The discovery of quantum mechanics in the early 20th century spawned a revolution that tore through scientific disciplines with abandon. It helped to explain, among many other things, the structure of ...

A user interface revolution is upon us: my 3-year-old son can use my iPhone thanks more to its accessibility than his smarts. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...

Here’s what you’ll learn when you read this story: The National Science Foundation has given a $1.99 million grant to a team of researchers looking to develop a computer that integrates silicon ...

Prior to opening a new exhibit on the emergence of the PC, the Silicon Valley museum gives journalists a preview that included meeting pioneers of the computing revolution. Scott Ard Former Editor in ...

Wandering around STARTUP: Albuquerque and the Personal Computer Revolution, at the New Mexico Museum of Natural History and Science, I found myself caught between two moments, worlds apart in time and ...

THE INTERNET OF THINGS (IoT) is a clumsy name for a big idea. It holds that, despite all the changes the computer revolution has already wrought, it is only just getting started. The first act, in the ...

Fewer than one in 20 high school students take computer science (Photo by Robert Daemmrich Photography Inc/Corbis via Getty Images) Half of high schools do not offer a single course in computer ...

Predictably, you`ve just settled into a warm tubful of water and lathered up when the phone rings, and no matter how quickly you rinse and dry off, the caller hangs up a second before you grab the ...

Add the computer and communications revolution to the list of fundamental changes that are widening the political divide between red and blue America. A revealing new Brookings Institution study shows ...