At the heart of all computers is a clock, a dedicated timepiece ensuring that all of the parts of the computer are synchronized and can work together to execute the instructions that the computer ...

An app that predicts your death sounds depressing, but I actually found it hopeful. Now, I do not believe I actually will die on Friday, June 30, 2079, as the app predicted, nor do I really think an ...

Before today, we probably would have said that scratch-built relay computers were the sole domain of only the most wizardly of graybeards. But this impressive build sent in by [Will Dana] shows that ...

While the first beta preview of Android 14 may not look too different from Android 13 on Pixel phones today, there’s quite a lot happening under the surface. Our APK Insight team can now demonstrate a ...

Freelance writer Amanda C. Kooser covers gadgets and tech news with a twist for CNET. When not wallowing in weird gear and iPad apps for cats, she can be found tinkering with her 1956 DeSoto. Thursday ...

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Halloween is just around the corner and what better way to celebrate than pondering our own mortality? Kidding, mostly. There’s a new app called “Death Clock” causing quite a stir. It claims to ...

An AI-powered death clock promises to predict the exact day you'll die, right down to the second. The Death Clock app, available for download in Google and Apple stores, analyzes life choices users ...

When the German computer pioneer Konrad Zuse built the world’s first programmable computer in war time Berlin, it performed floating point arithmetic at a clock speed of between 5 and 10 Hz. The ...