- Why you should never sell your entire stack: There was another lesser known Apple Computers cofounder who sold his 10% share of the company for $800. Today AAPL’s market cap is $2.2 trillion. https://www.thesun.co.uk/tech/6931229/apple-value-worth-ron-wayne-shares-stock-sold-price/ 49 comments cryptocurrency
- A Third of Known Computer Security Flaws Have No Solution https://247wallst.com/technology-3/2019/08/23/a-third-of-known-computer-security-flaws-have-no-solution/ 8 comments privacy
- The largest known prime number - How to compute it using GMP https://academyofmathematics.wordpress.com/2018/08/15/the-largest-known-prime-number/ 6 comments math
- Scientists developed a special type of quantum computer known as a programmable quantum simulator capable of operating with 256 quantum bits, or “qubits.” "The number of quantum states that are possible with only 256 qubits exceeds the number of atoms in the solar system." https://news.harvard.edu/gazette/story/2021/07/harvard-led-physicists-create-256-qubit-programmable-quantum-simulator/ 322 comments science
- Highly sophisticated computer hacker group found in China, linked to some of the best-known cyber-espionage attacks out of China in recent years http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/09/17/us-cyberattacks-china-idusbre98g0m720130917?feedtype=rss&feedname=technologynews 5 comments technology
- A seven-year-old in Philadelphia just became the world’s youngest known person ever to code a computer game. http://blogs.smithsonianmag.com/smartnews/2013/02/first-grader-codes-her-own-computer-game/?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=socialmedia&utm_campaign=20130215&utm_content=firstgradercodesherowncomputergame3 7 comments technology
- Dropsort is what is known in the computer science field as a lossy algorithm... http://www.dangermouse.net/esoteric/dropsort.html 89 comments programming
- It isn't generally known, but AMD should be credited with the birth of netbook computers. http://www.brightsideofnews.com/news/2009/11/11/amd-sub-1w-bobcat-architecture-targets-arm2c-intel-atom.aspx 10 comments technology
- Using advanced computers and a computational technique to simulate physical processes at the atomic level, researchers have predicted that a material made from hafnium, nitrogen, and carbon would have the highest known melting point, about two-thirds the temperature at the surface of the sun. http://www.scientificcomputing.com/news/2015/07/material-record-setting-melting-point-predicted 37 comments science
- Mapping the most complex object in the known universe: Researchers have devised a faster way of computing the neural connections that make up the brain. http://io9.com/5826299/mapping-the-most-complex-object-in-the-known-universe 81 comments science
- My dad is paying a company known as 'Geek on Click' to keep his computer safe. Does anybody have any information on this company? https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/5gomyz/my_dad_is_paying_a_company_known_as_geek_on_click/ 9 comments techsupport
- Quote of the day: "Many programmers have created and promoted the computer programming language known as "open source code" to be shared on public sites at no cost, but licensing issues are murky." http://www.reuters.com/article/idusn3026798220101130 81 comments linux
- From the creator of qmail: "The purpose of this paper is twofold: first, to present every known technique for computing the product of two large integers..." (19pp PDF) http://cr.yp.to/papers/m3.pdf 12 comments programming
- Last week I scanned the "AGC Handbook", which contains the only known surviving complete set of original Apollo Guidance Computer and DSKY electrical schematics https://archive.org/details/agc_handbook_jp2 9 comments space
- Ray Kurzweil, director of engineering at Google, believes we will be able to upload our entire brains to computers within the next 32 years - an event known as singularity... http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-2344398/google-futurist-claims-uploading-entire-minds-computers-2045-bodies-replaced-machines-90-years.html 26 comments worldnews
- Last Friday the Chinese government confiscated the computers of lawyers at the Open Constitution Initiative, best known for its pro bono work on behalf of the victims of last year's tainted milk scandal. http://www.csmonitor.com/2009/0717/p06s19-woap.html 6 comments worldnews
- Folding@home is a non-profit project that aims to develop new ways to destroy known diseases through lent computing power and protein simulation. Reddit communities such as r/LinusTechTips and r/Banano have lent their PCs power to medical research and made it to the top 5 contributors of all time! https://stats.foldingathome.org/team 271 comments internetisbeautiful
- Scientists have created and observed a new phase of matter, popularly known as a time crystal. In research published in Nature, a team of scientists detail their creation of a time crystal using Google’s Sycamore quantum computing hardware. https://news.stanford.edu/2021/11/30/time-crystal-quantum-computer/ 85 comments science
- Scientists have synthesized a novel material that exhibits distinct mechanisms of negative thermal expansion. This is the first known material to show this property and its application may help avoid damage to composite materials like computer chip components, facing unexpected temperature changes. https://www.titech.ac.jp/english/news/2021/048705.html 13 comments science
- The Art of Linear Algebra. "This paper describes a technique for 'doodling' equations from linear algebra ... The doodles, known as trace diagrams, are graphs labeled by matrices ... [permitting] computations in linear algebra to be performed using diagrams." [abstract + link to PDF] https://arxiv.org/abs/0712.2058 34 comments math
- In the largest known brain imaging study, scientists evaluated 62,454 brain SPECT (single photon emission computed tomography) scans of more than 30,000 individuals from 9 months old to 105 years of age to investigate factors that accelerate brain aging. https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20180821005154/en/largest-brain-study-62454-scans-identifies-drivers 7 comments science
- A new study carried out at D’Or Institute for Research and Education used a Magnetic Resonance (MR) machine to read participants’ minds and find out what song they were listening to. Using a technique known as brain decoding, the computer showed up to 85% accuracy in identifying the correct song. http://www.idor.org/blog/it-sounds-like-music-to-my-brain 3 comments science
- Computer programmed to think like serial killer has creepy hobby - “artificial intelligence software has been working non-stop to try and crack the serial killer’s letters in the hopes of revealing who it is. The machine, known as CARAMEL, was programmed to think like the killer.“ http://www.news.com.au/technology/innovation/inventions/computer-programmed-to-think-like-serial-killer-has-creepy-hobby/news-story/0a34fd2ebfb5db2b894f21b7a4f59383 13 comments technology
- Placing human decision-making, known as the "optometrist's algorithm", at the center of computer optimization, yielded sustained hot plasmas in a colliding beam fusion reactor. https://www.nature.com/articles/s41598-017-06645-7 101 comments science
- New Exploration: Divers Sure of New Finds from 'Ancient Computer' Shipwreck - The Antikythera Mechanism -- is a 2nd-century BC device known as the world's oldest computer -- because it could track astronomical phenomena & the cycles of the Solar System http://phys.org/news/2014-09-divers-ancient-shipwreck.html 34 comments history
- Almost three decades ago, Richard Feynman — known popularly as much for his bongo drumming and pranks as for his brilliant insights into physics — told an electrified audience at MIT how to build a computer so powerful that its simulations “will do exactly the same as nature.” He was right... http://www.wired.com/wiredscience/2010/01/quantum-computer-hydrogen-simulation/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=feed%3A+wiredscience+%28blog+-+wired+science%29 45 comments science
- Engineered crystals could help computers run on less power. Researchers have created engineered crystal structures that display an unusual physical phenomenon known as negative capacitance. Incorporating this material into advanced silicon transistors could make computers more energy efficient. https://news.berkeley.edu/2022/04/07/engineered-crystals-could-help-computers-run-on-less-power/ 16 comments science
- Long before computers existed, the Inca people kept records using knotted strings known as quipu. That technology has inspired a new system for assessing gastrointestinal problems, which is considerably less expensive than conventional methods. https://newatlas.com/medical/inca-inspired-quilt-gi-tract/ 55 comments science
- Graphene and 2D materials could move electronics beyond ‘Moore’s Law’. New review on a field of computer device development known as spintronics, which could use graphene as a building block for next-generation electronics. https://www.manchester.ac.uk/discover/news/graphene-and-2d-materials-could-move-electronics-beyond-moores-law/ 4 comments science
- Mechanical engineers have discovered a way to produce more electricity from heat than thought possible by creating a silicon chip, also known as a 'device,' that converts more thermal radiation into electricity. This could lead to devices such as laptop computers and cellphones https://unews.utah.edu/beat-the-heat/ 42 comments science
- MIT scientists have designed and performed the first ever practical test of an artificial synapse, unleashing what’s known as neuromorphic computing, that could let computers replicate some of the brain’s most powerful and intricate functions, as reported in journal Nature Materials. https://www.inverse.com/article/40402-mit-computer-brain-artificial-synapse 62 comments science
- My best friend, the most talented musician I've ever known, died in the Oakland fire on Friday. We are attempting to preserve his art and music and need help accessing his computer, possibly encrypted but currently turned on and at the login screen. https://www.reddit.com/r/techsupport/comments/5goo13/my_best_friend_the_most_talented_musician_ive/ 70 comments techsupport
- Guilty verdict in Iowa Hot Lotto scam; He was accused of installing a self-deleting computer program, known as a rootkit, on a Hot Lotto drawing computer so he could orchestrate a winning ticket worth $14.3 million in a Dec. 29, 2010, draw. http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/news/crime-and-courts/2015/07/20/hot-lotto-verdict/30411901/?from=global&sessionkey=&autologin= 14 comments technology
- "Turing molecules" Finally discovered. Not only did Alan Turing break the German Enigma and father modern computer science, but he also published a theory on the creation of life in the womb, a year before the structure of DNA was even known. After 62 years, his theories have been proven. http://www.sciencedaily.com/releases/2014/07/140731145839.htm 197 comments science
- A computer virus widely used to steal credit card data, known as Zeus, has been modified to create bogus Instagram "likes" that can be used to generate buzz for a company or individual, according to cyber experts at RSA. http://www.reuters.com/article/2013/08/16/us-instagram-cyberfraud-idusbre97f0xd20130816 4 comments technology
- SAS Institute v World Programming – has confirmed what the software industry has known for some time: that copying the functionality of a computer program does not constitute copyright infringement in the UK. http://www.cpaglobal.com/newlegalreview/4642/sas_institute_v_world_programm 11 comments programming
- 100 years ago, Alan Turing, who first conceived of the computer age, was born. He was a math genius, a WWII hero and is widely known as the father of AI. But the world wasn't kind to Alan Turing. In 1952, he was arrested and convicted for "acts of gross indecency between men, in public or private." http://www.radiolab.org/blogs/radiolab-blog/2012/mar/19/turing-problem/ 24 comments technology
- Chinese hacking of Gmail accounts of journalists, Chinese human rights activists, etc. traced to a Chinese Voc/Tech School in Jinan, China known for churning out cooks, hairdressers, and Chinese Army computer scientists http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/2011/jun/02/chinese-school-implicated-cyber-attacks 5 comments worldnews
- "Every Internet-connected computer, smartphone, car, gadget and gizmo is assigned a four-digit IP address that lets it communicate with the net, thanks to a system known as IPv4" http://www.foxnews.com/scitech/2011/01/26/internet-run-ip-addresses-happens-anyones-guess/ 84 comments programming
- Gallium (especially gallium arsenide, known to chemists as GaAs) has been studied for three decades as a replacement for silicon, since its higher "electron mobility" should produce faster transistors and therefore faster computers http://news.yahoo.com/s/livescience/20091105/sc_livescience/theendofsiliconmaybeinsight 12 comments science