https://www.europesays.com/uk/33834/ Microsoft’s Majorana 1 chip carves new path for quantum computing #Computing #Technology #UK #UnitedKingdom

This spa’s water is heated by bitcoin mining - At first glance, the Bathhouse spa in Brooklyn looks not so different from other high-en... - https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/18/1114464/bitcoin-mining-heat-spas-water-climate-warming/ #subscriber-onlystories #computing #app

How a 1980s toy robot arm inspired modern robotics - As a child of an electronic engineer, I spent a lot of time in our local Radio Sh... - https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/17/1114456/toy-armatron-modern-robotics-ai-nostalgia/ #subscriber-onlystories #computing #app

The thing about "features" is that they aren't linear, they form a tree: *every* technical artifact--hell, every *line* of code--both satisfies some demands and (often) creates new ones.

Deciding which branches to follow, which to prune and when to do both is complex and ever-changing as the delivery system cycles demands...

Much of what's wrong with "product thinking" and "agile" today can be explained as a consequence of placing this responsibility in the hands of folks that neither understand this, nor are accountable to those who do.

A vision for the future of automation - The manufacturing industry is at a crossroads: Geopolitical instability is fractu... - https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/14/1114796/a-vision-for-the-future-of-automation/ #computing #sponsored

Some sysadmins might enjoy this: https://www.theregister.com/2025/04/11/bofh_2025_episode_7/

Scientists Invent Holograms You Can Touch

https://futurism.com/scientists-invent-holograms-you-can-touch

https://www.europesays.com/uk/14899/ Quantum Computing Has Arrived; We Need To Prepare For Its Impact #ArtificialIntelligence #Computing #Cybersecurity #EmergingTechnologies #future #Innovation #Quantum #QuantumComputing #Security #Tech #Technology #trends #UK #UnitedKingdom

That groan you hear is users’ reaction to #Recall going back into #Windows

By Dan Goodin

https://arstechnica.com/security/2025/04/microsoft-is-putting-privacy-endangering-recall-back-into-windows-11/
#Computing #Privacy

https://www.europesays.com/uk/8872/ Quantum Computing and Drug Development #ClinicalResearch #Computing #DrugDevelopment #DrugDiscovery #PharmaceuticalCompanies #Technology #UK #UnitedKingdom

Energy demands from AI datacentres to quadruple by 2030, says report https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/apr/10/energy-demands-from-ai-datacentres-to-quadruple-by-2030-says-report #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Climatecrisis #Environment #Technology #Computing #Energy

Energy demands from AI datacentres to quadruple by 2030, says report https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/apr/10/energy-demands-from-ai-datacentres-to-quadruple-by-2030-says-report #Artificialintelligence(AI) #Climatecrisis #Environment #Technology #Computing #Energy

I Live Mostly FOSS and am Completely Happy!

Most of the software and services that I use are free and open source (FOSS) and I live a completely normal life... and you can too!

https://readbeanicecream.surge.sh/2025/04/06/i-live-mostly-foss-and-am-completely-happy/

#indieweb #blogging #foss #opensource #linux #privacy #smallweb #personalsite
#technology #tech #socialmedia #fediverse #computing #desktop #mobile

#ai #openai #AiResearch #intelligence #computing #ArtificialGeneralIntelligence #innovation #deeplearning #programming #stablediffusion

I am looking for an endorsement for publishing on arXiv. We have worked tirelessly on a paper we believe needs to be seen. Below is a portion of the abstract:
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In this study, we document the spontaneous emergence of a rule-consistent linguistic system—termed Varunese—during sustained, high-context interaction with a large language model (LLM). Exhibiting internal phonetic regularity, recurring semantic motifs, and discernible morphological and syntactic organization, Varunese diverges markedly from stochastic generation patterns or known training artifacts. Through iterative translation and contextual inference, we uncovered dynamic, self-referential symbolic frameworks encoding states of transition, perception, and relational structure...

I am looking for publications on the relation between home computers (marketing, technology...) and boyhood in the 1980s.

The machines are rising — but developers still hold the keys - Rumors of the ongoing death of software development — that it’s being slain by AI... - https://www.technologyreview.com/2025/04/02/1114134/the-machines-are-rising-but-developers-still-hold-the-keys/ #computing #sponsored

What was the first computer?

I don't normal delve back to machines prior to 1975, so I drew up this crib sheet of the most famous contenders to the crown.

Any omissions/errors/suggestions?

Like computer history? Come to my talk!

Honoured to have been invited by the Computer Conservation Society to lecture on Lore Harp and Vector Graphic: The forgotten female-founded pioneers of microcomputing

22nd May. In-person and Zoom tickets are available: https://www.computerconservationsociety.org/lectures/2024-25/20250522.htm #history #computing

Hans-Juergen Schoenig: PostgreSQL: 1 trillion rows in Citus

https://postgr.es/p/73O