Technology

On Monday, a who’s who of the nation’s tech leaders — organized as CEOs for CS by the tech-backed nonprofit Code.org — issued a public challenge in a letter to ‘the Governors of the United States’, calling on the Govs to bring more computer science to K-12 students in their Read more…

In partnership with tech-bankrolled nonprofit Code.org, over 500 of the nation’s business, education and nonprofit leaders issued a letter calling for state governments and education leaders to bring more Computer Science to K-12 students across the U.S. The signatories include a who’s who of tech leaders, including Bill Gates, Jeff Read more…

Google parent Alphabet will slow the pace of hiring and investments through 2023, CEO Sundar Pichai said in an email to employees on Tuesday. “Like all companies, we’re not immune to economic headwinds,” Pichai wrote in the memo, which was viewed by CNBC. “We need to be more entrepreneurial working Read more…

Hackers have uncovered ways to unlock and start nearly all modern Honda-branded vehicles by wirelessly stealing codes from an owner’s key fob. Dubbed “Rolling Pwn,” the attack allows any individual to “eavesdrop” on a remote key fob from nearly 100 feet away and reuse them later to unlock or start Read more…

Researchers from two Germany universities ‘have demonstrated quantum entanglement of two atoms separated by 33 km (20.5 miles) of fiber optics,” reports New Atlas. Besides being a new distance record, “The team says this is an important step on the way to realizing a practical quantum internet.” In their experiments, Read more…

“Aside from drawing photo-realistic images and holding seemingly sentient conversations, AI has failed on many promises,” writes the cofounder and CEO of Serve Robotics: The resulting rise in AI skepticism leaves us with a choice: We can become too cynical and watch from the sidelines as winners emerge, or find Read more…