History has a funny way of humbling us. The very innovations we now consider essential were once dismissed as absurd, impossible, or downright dangerous. Brilliant minds faced ridicule, rejection, and ...

The past two years have been a time of great change for many of us. We have had to accept some harsh circumstances, we learned a few new skills, and we had to get creative with how we retained a sense ...

I was settling into one of those airport activity tables with high stools and electric outlets at my flight’s gate, waiting for the agent to announce boarding, when I felt a gathering storm at the ...

Common causes of computer freezing and practical steps to troubleshoot and fix an unresponsive PC for smoother, more reliable performance. Pixabay, Pexels Experiencing a computer freezing repeatedly ...

We may receive a commission on purchases made from links. Depending on whether you play intense games or watch fast-paced and vibrant media, you might notice certain moving images leaving behind ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine that someone gives you a list of five numbers: 1, 6, 21, 107, and—wait for it—47,176,870. Can you guess what comes next? If ...

All BART stations reopened for service late Friday morning after a computer problem shut down train service systemwide for hours, according to the transit agency. Starting at 4:30 a.m., issues arose ...

SAN FRANCISCO (KGO) -- Full BART service is expected to resume after a nearly seven-hour systemwide shutdown halted trains Friday morning due to a computer equipment problem. The transit agency says ...

CAMBRIDGE, U.K. – A small Microsoft Research team had lofty goals when it set out four years ago to create an analog optical computer that would use light as a medium for solving complex problems.

A line of engineering research seeks to develop computers that can tackle a class of challenges called combinatorial optimization problems. These are common in real-world applications such as ...