(Natural News) Researchers from Stanford University developed a photon diode that could be used for an all-optical computer that uses light instead of electricity for computing. Photon diodes — devices that allow light to flow in only one direction — are ubiquitous in modern electronics and can be found in LEDs, solar cells and integrated circuits used in computing and communications. But most diodes are not small […]

(Natural News) The rapid development of artificial intelligence can pose some risks, which is why it should be strictly and ethically controlled. AI developers are now discussing how to place limits on technology to ensure that robots will always act in the interest of humanity because giving them their own independent personalities could be dangerous. AI consultant Matthew Kershaw said […]

(Natural News) A new study has found that teens who play video games or surf the internet for more than an hour a day tend to perform worse at school compared to teens who use these interactive technologies in moderation. Interactive technologies are anything that allows for the two-way flow of information, such as video games, […]

(Natural News) When you think of early computers, you might be imagining bulky old machines like the Apple II. However, only one device has the true bragging rights when it comes to being the world’s first computer: the 2,000-year-old Antikythera mechanism. Although modern scientists have never quite understood how it worked, researchers have taken a […]

(Natural News) A weak spot in Earth’s magnetic field called the South Atlantic Anomaly (SAA) has been causing computers aboard the International Space Station to crash. Sometimes called the “Bermuda Triangle of Space,” this weak spot is a vast expanse of reduced intensity in Earth’s magnetic field, hovering over South America and the southern Atlantic Ocean. […]

(Natural News) Two U.S. congressmen are questioning chipmakers Intel and Nvidia about allegations that their microchips are being used in Chinese computer systems to conduct mass surveillance in China’s Xinjiang region. In a statement made Dec. 8, Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) and Rep. Jim McGovern (D-Mass.) raised several questions to Intel chief executive Bob Swan and his Nvidia counterpart Jensen […]

(Natural News) A “eureka moment” is perhaps the best way to describe what a team of physicists from Stanford University went through after they discovered a property that, at first, only existed as a theory: orbital ferromagnetism. Orbital ferromagnetism is a form of magnetism caused by the lining up of the electrons’ orbital motions. According to […]

(Natural News) Computer scientist Subhash Kak of Oklahoma State University has suggested that computers can never become truly conscious. In an article published in The Conversation, Kak wrote that the brain operates in an entirely different way and is structurally distinct to computers. The brain doesn’t work the same way as computers The brain handles information differently than computers. Living […]

(Natural News) A nuclear attack is terrifying, that much is certain. Both the United States and Russia have pulled out of a decades-old nuclear weapons pact; North Korea continues to test their missile program; and tensions in Iran are putting a lot of people on edge. However, there’s another threat that the world needs to look […]

(Natural News) Even Wikipedia’s co-founder says that any semblance of neutrality that the site once had is dead. In a recent blog post, Larry Sanger noted that the website no longer has an effective neutrality policy. In his blog, Sanger points to the fact that the neutrality policy has been largely rewritten on the basis that journalists and […]