Enlarge / The evolution of a chaotic quantum system. (credit: Joint Quantum Institute) One of the near-term (but somewhat irrelevant) goals of quantum computing is something called quantum supremacy. Quantum supremacy is not, sadly, a cage fight between proponents of competing interpretations of quantum mechanics. It is a demonstration of a quantum computer performing a […]
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This Week In Trailers: Do You Trust This Computer?, Hitler’s Hollywood, The Shadow of ISIS, End Game, Sollers Point
Trailers are an under-appreciated art form insofar that many times they’re seen as vehicles for showing footage, explaining films away, or showing their hand about what moviegoers can expect. Foreign, domestic, independent, big budget: What better way to hone your skills as a thoughtful moviegoer than by deconstructing these little pieces of advertising? This week […]
How bias pushed the ‘Computer Girls’ out of tech
IBM By Diane Gherson, IBM Chief Human Resources Officer Recently, I read the bestselling book “Brotopia: Breaking Up the Boys’ Club of Silicon Valley” by Emily Chang. I found it fascinating, cover to cover. I was especially struck by a section about the history of the tech industry, drawn from the work of historian Nathan […]
Half of All European Flights Delayed Due to Computer Glitch
Half of All European Flights Delayed Due to Computer Glitch Advertiser Disclosure The credit card offers that appear on the website are from credit card companies from which ThePointsGuy.com receives compensation. This compensation may impact how and where products appear on this site (including, for example, the order in which they appear). This site does […]
Visual Out Is A Metroidvania Adventure Through A Dying, Glitchy Computer
In recently released metroidvania Visual Out, an adventure awaits within the files and code of an rotting mainframe. As a rogue program, you descend deep into the operating system of this collapsing cyberspace environment, a CRT glitch-scape where bending the environment to your will is your means of uncovering the secrets of the computer and […]
Your Wi-Fi router could be quietly HACKING your computer, experts issue terrifying WARNING
Security experts have warned of a serious new nation-state developed malware threat, dubbed Slingshot. Kaspersky Labs researchers identified the new malware, which infects an internet router, before stealing data from computers connected to the network. Researcher say the malware is so sophisticated, it can only have been developed by a nation-state. In a report on […]
Prostate cancer: Computer software ‘can diagnose as accurately as any doctor’
PROSTATE cancer can be diagnosed by new computer software just as accurately as any doctor, suggests a study.
Fortnite news: Should computer game be BANNED? This Morning sparks row over young boy
Mother Suzanne was joined by her young son Leo as she spoke to This Morning hosts Holly Willoughby and Philip Schofield about the difference in her boy’s mood. Suzanne claimed that when Leo’s told to stop playing Fortnite, the global phenomenon from Epic Games and People Can Fly, he will switch. The concerned mother pleaded […]
Fix Computer Issues Or Blackmail Clients In Puzzle Adventure Tech Support: Error Unknown
From Uplink to Her Story, the concept of a game presenting itself as a computer or console to work interact with has seen numerous variations and iterations. On mobile, games like Simulacra and A Normal Lost Phone expand the premise to smart phones. The upcoming Tech Support: Error Unknown looks to combine both, placing you […]
uTorrent bugs let websites control your computer and steal your downloads
Enlarge / A screenshot of one of the uTorrent PoC exploits in action. (credit: Google Project Zero) Two versions of uTorrent, one of the Internet’s most widely used BitTorrent apps, are vulnerable to a host of easy-to-exploit vulnerabilities that allow attackers to execute code, access downloaded files, and snoop on download histories, a Google Project […]
