Hewlett Packard Enterprise and AMD will deliver what they expect to be the world’s fastest supercomputer in 2023, a $600 million machine at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory called El Capitan they promise will perform at 2 exaflops, or 2 quintillion calculations per second. That’s fast enough that if the world’s human population could perform one …

If you’ve been paying attention to quantum computing, you’ll have seen familiar names — IBM, Google, Microsoft, Intel and Amazon — trying to bring about this revolution. Now a name from computing’s distant past wants a turn.  Honeywell, which once sold massive mainframes but withdrew from the business decades ago, said Tuesday that it expects to improve the performance of …

Facebook has used artificial intelligence technology to bring 3D photos to people taking pictures on phones that only can take plain old 2D shots. By training its AI systems on existing 3D photos, Facebook can figure out how to make 3D photos even if your camera can’t. Facebook announced 3D photos in 2018 but initially offered the technology only with iPhones …

Apple has blocked customers from using the controversial Clearview AI facial recognition app on iPhones after Apple determined the startup violated its developer agreement and suspended its account. The move is a new blow to the facial recognition startup that also faces lawsuits and challenges from privacy advocates.  Clearview AI had used its developer account to distribute its software to …

The BlueMail app is back on Apple’s Mac App Store after an eight-month absence because — depending on whom you believe — either Apple or app developer Blix got its act together. The reinstatement took place on Monday after Blix submitted a new version of an email app that Apple rejected in June. Millions of people use BlueMail on Windows …

The number of people using ad-blocking technology on mobile browsers has surged to 527 million, an increase of 64% over the last three years, according to a report published Thursday. Combined with ad blocking on personal computers, that means a total of 763 million devices were running ad blockers in the fourth quarter of 2019, the report said. That means …

Google is putting new restrictions on video ads in its Chrome browser and on YouTube. Chrome will block ads that play in the middle of videos up to 8 minutes long, and YouTube won’t show those ads in the first place, Google said in a blog post Wednesday. It’s part of a gradual ad crackdown at Google, which wants to …

Seeing ads and then being tracked online has become the new normal when it comes to browsing the internet. A new service aims to shake up this web-surfing model, but not for free.  Scroll launched on Tuesday and touts web browsing that’s “twice as fast” with no ads and “80% fewer trackers.” The service costs $4.99 a month and has …

There’s a growing consensus that it’s the browser’s job to protect our privacy on the web. But on Tuesday, a Google Chrome leader warned that trying to make that change too soon could actually hurt the web by driving developers to mobile apps instead. “At our scale, it’s not reasonable to move too fast, because it’s too destructive,” said Justin …

Google’s Chrome browser will work a little differently when it’s time to move tabs around thanks to software Microsoft has contributed to the Chromium project that now underlies both companies’ browsers. It’s an illustration of the power of open-source software — and of the increasing influence of Google’s browser technology on the web overall. The change this month, flagged on …