The great computer science exodus (and where students are going instead)

Students are losing some interest in computer science broadly but gaining interest in AI-specific majors and courses.
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Majorana qubits decoded in quantum computing breakthrough

Scientists have developed a new way to read the hidden states of Majorana qubits, which store information in paired quantum ...

Demystifying technology: Base Camp Coding Academy turns 10, prepares for next class

But Base Camp Coding Academy in Water Valley is doing its part to try to help fill some of those roles. During the past ...

David J. Farber, ‘Grandfather of the Internet,’ Dies at 91

A researcher, professor and federal policy adviser, he guided students who went on to do groundbreaking work in connecting ...

The Post-Chatbot Era Has Begun

Americans are living in parallel AI universes. For much of the country, AI has come to mean ChatGPT, Google’s AI overviews, and the slop that now clogs social-media feeds. Meanwhile, tech hobbyists ...

John Carmack proposes fiber-optic loops as high-speed AI cache

The thought experiment began with a number. Single-mode fiber optics can now transmit data at 256 terabits per second over 200 kilometers. Based on that capacity, ...

Three economists grabbed a beer. A multibillion-dollar industry was born.

The Iowa Electronic Markets paved the way for prediction market companies, like Kalshi and Polymarket, that have ballooned into a multibillion-dollar industry ...