An effort in which thousands of people donate their computers' unused processing power uncovers the largest prime number so far known. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote ...

Prime numbers are endlessly fascinating to computing and math fans, and there's an infinite supply of them. A Microsoft contest succeeds in fleshing out the list of primes that aren't actually the ...

The number of girls choosing to take computing at A-level in 2024 increased by almost 800 students, pushing the total over the 3,000 student threshold. This 28.6% jump from 2023 to 2024 represents one ...

Even as quantum computing advances steadily, it will not replace classical computers in the near future. Most current systems ...