The computer, at its core, is an input-output device: it receives instructions, executes programmes, performs calculations automatically and produces results.By this fundamental definition, China's ...

The world's earliest computer was a silk loom built in China over two millennia ago, according to a claim made by China's ...

Sophisticated silk-weaving loom dating back to the Western Han dynasty used physical pattern cards which acted like ancient software.

A new, high-performance brain-computer interface (BCI) can be rapidly implanted through a minimally invasive procedure. The ...

anthropomorphism: When humans tend to give nonhuman objects humanlike characteristics. In AI, this can include believing a chatbot is more humanlike and aware than it actually is, like believing it's ...

The Majorana 1 quantum computer was hailed as a significant breakthrough by Microsoft, but critics say the company has yet to ...

The ancient Antikythera Mechanism acts like an astronomical calculator, but its full purpose remains a mystery.

For more than 50 years, scientists have sought alternatives to silicon for building molecular electronics. The vision was ...

Until now, AI services based on large language models (LLMs) have mostly relied on expensive data center GPUs. This has ...

Tiny molecules that can think, remember, and learn may be the missing link between electronics and the brain. For more than ...

Once again, Las Vegas will host a sprawling sneak peek at the tech that will shape the industry throughout 2026. The Verge ...

YPlasma will host the world premiere of the first-ever application of dielectric barrier discharge (DBD) plasma actuators for ...