An 18th-century archaeological dig uncovered a library of intact but charred scrolls. Their contents have been unreadable ...

Language understanding is inherently multimodal. Whether we read, listen, or converse, our brains go beyond words to draw on visual scenes, prosody, prior ...

J. Craig Venter, the scientist who raced to decode the human genome, has died at age 79. Venter rose to fame in the field for publishing the first bacterial genome ever decoded, along with a list of ...

You don’t notice good video compression—until it’s not there. For years, people have streamed high-resolution video without thinking about the tech behind it. But when companies clash over which ...

All the Latest Game Footage and Images from Encode Encore! A charming, slice-of-life indie RPG where you earn some sweet cash by trying out various part-time jobs—all in the name of getting your girl ...

Everyday text is all around us! We find everyday text on menus, street signs, food boxes, clothing labels, bus maps, in elevators, and so much more. That means there are lots of opportunities to ...

If old sci-fi shows are anything to go by, we're all using our computers wrong. We're still typing with our fingers, like cave people, instead of talking out loud the way the future was supposed to be ...