A 13-year-old and his teen sister picked up vibe coding and ended up competing together in a 24-hour hackathon with their dad.

AI tools promise that anyone can build apps, so I put that claim to the test. After a few minor bumps, I built a custom ...

At M.I.T., a new program called “artificial intelligence and decision-making” is now the second-most-popular undergraduate major. By Natasha Singer Natasha Singer covers computer science and A.I.

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 ...

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For years scientists relied upon the speed of light, placed at 186,271 miles per second, as a trustworthy measuring stick. From time to time this value has been questioned. Last year a member of the U ...

Gear-obsessed editors choose every product we review. We may earn commission if you buy from a link. Why Trust Us? Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: Time crystals oscillate in ...

Leaders today are facing a crisis of employee engagement and trust in company leadership. According to Gallup, U.S. employee engagement dropped to 31% in 2024, the lowest level in a decade, with 17% ...

Scientists at TU Wien have uncovered that quantum correlations can stabilize time crystals—structures that oscillate in time without an external driver. Contrary to previous assumptions, quantum ...

Google is now letting developers preview the Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model behind Project Mariner and agentic features in AI Mode. This “specialized model” can interact with graphical user interfaces, ...

Google’s Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model is a new AI agent that can autonomously browse the web and interact with UIs—clicking, typing, and scrolling based on text prompts. Built on Gemini 2.5 Pro, this ...

There is a widespread misapprehension that controlling nuclear fusion is hard. In fact so long as you are not hoping to use the process to produce electricity, controlling fusion is easy. Indeed, it ...