One of the hottest Stanford CS courses this semester embraces rather than bans AI coding tools like Cursor and Claude.
These are some of the women behind the technologies that make our modern world go round, from WiFi to windshield wipers.
Brad Smith said his decision to hook up a webcam to the computer he controls with his mind did not make sense to people at Neuralink, Elon Musk's brain-computer interface company. "Neuralink was really confused with the idea," Smith told The Verge. The decisi…
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Longtime Slashdot reader theodp writes: The UK Department for Education is "replacing its narrowly focused computer science GCSE with a broader, future-facing computing GCSE [General Certificate of Secondary Education] and exploring a new qualification in dat…
And they've already got their first target.
Earth and the planetary object that gave rise to the Moon were likely born in the same region of the solar system.
The repository is taking steps to tackle a surge in low quality, AI-generated content.
Young AI talent is overthinking too many aspects of their career, says Fei-Fei Li.
Fei-Fei Li said that this "extreme rhetoric" is filling tech discourse and misinforming people outside Silicon Valley.
In a recent video, [Jason Jacques] demos the Busch Electronic Digital-Technik 2075 which was released in West Germany in the 1970s. The Digital-Technik 2075 comes with a few components including …read more
The details are fuzzy, but I think my husband and I downloaded the YouTube Kids app to our TV sometime in 2022, when between one and three members of the household came down with the flu at the same time. Like countless parents of toddlers before us, we neede…
Ng said that everyone, even people in marketing or recruiting, should learn to vibe code.
A college student recently told me about the latest tech designed to help students cheat - and it wasn't ChatGPT. It was an actual, physical gadget marketed in YouTube ads as the workaround to physical, hardcopy tests, which are back in vogue now as AI tears …
David Kobrosky tells Business Insider he dropped out of college to start a business, which he sold by the age of 26.
Mark Zuckerberg loves LLMs. AI star Yann LeCun doesn't, which explains why he's leaving: "They are sucking the air out of the room."
Teleportation may seem like the preserve of science fiction, but scientists have proven that it can work in reality - at least, for quantum computers.
The UK turns to artificial intelligence (AI) to reverse the rising numbers of infections that shrug off antibiotics.
Tandon researchers are putting the power of chip design into more hands with open-source tools, AI-assisted development, and applied teaching.
One night in May 2020, during the height of lockdown, Deep Ganguli was worried. Ganguli, then research director at the Stanford Institute for Human-Centered AI, had just been alerted to OpenAI's new paper on GPT-3, its latest large language model. This new AI…
Brian Zhan and Max Gazor, formerly of CRV, will employ an unusually bold high-risk/high-reward strategy, making massive bets out of their debut fund.
The legendary AI scientist is reportedly leaving Meta. Here's what we know about why.
Ever wonder if your brain is as sharp as the average college grad? Maybe you graduated long ago and are wondering if you've still got it. Maybe you never went to college, but have a hunch that life has taught you what you need to know. One thing's for sure:…
Vintage computer hardware can fail in a variety of fascinating ways, with [Bits und Bolts] dealing with an interesting failure mode, in the form of degraded MLCC capacitors on Voodoo 2 graphics car…
"To be a philosopher is to live in a constant reflection of existence."
Some models of reality are bolder than others Digital physics is the body of mathematical and philosophical work treating the universe and the way it works as a giant digital computer. This is often associated with cellular automata, and names like Konrad Zus…
A philosophy professor warns that AI reliance is weakening workers' judgment, creativity, and problem-solving.
Azoma simulates how brands appear in chatbot replies and AI overviews, then creates content optimized for discovery by AI.
Michael Lane, 49, said online courses are great for diving deep into concepts, but lack the foundational knowledge a master's degree can provide.
Listening to the voices of young people is crucial in creating genuinely effective learning resources. That’s why we recently ran a survey of students who use Ada Computer Science, our platform designed to help students learn and revise key computer science c…
As Trump shifts his tone on Chinese students, Beijing doubles down on AI education—signaling a new kind of cold war in learning.
Read 'Reality Check,' a sci-fi short story by Hugo and Nebula-winning author Nancy Kress, right here on io9.
Ankit Khanal gets his news from News Daddy. More than 20 times a day, Khanal, a sophomore at George Mason University, opens TikTok to have the biggest stories of the day delivered to him by a bleach-blonde 26-year-old named Dylan Page, one of the leading face…
Stuart Russell warns AI's rapid rise could upend careers, replace leaders, and trigger a jobs crisis governments aren't ready for.
A new federal initiative aims to accelerate scientific discovery by uniting artificial intelligence with large federal datasets
Так получилось, что свою карьеру я начинал сразу в ИТ, но был скорее теоретиком. По образованию я - математик, а это значит, что в университете меня учили доводить задачи ровно до той стадии, когда "далее все понятно, и реализация представляет чисто инженерну…
As someone who recently graduated from college, I know how frustrating it can be having those classmates who just love to argue, like there's just no doubt that it brings them genuine bliss. But while they're getting their daily dose of dopamine by arguing wi…
To market their new products to people who had not already spent years pining for a computer of their own, the creators of the second wave of microcomputers had to face head on the question of what…
The rise in artificial-intelligence technologies is unprecedented, but some predict a stock-market crash that could have knock-on effects for funding and jobs.
Most cultures are built around the idea of private property. Grain is harvested once a year and stored for months. If someone steals the grain (which is difficult to securely lock up), it threatens the livelihood of the farmer and the stability of the communi…
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Discover what your personal Roman Empire is If you’ve heard the phrase “My Roman Empire,” you’ve probably gathered that no one actually possesses their own historical era—so what does it mean? This viral TikTok trend began with women asking men how often they…
The milestone makes machine-learning trailblazer Yoshua Bengio the most cited researcher on Google Scholar.
A lot of people building software today never took the traditional CS path. They arrived through curiosity, a job that needed automating, or a late-night itch to make something work. This week, David Kopec joins me to talk about rebuilding computer science fo…
LeCun is a Turing Award winner and considered one of the pioneers of modern artificial intelligence.
If you shoot video professionally, there's a good chance you've salivated over a RED camera at some point. RED has long been one of the top choices for big-budget productions, offering a combination of image quality and flexibility that's unrivaled by most co…
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November's Lightspeed Magazine short story is 'In the Zone' by Lisa M. Bradley.
Hello! I'm Andrew, and this is System32Comics—a funny comic series that is based on technology humor. Don't worry, you don't need a master's degree in computer science to understand my comics. All of my comics are based on everyday experiences of using a comp…
After four years in tech, Austin Nasso decided to try to make it as a full-time standup comedian. Here's how he made the leap.
Brittney Ball is struggling to find work nine months after her Meta layoff. She's using this time to start her own tech company and go to college.
Three friends, who raised $8 million for their AI startup, explained how to keep their relationship strong amid the challenges of founding a business.
By sharing his work on LinkedIn and his website, a software engineer expanded his network, landed a job, and unlocked new career opportunities.
Andrew Yang said the AI jobs crisis has begun and warned that the US must prepare for massive disruption, including millions of workers displaced.
Maitri Mangal said she took AI courses daily and still spends hours every week learning about new AI-related material.
Felix Wallis, 23, thinks personalizing his outreach to employers helped him get a full-time job in AI straight out of college.
A Virginia State University student who interned at Apple explains why he decided to pursue a full-time job outside Big Tech.
33-year-old Andrew Wang has concerns about junior-level software engineers and how they're going to advance in their careers.
Japanese researchers uncovered a universal rule describing why life’s growth slows despite abundant nutrients. Their “global constraint principle” integrates classic biological laws to show that multiple factors limit cellular growth in sequence. Verified thr…
The plan follows up on a manifesto promise to work towards the phasing out the practice.
Hole in the Sky, by Daniel H. Wilson, is one of Scientific American’s best fiction picks of 2025. In the novel, aliens talk through an AI headset and land in the Cherokee Nation, while the military scrambles to contain and control the unknown
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Kelly Reilly is best known nowadays as one of the stars of Taylor Sheridan's Yellowstone, but nearly 20 years ago, she starred in this forgotten sci-fi movie.
New research from UBC Okanagan mathematically demonstrates that the universe cannot be simulated. Using Gödel’s incompleteness theorem, scientists found that reality requires “non-algorithmic understanding,” something no computation can replicate. This discov…
Teenager Greg Kuperberg wrote three fast-action arcade games for the IBM-PC in 1982 and 1983 (an almost impossible of feat at the time) and then took another path. In this rare examination o…
Fiber optics that connect the world can detect its earthquakes, too
Knowing that they take it is only half the picture. What's important is the things they are doing with it.
The latest report shows that the estimated number of endangered vaquita porpoises has modestly increased
The BBC science show "Tomorrow’s World" visited Rex Malik at his home to learn more about SCAN, the very first home computer in Europe. subscribe to the Laughing Squid Newsletter The post A 1967 BBC Report About a Man Who Owned Europe’s First Home Computer wa…
Back when he was still a relative unknown, Robert Downey Jr. appeared in perhaps John Hughes' strangest (and most sci-fi-oriented) 1980s comedy movie.
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As AI systems exceed one benchmark after another, our standards for “humanlike intelligence” keep evolving
“We are pleased to welcome Amar to Craig’s leadership team and to bring his extraordinary AI expertise to Apple,” CEO Tim Cook said in a statement.
Is This The Most Ergonomic Mouse Ever Designed Or Just Another Ambitious Idea?Memory foam mattresses have continuously been pitched as the most ergonomic surfaces to sleep on. The way they work is by being a standard shape,...
An ambitious plan to create a trillion-dollar technology company comes with risks.
While AI and shifting industry trends have affected this particular end of the job market, programmers and engineers continue to be a highly valued occupation.
Simulations reveal that Jupiter’s rapid growth disrupted the early solar system, creating rings where new planetesimals formed much later than expected. These late-forming bodies match the ages and chemistry of chondrite meteorites found on Earth. The finding…
News and insights on the Android platform, developer tools, and events.
Scientists have uncovered a surprising second type of lion roar, using AI to decode vocal signatures with remarkable precision. This breakthrough sheds new light on how lions communicate and offers a powerful new tool for conservationists racing to protect sh…
People are more likely to believe lies when there’s the possibility of a reward. Neuroimaging shows that the brain shifts into reward or risk mode depending on whether the context involves a gain or a loss. Friends show synchronized brain activity that can pr…
For the first time, a quantum computer has successfully measured pairing correlations (quantum signals that show electrons teaming up in pairs), which is essential to helping scientists find one of the holy grails of physics—superconductors that work at room …
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Researchers spot the “tipping point” before mathematicians’ moments of discovery
A new paper shows ChatGPT-5 emerging as a tool that helps scientists test ideas, navigate literature and refine experiments
For years, a French mathematician searched for a proof that a gigantic number is prime. His method is still used 150 years later
Tim Berners-Lee is calling for a return to a decentralized Internet and stronger data privacy, but his arguments could be more inspiring.
The company was created to use AI for world- changing science — and achieved that with AlphaFold. But the advent of large language models raises deep questions about the future of DeepMind.
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For most of the 20th century, the center of gravity in science was anywhere but the US. On the eve of World War II, the great laboratories were in Europe, and American research — especially in physics — was widely seen as trailing them. Then came the “scient…
The mayor-elect has 25,000 job applicants in 24 hours and a civil service system designed to keep him from hiring any of them
Deep-learning pioneer LeCun is also in early talks to raise funds for a new venture, according to the report.
A new GEO industry has emerged as AI transforms search. SEO experts and tech giants themselves debate whether these new strategies are effective.
“It’ll be like playing sports or a video game or something like that,” the Tesla CEO said.
Kurt Russell scored his first franchise by starring in a trilogy of Disney sci-fi/comedy films about Dexter Riley, a student at the fictional Medfield College.
"The hardest part isn't the work itself. It's just starting. And that's exactly where science can help."
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Yoshua Bengio talks about his efforts to identify — and address — the risks posed by AI.