New Scientist

You can now buy a DIY quantum computer

Qilimanjaro is selling a relatively cheap kit with everything you need for a quantum computer – you just need to be able to ...
FrontPage Africa

Liberia: Experts Warn Digital Divide is Crushing a Generation’s Dreams and Locking the Country in Poverty

Summary: By Augusta S. Lafalay with New Narratives BARNESVILLE ESTATE, Montserrado County— Sarah Sackor and her classmates ...
Wall Street Journal

Basic Materials Roundup: Market Talk

The latest Market Talks covering Basic Materials. Published exclusively on Dow Jones Newswires at 4:20 ET, 12:20 ET and 16:50 ET. 1405 ET – A crimp in fertilizer availability due to the gridlock at ...
The Verge

What if your real computer was a supersized Lego computer brick?

Worthy of both classic Lego and classic Mac. Worthy of both classic Lego and classic Mac. is a senior editor and founding member of The Verge who covers gadgets, games, and toys. He spent 15 years ...
Ars Technica

Perplexity announces “Computer,” an AI agent that assigns work to other AI agents

Perplexity has introduced “Computer,” a new tool that allows users to assign tasks and see them carried out by a system that coordinates multiple agents running various models. The company claims that ...
NPR

There's a shortage of RAM (computer memory). How is this affecting the industry?

There's a RAM shortage at the moment. RAM, as in random access memory. The memory computer keeps immediately at hand, so it can perform tasks quickly. How can that be? Well, as with so much these days ...
TechCrunch

The great computer science exodus (and where students are going instead)

Something strange happened at University of California campuses this fall. For the first time since the dot-com crash, computer science enrollment dropped. System-wide, it fell 6% last year after ...
Computer Weekly

Fujitsu will be out by next summer, says Post Office CTO

Fujitsu will be completely removed from its Post Office contract by the summer of 2027, and its Horizon system will be “eradicated” earlier than planned for. According to Post Office chief technology ...
Reuters

Ireland rolls out pioneering basic income scheme for artists

DUBLIN, Feb 10 (Reuters) - Ireland rolled out a permanent basic income scheme for the arts on Tuesday, pledging to pay 2,000 creative workers 325 euros ($387) per week following a trial that ...
The New York Times

Mamdani Hires Groundbreaking Computer Scientist as Chief Tech Officer

Lisa Gelobter, whose work helped shape the modern web, was also on the launch team at Hulu. By Jeffery C. Mays During his rapid rise, Mayor Zohran Mamdani showcased his mastery of social media, ...
The Washington Post

This Maryland lab’s quantum computer could cure cancer — and steal passwords

Inside a warehouse turned laboratory in suburban Maryland, a team of theoretical physicists and engineers is racing to build a quantum processor powerful enough to surpass the most advanced computers ...
The Motley Fool

2 Things Investors Need to Know About Internet Computer in 2026

Internet Computer (ICP) jumped straight into the top 10 cryptos at launch, but it has since fallen more than 99%. Its AI platform might turn things around, but so far, Internet Computer's price is ...