Google and NASA Turn to New D-Wave Computer
A new Quantum Artificial Intelligence lab is the latest user of D-Wave's supposed quantum computer
The Bitcoin Arms Race Is On!
Powerful mining machines are changing the nature of the popular cryptocurrency
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Samsung Imagines a Future With Mind-Controlled Tablets
A tablet controlled by the brain could help the disabled sooner than average consumers
Intel Versus the Dwindling PC Market
Questions about the company's mobile push and its business model again take center stage
A Big Step Toward a Silicon Quantum Computer
Control of nuclear spin is key to a practical silicon quantum computer
Would the Mob Really Break Your Virtual Kneecaps With Counterfeit Chips?
Apparently, the next chip security threat could come from organized crime, says IOActive
Movea’s Data Fusion Transforms Sensors Into Indoor Navigation
Software company Movea helps app developers corral the data from the sensors that pack today’s mobile devices
Encryption Chip Fights Off Sneak Attacks
Processor obscures characteristics that enable side-channel attacks in cloud computing
Powerful ALMA Telescope Makes High-profile Debut
The international Atacama Large Millimeter/submillimeter Array is officially open for business, although observations were already well underway
Chromebook Pixel: Too Much, Too Soon
The Pixel is more Chromebook than anyone needs, for more money than anyone should spend
The LHC Dumps Its Last Beam For Two Years
The particle accelerator is shutting down for repairs and upgrades that will finally let it run at top speed
The Existential Threat to Dell: Chromebooks
Michael Dell, Chromebooks will steal your market—and your fortune
CES 2013: Replacing the Game Board with a MultiTouch Computer
Intel’s vision of a family computer gets people out from behind their laptops and tablets
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Google Gets in Your Face
Google Glass offers a slightly augmented version of reality
Why Smart Glasses Might Not Make You Smarter
A Q&A with wearable-computer pioneer Steve Mann
Google Glass Features and Apps Still in Flux
Babak Parviz, head of the Google Glass project, hints at what to expect next
New Machine Puts Quantum Computers’ Utility to the Test
Quantum boson sampling machine could show whether future quantum devices will really be faster than conventional computers
Wearable Computers the Size of Buttons to Monitor Health
Will be especially helpful to monitor elderly patients prone to falls
The Incredible Shrinking Chip Industry
The field has narrowed considerably, especially when it comes to making advanced chips, GlobalFoundries CEO says
The Human Face Within Big Data
A new book sees big data as mostly good, a little scary, and full of people
A Quantum Dot First: Electron-Photon Entanglement
A new way to entangle quantum bits made of light and matter could be a boost for quantum communication
Mirror, Mirror, On the Wall, Who's the Fastest of Them All?
With Oak Ridge’s 20 petaflop ‘Titan’ grabbing the supercomputing title, Top500.org re-ranks the field
Oak Ridge Unveils 20-Petaflop ‘Titan’ Supercomputer
New 299,008-CPU Cray XK7 will simulate nanomagnets, global climate, and turbulent combustion
Coffee-Can Radar
How to build a synthetic-aperture imaging system with tin cans and AA batteries
More Support Emerges for Low-Power Server Chips
Texas-based start-up Calxeda has won an extra $55 million in funding for ARM-based server chips
The Greening of the Cloud
Iceland’s plentiful green energy and new fiber links may make it the next big thing in cloud storage
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Quantum Physicists Snatch Nobel Prize
American and French scientists studied elusive quantum states in isolated particles
Open Source's Final Frontier
Advocates of open-source hardware come together in New York City
Will Marvell’s Under-$30 Cloud Server Make Teachers and Students Smile?
This latest vision of the connected classroom takes advantage of the smartphones already in student hands.
IBM Unveils Its Latest Big Iron
Big Blue's latest chip clocks in at a searing 5.5 GHz
D-Wave's Quantum Computing Claim Gets Boost in Testing
In some cases, D-Wave's computer proved 3600 times faster than standard computers
Loser: D-Wave Does Not Quantum Compute
D-Wave Systems' quantum computers look to be bigger, costlier, and slower than conventional ones
Why I'm Wagering $100,000 on Quantum Computing
If quantum computing really does turn out to be impossible for some fundamental reason, I'll be absolutely thrilled.
Big Win for the Losers at D-Wave
Does D-Wave's first big sale disprove the quantum computing naysayers?