A research team at the Chinese University of Hong Kong (CUHK) has developed a new inverse programming technology that uses magnetic forces to shape and change the surface of soft materials. This breakthrough opens up new possibilities in fields like ...
Ah, the tech industry. The same industry that once admired programmers now treats them like relics from a bygone era, like scribes who resist the printing press. Companies believe AI is the solution to everything, and programmers? Well, they’re seen ...
Sometime in the fall of 2021, Andrew Krapivin, an undergraduate at Rutgers University, came across a paper that would change his life. At the time, Krapivin didn't think much of it. However, two years later, when he finally took the time to read the ...
Get ready for a time when computers know our world - and our future - better than we do. One of my favorite Isaac Asimov stories, Franchise, imagines an election where computers are advanced enough to predict the preferences of an entire country base...
As the latest group of contestants fails the infamous Turing Test, John Pavlus explores what it will take to create a computer that can think like a human. How can you tell if a computer can think? In 1950, Alan Turing, the father of computer science...
Imagine if your boss were a machine. For some people, this is almost a reality, says Jane Palmer. So, will we all end up working for robots and algorithms? In 1910, a strike began at the Watertown Arsenal near Boston when a manager used a stopwatch t...
The UK is facing a severe shortage of workers with digital skills, such as computer coders, cybersecurity experts, and data analysts. These roles are in high demand. This issue isn't limited to the UK. Globally, two-thirds of technology firms are str...