Artificial intelligence (AI) isn't just made up of data, chips and code—it's also the product of the metaphors and narratives we use to talk about it. The way we represent this technology determines ...

Software built into the cameras on iPhones and Android phones makes quick work of decoding QR codes. How do you do that on a laptop or desktop computer? I have a friend who calls me occasionally to ...

CC blasts onto camera in full rant mode, attacking meteorologists, weather maps, the sun, gravity, and anything else he can think of. He claims clouds should escape into space, Hollywood somehow ...

Dr. Shaw and Dr. Hilton teach software engineering at Carnegie Mellon University. For decades, computer science students have been taught a central skill: using computers to solve problems. In ...

Decades of research has viewed DNA as a sequence-based instruction manual; yet every cell in the body shares the same genes – so where is the language that writes the memory of cell identities?

How bad-faith arguments sow doubt by weaponizing scientific humility. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. "Science is never settled" ...

Code.org CEO Hadi Partovi during an event in Seattle in July, announcing a new “Hour of AI” campaign to demystify AI in the spirit of the group’s past “Hour of Code” initiatives. (GeekWire Photo / ...

Newly discovered npm package 'fezbox' employs QR codes to retrieve cookie-stealing malware from the threat actor's server. The package, masquerading as a utility library, leverages this innovative ...

Some of Julie York’s high school computer science students are worried about what generative artificial intelligence will mean for future careers in the tech industry. If generative AI can code, then ...

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