The simulation hypothesis—the idea that our universe might be an artificial construct running on some advanced alien computer ...

Amazon will donate $10 million toward the construction of a new computer-science building on the University of Washington’s Seattle campus, the company announced Thursday. The donation brings total ...

Quanta Computer will construct a 10-story R&D building opposite its headquarters in Taipei, with construction to kick off in 2012 and take two years, according to industry sources. Save my User ID and ...

Construction is one of the largest industries still resisting the call of the 21st century, its practitioners opting for decades-old but tried and true methods. Ben Huh, of Cheezburger fame, aims to ...

A while ago [Frank Zhao] built a computer in an aquarium. It’s exactly what you would expect – a bunch of parts stuffed into a container filled with mineral oil. Yes, there’s an i7 and a GTX970 in ...

In 1998, Ask Ars was an early feature of the newly launched Ars Technica. Now, as then, it’s all about your questions and our community’s answers. Each week, we’ll dig into our question bag, provide ...

In the 1960s, some strange computers were being tinkered into existence. There was one that operated solely on rolling marbles and gates that flipped open and closed. And in 1967, the manual How to ...

Back in 2013, a company called Kano set out to teach kids and adults alike how to code with a simple computer and coding kit that appeared on Kickstarter. It received over $1.5 million in funding and ...

Even with the following steps, this process is going to feel overwhelming—especially if you don’t keep up with all the latest hardware news (as many of us don’t). Thus, along with feedback you might ...