We’re just not compatible any more: why Microsoft finally dumped Internet Explorer
Glenn Carstens-Peters/Unsplash, CC BY-SATech giant Microsoft recently announced the retirement of its longstanding web browser, Internet Explorer, in favour of...
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Want to build better computer games? Call an architect
Virtual world Flickr/ColombineG, CC BY-NC-NDIf I said I was a licensed architect helping to fight dementia, you’d probably assume I...
6 changes in Ontario’s not-so-basic new elementary math curriculum
Ontario's new financial literacy curriculum covers financial literacy, including budget-making, credit cards and compound interest. (Shutterstock)This fall, Ontario elementary schools...
Better AI, unhackable communication, spotting submarines: the quantum tech arms race is heating up
Zhu JinQuantum technology, which makes use of the surprising and often counterintuitive properties of the subatomic universe, is revolutionising the...
Computing changed the ‘flow’ of watching television
Viewers can now select what they want to watch and when they want to watch it. Shutterstock/RasulovThe latest in our...
Planning the best route with multiple destinations is hard even for supercomputers – a new approach breaks a barrier that’s stood for nearly half a century
Finding the best tour from A through B, C and D and back to A might not be that hard,...
How a team of musicologists and computer scientists completed Beethoven’s unfinished 10th Symphony
Throughout the project, Beethoven's genius loomed. Circe DenyerWhen Ludwig van Beethoven died in 1827, he was three years removed from...
How older people are mastering technology to stay connected after lockdown
Tomertu/ShutterstockIt’s a well-worn stereotype: the image of an elderly person fiddling with technology that leaves them completely bamboozled. The media...
If videogames do benefit pupils’ education and skills, it’s time we found out how and why
Sergey Novikov/shutterstock.comA study published recently examined the effects of video games on maths, reading and science skills and makes some...
Why a computer isn’t the first thing you need when teaching kids to code
In 2020, COVID-19 hit, and globally, there was a massive shift to online instruction. Educators and parents realized that going...
