Stephen Wolfram is a well-known figure in the sciences thanks to genius inventions like the math problem-solving software Mathematica. Now he’s in the news again for a very different reason: He’s ...

Wolfram|Alfa is a novel approach to search, and is self-described as a computational engine. First, we will get out of the way some misconceptions about Wolfram|Alfa, and what it is not. Wolfram|Alfa ...

Editor’s note: Below is a guest post from Nova Spivack, CEO of Radar Networks, about a new computational knowledge engine called Wolfram Alpha being developed by computer scientist Stephen Wolfram.

Wolfram Alpha, the analytics-based "answering engine" built by Stephen Wolfram on his Mathematica software, is drawing immense hype even before its launch later this month. An invention that could ...

A new web application called Wolfram|Alpha looks like Google but is far scarier in its implications for humanity’s future. Developers say it will “provide a single source that can be relied on by ...

Stephen Wolfram, the man behind computing-application Mathematica and the search engine Wolfram Alpha, has a short attention span that's married to a long-term outlook. When asked what his favorite ...

“I think in its class–symbolic computation program–I think it’s the best thing that’s available,” Raspberry Pi cofounder Eben Upton says of Mathematica. “It felt like the right one for the platform.” ...

For more than 20 years, there has been a wealth of software available in the technical computing market; packages such as Matlab ( ), Maple ( ), and Mathematica ( ) are used by countless scientists ...

On Wednesday, February 8th, Wolfram Alpha will be adding a new, “Pro” option to its already existing services. Priced at a very reasonable $4.99 a month ($2.99 for students), the new services includes ...

The problem is Wolfram Alpha isn't a search engine and never claimed to be. In fact, the first question on the site's FAQ list is just that, and the answer is -- no. What the company claims it to be ...

Posts from this author will be added to your daily email digest and your homepage feed. is The Verge’s executive editor. He has covered tech, policy, and online creators for over a decade. Wolfram ...