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New software enables blind and low-vision users to create interactive, accessible charts

A growing number of tools enable users to make online data representations, like charts, that are accessible for people who are blind or have low vision. However, most tools require an existing visual chart that can then ...

Business

How long before quantum computers can benefit society? That's Google's US$5 million question

Google and the XPrize Foundation have launched a competition worth US$5 million (£4 million) to develop real-world applications for quantum computers that benefit society—by speeding up progress on one of the UN Sustainable ...

Computer Sciences

My search for the mysterious missing secretary who shaped chatbot history

The Massachusetts Institute of Technology's (MIT) Distinctive Collections archive is quiet while the blizzard blows outside. Silence seems to be accumulating with the falling snow. I am the only researcher in the archive, ...

Computer Sciences

Top computer scientists say the future of artificial intelligence is similar to that of Star Trek

Leading computer scientists from around the world have shared their vision for the future of artificial intelligence—and it resembles the capabilities of Star Trek character "The Borg."