computers

Laptops of the future will know that you’re stressed. MIT professor Rosalind Picard has been working to make smarter computers that anticipate our needs, and she says that future is closer than you think.

You might type notes faster than you write them, but according to research, longhand is better for remembering and synthesizing information.

The Iran nuclear deal covers thousands of centrifuges and hundreds of kilograms of uranium and many other numbers and portions of substances and technologies. Those numbers are far from random, too. The technical details of the framework agreement were based on complex models developed by the US Department of Energy.

Six women programmed ENIAC for the United States Army during World War II, but when the computer was presented to the public, they weren’t even thanked or named. Now a lawyer and filmmaker is trying to set the historical record straight and help rediscover all of science’s forgotten female pioneers.

British airspace was shut down this afternoon for several hours after a “computer glitch” halted flights to several airports. That included Heathrow, one of Europe’s busiest hubs — and the ripple effect was felt by flyers around the globe.