Silk-weaving loom dating to Western Han is world’s oldest known ‘computer hardware’ with corresponding ‘software’, China science body says.

The world's earliest computer was a silk loom built in China over two millennia ago, according to a claim made by China's ...

Russian researchers have reportedly built a 72-qubit quantum computer with a three-zone design that delivers 94 percent ...

The computer, at its core, is an input-output device: it receives instructions, executes programmes, performs calculations ...

Sophisticated silk-weaving loom dating back to the Western Han dynasty used physical pattern cards which acted like ancient software.

While Apple’s Spotlight feature provides similar utility on Macs, Raycast is more powerful and flexible—and it now works on ...

THE Korea Institute of Science and Technology Information (KISTI) is set to take a major step in advanced computing with the ...

Russian scientists have created the country’s first ion-based quantum computer using a new type of quantum unit that works ...

The ancient Antikythera Mechanism acts like an astronomical calculator, but its full purpose remains a mystery.

German engineer and inventor Konrad Zuse is considered as the inventor of the modern computer but was frustrated in his attempts to secure a patent ...

Russian scientists have developed a 70-qubit quantum computer (a device that uses the principles and phenomena of quantum ...

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