Software everywhere is getting glitchier. Here’s what’s causing the reliability crisis—and how we might fix it.

Distributed systems of servers now power almost everything we do online, from file sharing to video streaming to shopping.

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Significant computer network problems are impacting the operations of the Lawrence Journal-World, resulting in some customer service changes for this week. Customers of the newspaper are asked to ...

Modern software increasingly depends on data structures that go far beyond basic arrays and trees. Some of the most powerful systems rely on designs that rarely appear in traditional programming ...

SpaceX CEO Elon Musk has announced plans to put a million data centers in space, a program he hopes will help meet the growing demand for existing facilities on earth driven by the increasing use of ...

Macworld reports that iPhone users are experiencing significant problems with iOS 26.2.1, including app crashes, device freezes, and severe battery drain issues. Multiple forum threads on Apple ...

Unruly Republic: A vast, monied network of activist groups keeps the public inflamed on issues including social justice, immigrant rights, Palestinian statehood, LGBTQ rights, and—as ever—climate ...

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If you are a CISO today, agentic AI probably feels familiar in an uncomfortable way. The technology is new, but the pattern is not. Business leaders are pushing hard to deploy AI agents across the ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. All of modern mathematics is built on the foundation of set theory, the study of how to organize abstract collections of objects. But in ...

A computer issue sparked a ground stop that affected Delta flights on Friday morning. The ground stop was in effect until around 9 a.m. Friday, when it was changed to a “ground delay,” per the Federal ...