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How the Computer Got Its Revenge on the Soviet Union
Condemned as a capitalist tool, the computer would help expose the USSR’s weakness.
Ingenious: Scott Aaronson
From computational complexity to quantum mechanics.
Moore’s Law Is About to Get Weird
Never mind tablet computers. Wait till you see bubbles and slime mold.
Meet the Father of Digital Life
This maverick forerunner of artificial life and animation remains largely unknown.
Third Data Server From the Sun
The Earth is becoming a computer visible across galactic distance.
Ingenious: Gregory Laughlin
An astrophysicist looks into the future and the distance.
Facebook Cools Off
Supercomputer centers slash excess electricity as smaller ones try to follow.
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