I grew up in the 1990s. Like many suburban schools of that era, my high school invested in a computer lab for its students. The lab had a scanner, an early webcam, and a bevy of Mac Classics running ...

In June, an IBM computing executive claimed quantum computers were entering the "utility" phase, in which high-tech experimental devices become useful. In September, Australia's Chief Scientist Cathy ...

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There's a lot of interest in quantum computing in the banking world, but outside specialized teams at large institutions that have invested in it, there is a lack of clarity on what it is, how it ...

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Professor and computer scientist David J. Malan joins WIRED to answer your computer and programming questions from Twitter. How do search engines compile information so quickly? Which operating system ...