Custom Chips Could Be the Shovels in a Bitcoin Gold Rush
Devotees of the digital currency are ratcheting up their technology in a race to generate new coins.
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Tom Simonite
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I’m MIT Technology Review’s IT editor for hardware and software and enjoy a diverse diet of algorithms, Internet, and human-computer interaction with chips on the side. Working in our San Francisco office, I cover new ideas about what computers can do for us, whether they spring from tech giants, new startups, or academic labs.
My journey to the West Coast started in a small English town called Wantage and took in the University of Cambridge, Imperial College London, and five years writing and editing technology news coverage at New Scientist magazine.
Tom Simonite's Stories
Leaping Into the Gesture-Control Era
Technology that accurately tracks finger motions could revolutionize desktop and mobile computing.
Augmented Light Bulb Turns a Desk Into a Touch Screen
A computer that can be screwed into a light socket can project interactive images onto any nearby surface.
The Cleverest Business Model in Online Education
A startup called Duolingo taps the power of crowds to make learning a language free.
Bing Revives Decade-Old Fight Over Paid Search Results
Google's new policy of charging online stores to appear in shopping results is "evil", alleges Microsoft.
How Google Plans to Find the UnGoogleable
The company wants to improve its mobile search services by automatically delivering information you wouldn’t think to search for online.
The China Chip Advances—and May Compete with Intel Soon
The country's first homegrown microprocessor could be used in Internet servers and routers.
Questions Surround Software that Adapts to Students
By carefully logging students’ every action online, a company called Knewton says, it can personalize questions and lessons to help people learn faster. Skeptics say that’s not proven.
Google’s Glass Gets a Competitor
A company already in the business of selling wearable displays will launch its own consumer gadget next year—but the format is still unproven.
Jail Looms for Man Who Revealed AT&T Leaked iPad User E-Mails
The case highlights a troubling disconnect between online life and the rule of the law.
