Throughout history, there have been intriguing references in ancient texts to devices and mechanisms that bear a striking resemblance to modern computers. These descriptions, while often shrouded in ...

Heron of Alexandria was an important ancient Greek inventor of mechanical devices whose inventions included the first steam ...

is a senior reporter who has covered AI, robotics, and more for eight years at The Verge. Machine learning techniques are providing new tools that could help archaeologists understand the past — ...