Computing

A decade ago Apple didn’t just create a phone with some extra features, it introduced a full-fledged handheld computer that could also make calls and browse the internet

Cyber security experts say the malicious software is related to the WannaCry attack that infected hundreds of thousands of computers in May

Researchers designed an antireflective coating for smartphone screens, with inspiration from the bumpy eyes of moths. Christopher Intagliata reports.

Cash will likely become less popular, thanks to the high cost of using cash and the growing array of alternatives

AI now matches or exceeds the ability of experts in medicine and other fields to interpret what they see

Increased testing of quantum computing techniques will open the door to solving new kinds of problems

Researchers are working on ways AI could digest these massive texts and extract their meaning, presenting it in terms that people can actually understand

The device will use artificial neurons and synapses to improve self-driving vehicle and drone performance 

Researchers built silver–zinc batteries that can bend and stretch—meaning they could be more elegantly integrated into future wearable devices. Christopher Intagliata reports. 

People are good at picking out voices of familiar people’s speech but ear-witness testimonies of strangers’ voices are notoriously unreliable and inaccurate

Machine learning is crucial to staying ahead of hackers trying to break into at CERN’s Large Hadron Collider’s (LHC) massive worldwide computing grid

Results from the Micius satellite test quantum entanglement, pointing the way toward hackproof global communications