Intelligent machines that can pass as humans have long been a dream, but as Chris Baraniuk argues, they are already here. Sometimes it's the promise of romance that deceives you. Other times, it's because they seem wise, friendly, or just amusing. Th...
Why do so many large computing projects end up being costly failures? History shows that we, not our machines, are the problem—and it's time we address that. The UK's National Health Service might seem like a local topic for this column. However, wit...
Taiwan became a manufacturing powerhouse and the center of the world's laptop production. But it's a challenging place to launch successful start-ups. Can it rise to the challenge? Taiwan has a population half the size of Spain's, packed into a land ...
"I had a lot of people telling me university was the way to go," says Travis Williams, "but with my learning style, working with technology helps me understand it better." Mr. Williams is an apprentice at Virgin O2, one of about 740,400 apprentices a...
A Suffolk computer expert predicts that artificial intelligence (AI) will replace human coders in 10 years. Matthew Applegate, founder of the Creative Computing Club, said, "I'm teaching the last generation of coders. We are about to be replaced by A...
Scotland's digital skills academy might be revived as a college-based course, less than a year after its innovative predecessor went into liquidation. The CodeClan name and brand have been acquired by CodeBase, the Scottish government's contractor fo...
