massey University engineers and computer scientists are revolutionising digital sign technology with the aim of making "finding your way" an interactive and personalised experience.

Security Oct 5, 2015

Keeping personal details personal in the Digital Age

Users of mobile phones, tablet computers and other devices with a memory card—that being practically everyone these days—risk having their identify stolen if they don't securely erase their personal data.

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