On the latest episode of Equity, we spoke to Jill Lepore about "government by machines" and why Elon Musk is a bad science ...

Ming-Yang Kao, professor emeritus of computer science at Northwestern Engineering, passed away on May 11, 2026. He will be remembered for his contributions to the field of theoretical computer science ...

The only snag was that “Shor’s algorithm”, as it is now known, required something that at the time only existed on university ...

Before computers existed, a radical idea emerged: what if a machine's intelligence lived not in its gears, but in its instructions? This video traces the philosophical thread from Aristotle's logic to ...

Every time you hit play on a video, chances are you have Al Bovik to thank for its visual quality. Bovik, professor and Provost’s Chair in Engineering in the Department of Electrical, Computer and ...

In a world run by computers, there is one algorithm that stands above all the rest. It powers search engines, encrypts your data, guides rockets, runs simulations, and makes the modern digital ...

The Willow processor runs the first verifiable algorithm with real-world applications, marking shift from theory to practical quantum computing. Google Quantum AI has demonstrated what it describes as ...

Designed to accelerate advances in medicine and other fields, the tech giant’s quantum algorithm runs 13,000 times as fast as software written for a traditional supercomputer. Designed to accelerate ...

A few years back, Google made waves when it claimed that some of its hardware had achieved quantum supremacy, performing operations that would be effectively impossible to simulate on a classical ...

You’re at the checkout screen after an online shopping spree, ready to enter your credit card number. You type it in and instantly see a red error message ...