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Nigeria not ripe for transition of WAEC, NECO exams to CBT – Stakeholders

CLEMENT IDOKO writes that the directive by the Federal Government for full transition of all examinations conducted by the West African Examination Council (WAEC), National Examination Council (NECO) ...
Tech Xplore

Mechanical computers use springs and bolts to count, sort odd-even pushes and remember force

Published in Nature Communications, researchers from St. Olaf College and Syracuse University built a computer made entirely ...
Communications of the ACM

The Origins of GPU Computing

Government-funded academic research on parallel computing, stream processing, real-time shading languages, and programmable ...

Where have all the computer science majors gone?

Computer science has been one of the hottest college majors for 15 years. Enrollment data suddenly shows a big drop.
Smithsonian Magazine

Before Computers Were Machines, They Were Women—Here Are Six Places Where Human Computers Built Modern Science

From AT&T to NASA, women working as computers performed the calculations that made modern science possible. In the early ...

A college instructor turns to typewriters to curb AI-written work and teach life lessons

The scene is right out of the 1950s with students pecking away at manual typewriters, the machines dinging at the end of each line. Once each semester, Grit Matthias Phelps, a German language ...
Indiatimes

Explained: Anthropic's new Claude tool that can control your computer; Here's how it works, what it can do, and more

Anthropic has launched computer use, a new Claude feature that lets the AI directly operate your computer—opening apps, navigating browsers, filling forms, and executing tasks without you hovering ...
The Free Press Journal

Anthropic Launches Claude Computer Use For Macs: It Can Now Click, Type, & Work While You're Away

Anthropic has introduced a new Claude feature that lets the AI control Mac computers by moving the mouse, typing and navigating apps. Available in research preview for Pro and Max users, it works via ...
CNBC

Anthropic says Claude can now use your computer to finish tasks for you in AI agent push

Anthropic is trialling a feature that lets users send prompts to Claude from a smartphone. Claude will complete the task on its own on a person's computer. Anthropic's product underscores its push ...
TechRadar

'Put Claude to work': Claude can now use your computer autonomously, you just have to tell it what to do

When you purchase through links on our site, we may earn an affiliate commission. Here’s how it works. Claude on macOS can now control parts of your Mac if integrations aren't sufficient Dispatch on ...
The Financial Express

Perplexity’s new ‘Personal Computer’ works for you 24/7 using AI, even while you sleep

Perplexity’s Personal Computer acts as a "persistent digital proxy," allowing users to delegate tasks like monitoring emails, automating workflows, or conducting research 24/7. While OpenAI is busy ...
Finextra

Plaid users can now connect their brokerage accounts to Perplexity Computer

This content is provided by an external author without editing by Finextra. It expresses the views and opinions of the author. Perplexity Computer can understand a goal, move across tools, and keep ...