The secret campaign within the Pentagon to bring AI into combat

NPR's Mary Louise Kelly speaks with Bloomberg reporter Katrina Manson about her new book, Project Maven, and the secret campaign within the Pentagon to bring AI into combat.
Tech Xplore

Wristband enables wearers to control a robotic hand with their own movements

The next time you're scrolling on your phone, take a moment to appreciate the feat: The seemingly mundane act is possible ...

Sir Tony Hoare, software designer who developed Quicksort, the industry standard for sorting lists

Sir Tony Hoare, who has died aged 92, was a leading figure in computer software design best known for developing a leading ...
Hackaday

Slug Algorithm For On-GPU Rendering Of Fonts With Bézier Curves Now In Public Domain

The Slug Algorithm has been around for a decade now, mostly quietly rendering fonts and later entire GUIs using Bézier curves ...
IEEE

Introducing Cryptographic and Sorting Algorithms to Primary School Students and its Effect in the Classroom

Abstract: In this paper, we focus on primary school students and show that it is possible for students without prior knowledge in these areas to re-invent and successfully implement cryptogra-phy and ...