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Hordes of automated bots run the internet – can we bring them to heel?

Technology

Hordes of automated bots run the internet – can we bring them to heel?

Roaming chunks of code, pre-programmed to perform all manner of tasks, shape the web and our experience of it. What are they up to? And as they get smarter, how can we regain control?

Features

2020 in review: Revenge of the Y2K bug as lazy fix takes down software

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2020 in review: Revenge of the Y2K bug as lazy fix takes down software

News

First ever quantum chess tournament won by Amazon researcher

Technology

First ever quantum chess tournament won by Amazon researcher

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Lasers

Physics

A quantum computer that measures light has achieved quantum supremacy

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meal being photographerd

Technology

Computer vision can estimate calorie content of food at a glance

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How covid-19 has exposed a huge computing disaster in the making

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How covid-19 has exposed a huge computing disaster in the making

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Email should be obsolete by now, so why are we still using it?

Technology

Email should be obsolete by now, so why are we still using it?

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Quantum computer

Technology

IonQ says its record-breaking quantum computer is most powerful ever

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Quantum chip

Technology

D-Wave claims it has the world's most powerful quantum computer

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social distancing

Technology

Public webcams are telling us whether people are social distancing

Since April, researchers have been assessing whether people are social distancing by analysing video feeds from 11,000 public webcams across the world

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Technology

Google performed the first quantum simulation of a chemical reaction

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Space

Quantum computers may be destroyed by high-energy particles from space

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Technology

Why old school technology could shape the future of digital computing

Features

Definition

Moore's law