Solving complex optimization problems is central to many modern technologies, from logistics and financial modeling to chip ...

He built interfaces that allowed engineers, scientists and everyday people to solve difficult problems without having to write the underlying code. By Clay Risen Cleve Moler, a mathematician who, in ...

It’s been three-and-a-half years since generative AI exploded onto the scene. In this past year, progress has continued its relentless pace: Vibe coding took off, companies embraced agentic workflows, ...

The US Department of Commerce is awarding $2 billion to American quantum-computing companies — half of which will go to IBM — to bolster the buildout of super computers that could solve some of the ...

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The great Iranian director Asghar Farhadi is back in Cannes competition for a fifth time with his first film in five years and arguably one that ranks with his very best. That is a high bar since two ...

Parallel Web Systems, the AI agent-tool startup founded by former Twitter CEO Parag Agrawal, has raised a $100 million Series B at a $2 billion valuation led by Sequoia. Existing investors Kleiner ...

A breakthrough in brain-inspired computing could make today’s energy-hungry AI systems far more efficient. Researchers have engineered a new nanoelectronic device using a modified form of hafnium ...

Few companies have as much momentum in the quantum computing space as IonQ (IONQ 4.40%). It has the world's most accurate quantum computing technology, which is key because quantum computing accuracy ...

Large venue stage for Scale Computing Platform 2026 with high-tech purple lighting and branding. At Platform//2026, Scale Computing showed how Taco Bell and a K-12 district use edge infrastructure to ...

What really happens after you hit enter on that AI prompt? WSJ’s Joanna Stern heads inside a data center to trace the journey and then grills up some steaks to show just how much energy it takes to ...