25 computer science concepts explained for non-engineers

From algorithms to technical debt, these 25 foundational ideas explain how software actually works — no coding experience or engineering degree required [...]

A rare bird appeared in Brazil. AI had put it there.

A rare bird turned up in central Brazil, or so it seemed. A photo on the wildlife platform iNaturalist showed a red-winged blackbird. That North American species had never turned up in that part of Br [...]

US outlines its $5 billion Genesis Mission to boost science with AI

Several federal agencies are contributing toward the interdisciplinary research efforts. [...]

'Science fiction that happened': experts explain why OpenAI's 'mind-blowing' cyberattack should worry us all

This might be our first true glimpse of how dangerous AI could be in the future in terms of making hacks much more commonplace. [...]

20 things science has discovered about why humans are so bad at predicting their own happiness

Science reveals why predicting your own happiness is so hard, from impact bias to hedonic adaptation and the psychology behind bad forecasts [...]

Exclusive: 'We...ask the impossible of these guys, and they figure it out': I saw inside Beats' labs to see how 12 years with Apple changed the company — and why 'the testing, the tuning, the science behind the fit and the sound' is the hidden secret

Twelve years after Apple acquired Beats, TechRadar was granted exclusive access to the company's Culver City headquarters and engineering labs to discover how the iconic audio brand has preserved [...]

The AI boom has college majors of all types dabbling in computer science

Demand for AI literacy is on the rise with college students. [...]

Microsoft’s Quantum Chief Doesn’t Care That Scientists Don’t Believe His Results

Zulfi Alam thinks his team doesn’t need to “prove” they engineered a new state of matter in their bid to reinvent computing. Science would disagree. [...]

Former OpenAI product chief is raising $150 million for a new AI science startup

Kevin Weil is seeking a valuation of at least $750 million for the new venture, which is focused on gathering scientific data for AI models [...]