Sir Tony Hoare obituary

Pioneering computer scientist who devised the Quicksort algorithm, ways of verifying programs and guards against hackers ...
Smithsonian Magazine

A New Book of Toni Morrison’s University Lectures, Now Collected for the First Time, Shares Some of the Legendary Novelist’s Most Important Lessons

Before her career as a novelist, Toni Morrison was a teacher. The famed American author, best known for works such as Beloved and Song of Solomon, was born in Lorain, Ohio, in 1931. After attending ...
The Atlantic

The Lecture I Couldn’t Give

Last May, I gave a lecture at the Air War College, the Air Force’s senior service school for officers. I have taught at West Point and spoken at several other senior service schools. At the Air War ...
Variety

Peter Thiel Sparks Vatican Ire With Antichrist Lectures in Rome

The tech billionaire and co-founder of PayPal and Palantir has been holding Antichrist talks in Rome's Renaissance-era Palazzo Orsini Taverna that are rubbing the Vatican the wrong way Last year, ...
SpaceNews

Nvidia unveils AI computing module for space-based data centers

WASHINGTON — Nvidia is pushing its artificial-intelligence hardware beyond Earth, unveiling a computing module designed for space missions and potential orbital data centers. The California-based ...
CNN

Peter Thiel’s secret lectures on Antichrist in Rome spark debate

Peter Thiel, the billionaire venture capitalist and MAGA donor, is in Rome this week for a series of private lectures on the Antichrist. It’s an event that the Vatican, and the pope, are treating with ...
Phys.org

Thinking on different wavelengths: New approach to circuit design introduces next-level quantum computing

Quantum computing represents a potential breakthrough technology that could far surpass the technical limitations of modern-day computing systems for some tasks. However, putting together practical, ...
Jalopnik

Parallel Vs. Sequential Twin Turbo: What's The Difference?

The turbocharger has brought significant improvements to automotive engines' output. In those engines, exhaust gas that leaves the cylinders after each combustion cycle is routed to the turbine, ...
Chicago Tribune

Organized crime, butterflies and coyotes among topics during Fox River Valley lecture series

The River Corridor Foundation has announced the topics for this year’s “A River Flows Through It … Life in the Fox River Valley” lecture series that kicks off on Wednesday, Jan. 21. The series, now in ...
Arizona Daily Wildcat

Explore the cosmos with Steward Observatory’s public evening lecture series

For over 100 years, Steward Observatory has been offering public lectures on topics related to astronomy, offering explanations and insight into complicated concepts in a way that anyone, regardless ...
Digital Trends

NotebookLM could soon turn your study notes into classroom lectures

Google’s NotebookLM is experimenting with a feature that could make studying feel a lot more like attending an actual class. A new Lecture mode can turn your uploaded notes, documents, and sources ...