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Open Superconductor Challenge Invites Laptop-Based Materials Screening
Mindbytes Sep 29, 2026

Open Superconductor Challenge Invites Laptop-Based Materials Screening

An open competition seeks better ways to screen potential superconductors, while keeping computational rankings distinct from experimentally confirmed discoveries.
Linsey Smith 1 min read
SWI Group Raises €800 Million to Expand Transatlantic AI Infrastructure
Mindbytes Oct 12, 2026

SWI Group Raises €800 Million to Expand Transatlantic AI Infrastructure

The institutional capital increase gives SWI fresh funding to expand data centers and AI compute infrastructure across Europe and the United States.
gizmo guru 1 min read
Faster AI Search With Sparcent’s Sparse Indexing
Mindbytes Oct 12, 2026

Faster AI Search With Sparcent’s Sparse Indexing

Sparse indexing gives demanding neural search systems a speed boost.
gizmo guru 1 min read
Dijkstra Dethroned? Breaking the "Sorting Barrier" in Directed Graphs
Community Dec 16, 2025

Dijkstra Dethroned? Breaking the "Sorting Barrier" in Directed Graphs

After 66 years, Dijkstra falls. A July 2025 breakthrough shatters the sorting barrier, proving faster shortest paths in directed graphs are possible without sorting everything and rewriting algorithmic theory forever

Foziya 3 min read
The Age of Grown-Up Technology
Community Jan 28, 2026

The Age of Grown-Up Technology

The ACM Fellows 2025 point to the arrival of a more responsible, more resilient and more self-aware form of technology

Eduardo Martínez de la Fe 2 min read
Breaking the Sorting Barrier: How Networks Are Being Re-imagined
Community Nov 12, 2025

Breaking the Sorting Barrier: How Networks Are Being Re-imagined

Shatter the sorting barrier: New hybrid algorithm reimagines network navigation, slashing computation time for real-time routing in traffic, internet, and beyond. Efficiency redefined.

Samuel Fikadesilassie 2 min read
Hugging Face Previews a Faster Tokenizers v1
Mindbytes Sep 21, 2026

Hugging Face Previews a Faster Tokenizers v1

The release candidate accelerates text preparation without changing token IDs, but benchmark gains depend on models and hardware.
Hruy Tsegaye 1 min read
Brain-inspired computers excel at tough math problems
News Jan 8, 2026

Brain-inspired computers excel at tough math problems

Neuromorphic hardware shows promise in solving equations for real-world simulations with less energy than traditional systems.

Giulio Prisco 2 min read
Getting It from Bit: The Computational Nature of the Universe
Podcast Sep 7, 2026

Getting It from Bit: The Computational Nature of the Universe

What is Graph‑Structured Lambda Theories (GSLT)? In this episode, Greg Meredith argues computation is a tool for modelling reality, the very substrate from which physics, life, and mind emerge.

Mindplex Magazine 1 min read
Large Language Models – From Banality to Originality
Article Feb 16, 2023

Large Language Models – From Banality to Originality

Here’s why ChatGPT falls short. Ben Goertzel discusses the limitations of ChatGPT and what needs to happen to progress from there to an AGI.
Ben Goertzel 11 min read