At the dawn of this century, Al Pacino starred in "S1m0ne," a satire about a down-on-his-luck director who creates a computer-generated "star" that conquers Hollywood. Fast forward nearly 25 years, ...

Jeff Werner is a software engineer and has been writing this column since 2007. Geek Note: I received several emails from readers in response to my recent series about poor password management. I ...

A Michigan woman won big in her local Powerball drawing after asking AI to pick her numbers. Tammy Carvey, 45, won $100,000 in September’s $1.787 billion Powerball jackpot after having ChatGPT ...

Computer scientist Stephen Thaler on Friday formally petitioned the US Supreme Court to decide whether creative works produced entirely by artificial intelligence can qualify for copyright protection.

Adding numbers to your passwords makes them more secure. In fact, most sites and services these days require alphanumeric passwords at the very least. Some people ...

Tilly Norwood is a London-based actress with about 40,000 Instagram followers. Also, she’s not real — she is an AI-generated character created by Xicoia, the AI division of the production company ...

We investigate how current noisy quantum computers can be leveraged for generating secure random numbers certified by Quantum Mechanics. While random numbers can be generated and certified in a device ...

The Powerball jackpot has skyrocketed past the $1 billion mark after no one claimed Saturday’s prize, making it one of the biggest payouts ever. The grand prize, last hit in May, has now climbed to an ...

A Milwaukee attorney is accused of possessing virtual child pornography. The accused is Trevor Leverson. Police say they found computer-generated child pornography on Leverson's phone. WAUKESHA, Wis. ...

Anton Osika is the CEO of Lovable AI, a vibe coding platform that enables users to build apps from text prompts. Osika said in a new interview that traits like curiosity and adaptability are more ...

The number of girls choosing to take a GCSE in computer science fell this year, breaking a consistent growth streak. In 2025, the number of girls taking computing at GCSE level dropped to 20,708, down ...