In 1966, professor Joseph Weizenbaum created a chatbot called Eliza. His intentions were noble, but the results shocked him. Eliza was a computerised ‘psychotherapist’ that its creator believed would ...

He built the Great Mosque at Timbuktu, and Timbuktu became a very important commercial city, having caravan connections with ...

On the 4th January 1856, the very first issue of The Engineer, which turns 170 this month, was published. Throughout this ...

A statue of pioneering 19th Century mathematician Ada Lovelace has been installed in the town near her childhood home.

As China’s largest official scientific body, CAST’s claim to the world’s earliest computer is a big deal. It comes at a time ...

He was completely unaware that this one minor character would attain a massive cult following amongst Star Wars fans, purely ...

The noisy Victorian world annoyed the mathematician, philosopher and inventor Charles Babbage, who came up with the idea of a programmable computer. He wrote letters complaining about it and a ...

Acclaimed as a mathematical genius, Ada Lovelace is said to have understood the potential of the first computer blueprints better than their inventor. A serendipitous friendship with the mathematician ...

Brain teasers are fun little puzzles that challenges your thinking and makes you think various outcomes. These puzzles are simple to look but they always hide a twist that surprises you. Solving a ...

Richard Clark Babbage, 92, of Bemus Point, passed away peacefully at home surrounded by his children on Sept. 26, 2025. He was born on Jan. 9, 1933 to Lyman and Elizabeth Babbage in East Aurora, NY.

The king's cancer diagnosis was announced publicly in February 2024. King Charles III was briefly hospitalized Thursday amid ongoing medical treatment for cancer, according to Buckingham Palace.