Law of diminishing returns hits gaming
Graphics costing too much
Major video game studios' pursuit of ultra-realistic graphics has led to diminishing returns and industry-wide layoffs, according to the New York Times.
AI could kill us all in 30 years
Happy New Year
The British-Canadian computer scientist often touted as a "godfather" of artificial intelligence has shortened the odds of AI wiping out humanity over the next three decades.
Human brain slower than dial up
Particularly before coffee
Boffins researching the human brain have worked out that it processes information at 10 bits per second, which is slower than 1980’s dial up.
Raspberry Pi wows London Stock Exchange
Buy, buy, buy
The cocaine nose jobs of the London Stock Exchange are totally enthused about the Raspberry PI this year.
Big Tech ethics under scrutiny
Moshe Y. Vardi Challenges Big Tech Workers
Rice University professor and former Communications of the ACM Editor-in-Chief Moshe Y. Vardi has turned his focus to the ethical dilemmas faced by tech workers.