Narrator: We all live with computers, but getting the most out of them, getting them to dowhat you need, can be kind of difficult. But if you can understand how they processthings, a computer can be ...

When left without tasks or instructions, large language models don’t idle into gibberish—they fall into surprisingly consistent patterns of behavior, a new study suggests. Researchers at TU Wien in ...

Children as young as 4 years old are capable of finding efficient solutions to complex problems, such as independently inventing sorting algorithms developed by computer scientists. The scientists ...

Researchers from EPFL, AMD, and the University of Novi Sad have uncovered a long-standing inefficiency in the algorithm that programs millions of reconfigurable chips used worldwide, a discovery that ...

Open-access databases such as the European Nucleotide Archive (ENA) contain more than 2.4 million bacterial genomes, and this number continues to grow rapidly. Until now, searching these vast ...

Tim Berners-Lee, inventor of the world wide web, says that addictive algorithms cause polarisation and should be made illegal, but he does not regret "opening Pandora's box" with his invention. Words ...

It can take weeks to write a grant proposal, so how would it feel to have a machine reject it in seconds? Researchers in Spain have been finding out, after a major funding foundation in the country ...

Quantum computers could one day crack the encryption protecting your most sensitive data. Here's how VPNs are adapting.

'EVE Frontier' developers Helgi Freyr Rúnarsson and Guðlaugur Jóhannesson talk galaxy merger models, black holes, and the thin line between science and fun. EVE Online has been around for what feels ...

Actor Ryan Reynolds told attendees at the Toronto International Film Festival (TIFF) on Friday that he is not "MAGA" or "extreme anything," recalling a moment when he suggested swapping phones with a ...

Post-quantum cryptography is here, and ML-DSA is leading the way. Experts from IBM and Qualcomm explain what’s at stake for security.