A 20-year-old Canadian finds the world's largest known prime number using a mere desktop computer, but he wasn?t working alone. Stephen Shankland worked at CNET from 1998 to 2024 and wrote about ...

Platform Computing, a Toronto company, has released new management tools to make use of its distributed computing software more effective. Distributed computing spreads a computational task, such as ...

University of Oxford researchers who used distributed-computing software to identify molecules that could potentially treat anthrax submitted their results last week to the U.S. and British ...

Neel Somani, a researcher and technologist with a strong foundation in computer science from the University of California, Berkeley, focuses on advancements of distributed computing across personal ...

PALO ALTO, Calif., Aug. 04, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Broadcom Inc. (AVGO), a global leader in semiconductor and infrastructure software solutions, today announced it is now shipping the Jericho4 ...

Global energy spending has reached record levels, and with a significant focus on renewables. But renewable power is yet to meet demand in key areas, prolonging the world's reliance on fossil fuels.

From personalized vaccines to next-generation screening technologies, the ways the world treats and detects cancer could shift dramatically in the coming years. But there are many challenges ahead, as ...