Stripe, the payments powerhouse that is now valued at $22.5 billion, has made an acquisition to help it gear up for new regulations in Europe that will be rolled out later this year to improve security in online transactions. It has acquired Touchtech Payments…

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Jonathan Blow of “The Witness” fame likes to talk about just typing the obvious code first. Usually it will turnout to be fast enough. If it doesn’t, you c...

Professors at the University of Washington say the course provides the most useful skill college can offer

By Christian Jarrett As well as their cost-saving appeal, the rationale for large open-plan offices is that they are expected to act as a crucible for human chemistry, increasing face-to-face encou…

UCLA researchers and colleagues have designed a first-of-its-kind nanogenerator that can work in remote areas because it provides its own power and does not need batteries. It also acts as a weather station.

In the era of social media, events such as the fire at Notre Dame cathedral are experienced by a global audience in real-time. From New York to Tokyo, millions of people were glued to their smartph…

If you like your employer plan, you don't get to keep it.

The study could aid medical research and fuel debate about the difference between life and death.

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World Editor 2.0 is here and is now the official version for submitting scenery to the Airport Scenery Gateway! This was a major update that included changes to the minimum system requirements as well as: 64 bits on all platforms (Mac/Win/Linux) Automatic…

The Air Force is far from making up its pilot shortage. A new study shows it will be a long and expensive road ahead to make up the difference.

Researchers find evidence of rising plastic pollution in an accidental source: log books for plankton-monitoring instruments.

AliceVision is a Photogrammetric Computer Vision framework for 3D Reconstruction and Camera Tracking.

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Ma Chao has a strange request for his customers: Are you sure you want to do this?

An explanation of how the quantum search algorithm works, & introduction to the design of quantum algorithms