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The world's first true computer still hasn't been built

The code cracking machines of the 1940’s are often referred to as the first computers, but they could not have been developed without the intricate machines that predated them by almost a hundred ...
Morning Overview on MSN

2,000 years ago, Greeks built a machine like the first computer

More than two millennia ago, Greek craftsmen built a bronze machine that could track the heavens with a precision that would ...
Microsoft

Fara-7B: An Efficient Agentic Model for Computer Use

In 2024, Microsoft introduced small language models (SLMs) to customers, starting with the release of Phi (opens in new tab) models on Microsoft Foundry (opens in new tab), as well as deploying Phi ...
Seattle Times

Biovac starts trials on South Africa’s first domestically developed cholera vaccine

JOHANNESBURG (AP) — Researchers and scientists in South Africa on Tuesday launched clinical trials on the first domestically developed vaccine. The oral cholera vaccine, developed by the Cape ...
Phys.org

First full simulation of 50-qubit universal quantum computer achieved

A research team at the Jülich Supercomputing Center, together with experts from NVIDIA, has set a new record in quantum simulation: for the first time, a universal quantum computer with 50 qubits has ...
Quanta Magazine

In a First, AI Models Analyze Language As Well As a Human Expert

Among the myriad abilities that humans possess, which ones are uniquely human? Language has been a top candidate at least since Aristotle, who wrote that humanity was “the animal that has language.” ...
NBC Sports

LeBron James reportedly first developed sciatica in late July or early August

While the Lakers just announced this week that LeBron James is suffering from sciatica and will be out for the first couple of weeks of the season — at least — it turns out he has been dealing with ...
SlashGear

NYC's First Quantum Computer Is Officially Online (And It Has A Clear AI Directive)

The domain of artificial intelligence is progressing at a breakneck pace, but at the same time, it is also running into a variety of challenges. The compute costs and energy requirements are extremely ...
The Harvard Crimson

Harvard Researchers Develop First Ever Continuously Operating Quantum Computer

A team of Harvard physicists built the first-ever quantum computing machine that can operate continuously without restarting, achieving a major breakthrough in a field that could revolutionize ...
Hackaday

First Transistor Computer Reborn

Ok, we’ll admit it. If you asked us what the first transistorized computer was, we would have guessed it was the TC from the University of Manchester. After all, Dr. Wilkes and company were at the ...
CNN

Taiwan unveils first missile jointly developed with American arms company

Taiwan has unveiled a prototype cruise missile, developed jointly with a US arms maker and set to be manufactured on the island, as it tries to build up its weapons industry to deter any possible ...
KRDO

Taiwan unveils first missile jointly developed with American arms company

Taipei, Taiwan (CNN) — Taiwan has unveiled a prototype cruise missile, developed jointly with a US arms maker and set to be manufactured on the island, as it tries to build up its weapons industry to ...