The difference between distributed computing and concurrent programming is a common area of confusion as there is a significant amount of overlap between the two when you set out to accomplish ...

“Edge computing also means less data travels long distances, lowering the load on main servers and networks,” says Neel ...

In 1969, the U.S. Department of Defense created ARPANET, the precursor to today’s internet. Around the same time, the SWIFT protocol used for money transfers was also established. These are both early ...

Distributed computing has markedly advanced the efficiency and reliability of complex numerical tasks, particularly matrix multiplication, which is central to numerous computational applications from ...

Over the weekend, the people who manage the SETI@home distributed-computing project announced it would be going on hiatus at the end of March. The project was one of the first efforts that ...

Microsoft announced second quarter revenue of $28.9bn, up 12%. But as expected, the company incurred a tax charge of $13.8bn related to the enactment of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act. The company reported ...