Mercury 2 introduces diffusion LLMs to text, delivering 10x faster speeds for AI agents and production workflows without sacrificing reasoning power.

Just like algae blooms in the ocean and pollen in the spring, there’s been an explosion in the past year or two of new software, related tools and lingo from the IT and mainstream/consumer side. Some ...

Introduction Envision our digital world as a sprawling universe filled with glittering constellations of encrypted data, each packet of information ...

IT salaries climb as digital skills shortage bites in SA By Sibahle Malinga, ITWeb senior news journalist.Johannesburg, 09 Feb 2026South Africa’s IT market sees competitive pay for specialised roles.

Quantum computing technology is complex, getting off the ground and maturing. There is promise of things to come. potentially ...

Paid training is best for certain applications, but free courses allow the whole company to upskill fast with a common knowledge base. The cloud isn’t new, but the way enterprises use it keeps ...

Arousal fluctuates continuously during wakefulness, yet how these moment-to-moment variations shape large-scale functional connectivity (FC) remains unclear. Here, we combined 7T fMRI with concurrent ...

Quantum computing uses quantum mechanics—the physics governing particles at atomic and subatomic scales—to process information in totally different ways from today’s digital computers. Instead of ...

Sir, – In her article “‘How dare you’: South Dublin residents vent at plan to redesignate golf amenities for housing,” (February 2nd) Olivia Kelly reports on the somewhat hysterical ( commentary on ...

Feb. 21, 2026 Scientists may have spotted a long-sought triplet superconductor — a material that can transmit both electricity and electron spin with zero resistance. That ability could dramatically ...

Researchers are studying how hospitable our universe is to creating life. It’s related to the density of dark energy, which impacts star formation and the chances of life forming. The idea is that ...

As an early pioneer of online education, The New School has long been at the forefront of remote learning for creative professionals. Today we carry forward this tradition with thoughtfully designed ...