If Seth Lloyd’s right, someday we’ll have “quantum computers” 100 million times more powerful than today’s Pentium-based PC.Seth Lloyd is eating a grilled-cheese sandwich in the Santa Monica apartment where he lives with his wife, his cat, an assortment of musical instruments, and a lot of books.He picks up the salt shaker. “You know,” he…
After China imposed a restrictive national security law on Hong Kong, tech companies find themselves at a crossroads. Giants like Google and Facebook stopped responding to requests for user data in the city, but may eventually have to pull out altogether.One marquee name to exit Hong Kong already is TikTok, which remains eager to prove…
This story originally appeared on Grist and is part of the Climate Desk collaboration.Electric vehicles (EVs) have a clear environmental advantage over their gas-guzzling counterparts, but when it comes to longevity, the two are in a dead heat. Two hundred thousand miles is considered a good, long run for a car built today, regardless of…
Early last year, a large European supermarket chain deployed artificial intelligence to predict what customers would buy each day at different stores, to help keep shelves stocked while reducing costly spoilage of goods.The company already used purchasing data and a simple statistical method to predict sales. With deep learning, a technique that has helped produce…
Maybe it’s due to sheltering in place these past several months, or maybe it’s because of the relentless heat beginning to pass through most of the US, but it seems the days are blurring together more than ever. If weekends don’t feel like weekends anymore, perhaps a change of perspective is in order. We found…
During the initial quarantine rush, as everyone scrambled to supermarkets to stock up on flour and yeast for homemade loaves, my older brother and I had another thought: stock up on malted barley.For the past seven years, he and I have met up every Saturday in his shaded driveway to hang out with our dogs,…
Microsoft’s support for Android is going beyond native apps and devices like the Surface Duo. Thurrot reports Microsoft is collaborating with Google to help bring more (and importantly, better) progressive web apps to Android devices through the Play Store. Apps built using Microsoft’s PWABuilder tool will use Google’s Bubblewrap utility and library to take advantage…
The second most powerful executive at French gaming company Ubisoft is among more senior staff to have left the firm as it pursues an internal investigation into sexual harassment allegations. Last …
He’s at it again by Liam Doolan 6 hours agoGrasshopper Manufacture CEO Gochi Suda keeps popping up in places we least expect. This time around it was during the credits of Devolver Digital’s Direct presentation. Why was he present? To show off another two seconds of No More Heroes 3 footage, of course. Yep, we…
This Independence Day weekend took place in an altered America. As Covid-19 rippled across the country threatening anyone gathered in large groups, barbecues consisted of no more people than could fit around a flame. Highly orchestrated fireworks displays were replaced by amateur shows in the street, to the delight and dismay of neighbors. President Trump…
