A look at SRI's Future Concepts division, a research organization comprised of SRI and PARC researchers, as some argue that basic tech research labs are passé
John Markoff / New York Times : X: @tdietterich X: Thomas G. Dietterich / @tdietterich : Nice article on the merging of SRI with PARC. In my view, it is time for another attempt to reconceive the fut...
Sketchpad creator Ivan Sutherland and other experts say the US should seize the superconducting electronics opportunity, as CMOS chip making nears atomic limits
John Markoff / New York Times : Tweets: @nytimesbusiness , @vishalgulati_ , and @dealbook Tweets: @nytimesbusiness : “There is really the potential of creating the equivalent of the human brain using...
As data centers grow, engineers at Meta, Google, and other companies worry about the reliability of ever-smaller chips and hardware failures with unclear causes
As the largest computer networks continue to grow, some engineers fear that their smallest components could prove to be an Achilles' heel. Tweets: @doctorkarl , @heatwavekgns , @nytimestech , @markoff...
Facebook attacks Apple in full-page newspaper ads, claiming upcoming iOS 14 changes that limit data gathering and targeted ads are bad for small businesses
and they should have the choice to allow that or not.” https://twitter.com/... @fbnewsroom : We're standing up to Apple for small businesses everywhere. #SpeakUpForSmall https://about.fb.com/... Ralph...
Twenty-eight year veteran NYT tech reporter John Markoff to retire, will remain on contract for more stories, become writer in residence at Berkeley in 2017
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Twenty-eight year veteran NYT tech reporter John Markoff to retire, will remain on contract for more stories, become writer in residence at Berkeley in 2017
I'm retiring from the greatest job I ever knew—but I still believe that journalism will thrive … Yes, I'm retiring from the New York Times. Tweets: @digiphile , @kimmaicutler , @laurengoode , @backchn...
Sources: Google, Amazon, Facebook, Microsoft, and IBM form group to devise ethics for AI, and discuss its impact on jobs, transportation, warfare, and more
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China has 167 machines in Top500 list of fastest supercomputers, edging out 165 for US, and China's new Sunway TaihuLight computer is 2x as fast as any machine
and without using US chips Jon Fingas / Engadget : China made the world's fastest supercomputer using its own chips Jon Brodkin / Ars Technica UK : 10 million-core supercomputer hits 93 petaflops, tri...
Cryptography pioneers Whitfield Diffie and Martin Hellman win $1M Turing Award
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IBM scientists create tiny carbon nanotube transistors that could potentially replace silicon transistors in future computer processors
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