Quantum computing, the new frontier of finance
Close-up on the circuitry of the Vesuvius quantum computer, announced in 2012 by the Canadian firm D-Wave Systems. Steve Jurvetson/FlickrThe...
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The history of computing is both evolution and revolution
CSIRAC was originally built in Sydney by the CSIRO before being transferred to Melbourne University. Melbourne University, Author providedThis month...
How the US census kickstarted America’s computing industry
An employee creates punch cards using information from a filled in 1950 Census Population Form. U.S. Census BureauAn updated version...
A language generation program’s ability to write articles, produce code and compose poetry has wowed scientists
GPT-3 is 10 times more complex than its predecessor. antoniokhr/iStock via Getty ImagesSeven years ago, my student and I at...
New technologies to recycle electronic waste
Pulsed extraction column (normally positioned vertically). JCP Gabriel, CEA Marcoule DES/ISEC/DMRCOur connected consumer society generates a lot of electronic waste,...
AAA ratings: when do videogames become too realistic?
As games get more realistic, discrepancies become more apparent. Steven Andrew PhotographyRepetition is a rare phenomenon in the real world...
There’s a massive cybersecurity job gap – we should fill it by employing hackers
Gorodenkoff/Shutterstock.comCybersecurity incidents are gaining an increasingly high profile. In the past, these incidents may have been perceived primarily as a...
A quantum computing future is unlikely, due to random hardware errors
Will quantum computers ever reliably best classical computers? Amin Van/Shutterstock.com Artist’s rendition of the Google processor. Forest Stearns, Google AI...
Computing can help save the koala by predicting where they can survive
The fate of this koala could depend on some clever computer modelling. Shutterstock/Dudarev Mikhail The latest in our Computing turns...
Google and IBM are at odds over ‘quantum supremacy’ – an expert explains what it really means
GoogleGoogle claims to have demonstrated something called “quantum supremacy”, in a paper published in Nature. This would mark a significant...
