Earth’s supercomputing power surpasses human brain three times over
The combined processing power of the world’s most advanced computers has skyrocketed more than 66 percent since November.
Google calls increasing requests to remove political content ‘alarming’
Political commentary remains a prime target as governments increase the number of requests for Google to remove material from the reach of Internet users.
How Flame virus has changed everything for online security firms
Here’s a question: if you connect an unprotected Windows computer to the internet, how long will it take before it is infected by malicious software? The answer is: much more quickly than most lay users think
Scientists use touch-screen computers to catch bears ‘counting’
It appears that Stephen Colbert was right to be worried about the rising threat posed by your run-of-the-mill bears: As it turns out, they’re much smarter than previously thought.
62 years later, passing the ‘Turing test’ remains elusive
Computers have not evolved quite as Turing expected them to, but Loebner has stayed determined to run the competition to the founding father’s precise specifications.
Myanmar rapper now a rising star in parliament
Once known as a rebel rapper with a penchant for electric guitars and dragon tattoos, Zayar Thaw now aims to be an agent of change as a parliamentarian in the stronghold of the Myanmar army that threw him in jail.
