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ZX Spectrum flies simulated spacecraft using BASIC, Python, and serial — Kerbal Space Program lunar lander powered by 1980s hardware

Controlling a lunar lander using a 1980s home computer is not for the faint of heart, and this project shows how one intrepid developer linked the world of BASIC to the simulated world of Kerbal Space ...
Phys.org

Scientists build a quantum computer that can repair itself using recycled atoms

Like their conventional counterparts, quantum computers can also break down. They can sometimes lose the atoms they manipulate to function, which can stop calculations dead in their tracks. But ...
VentureBeat

Microsoft’s Fara-7B is a computer-use AI agent that rivals GPT-4o and works directly on your PC

Microsoft has introduced Fara-7B, a new 7-billion parameter model designed to act as a Computer Use Agent (CUA) capable of performing complex tasks directly on a user’s device. Fara-7B sets new ...
blockchain

Microsoft Researcher AI Adds Secure Computer Use for Web Browsing and Multi-Step Task Automation

According to Satya Nadella, Microsoft has advanced its Researcher AI tool with a new feature called Computer Use, enabling it to securely browse both open and gated web sources to gather hard-to-find ...
Live Science

Science history: First computer-to-computer message lays the foundation for the internet, but it crashes halfway through — Oct. 29, 1969

Messages transmitted between two computers located about 380 miles apart would form the basis of what would become the internet. When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate ...
The Verge

Sam Altman’s next startup eyes using sound waves to read your brain

Altman taps a leading researcher for his brain-computer interface startup, suggesting a much less invasive approach than Elon Musk’s Neuralink. Altman taps a leading researcher for his brain-computer ...
Wired

How to Use Satellite Communications on the Garmin Fenix 8 Pro

If I’ve learned one thing from listening to the entire back catalog of the excellent podcast Real Survival Stories, it’s this: Whether you’re mountain biking Californian trails or kayaking the west ...
IEEE

A Novel Technique on UART Serial Communication Module Implementation on Employing VHDL by Using A Designing Language

Abstract: The Universal Asynchronous Receiver Transmitter (UART) is a widely employed serial communication protocol utilized for the transmission of data among a computer and its peripherals. It is ...
SiliconANGLE

Google’s Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model can navigate the web like a human

Google LLC has just announced a new version of its Gemini large language model that can navigate the web through a browser and interact with various websites, meaning it can perform tasks such as ...
9to5google

‘Gemini 2.5 Computer Use’ model enters preview with strong web, Android performance

Google is now letting developers preview the Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model behind Project Mariner and agentic features in AI Mode. This “specialized model” can interact with graphical user interfaces, ...
Computer Weekly

Nato chooses Oracle to secure battlefield communications

Nato has announced it has chosen Oracle to secure battlefield communications. The organisation’s Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence (CCDCOE) has selected Oracle and Druid Software to build ...
Android

Gemini 2.5 'Computer Use' AI Model Can Navigate Websites Autonomously

Google’s Gemini 2.5 Computer Use model is a new AI agent that can autonomously browse the web and interact with UIs—clicking, typing, and scrolling based on text prompts. Built on Gemini 2.5 Pro, this ...