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Core C++ 2025 – Schedule Published

The Core C++ 2025 conference will be held on October 19 in Tel Aviv, with a full day of technical sessions across four parallel tracks, including topics in real-time and embedded systems.

She coded before computers: meet Ada Lovelace

Ada Lovelace (1815–1852) wrote what looks like the first program for Babbage’s Analytical Engine and had surprisingly modern ideas about machines and symbols. Decades on, the Ada programming language was named after her.

When a tiny bug took 28 lives

A tiny rounding bug in the Patriot’s tracking math accumulated into a timing drift and a missed intercept that killed 28 U.S. soldiers and wounded more than a hundred. The patch existed but wasn’t applied in time — a tragic, avoidable failure.

Can Programming Get You Killed?

Coding too much can literally kill you! That's what almost happened to a programmer in Bristol in 2006. Read the strange story — and how to avoid the risks — in that article.

Dijkstra Algorithm is (Somewhat) Defeated

For decades, Dijkstra algorithm for finding the shortest paths was a fundamental "Textbook" algorithm.
A team of researchers from China have recently presented a new algorithm, that may, in some situation, have a smaller complexity.

Ariane-5: The (Probably) Most Famous Bug of All Times

Sometimes referred to as "the worst bug ever", this sloppy coincidence of blindly trusting legacy code, reckless type conversion and lacking of error handling mechanism, made the maiden flight of the Ariane-5 a disaster.
The lessons from that failure changed the way we engineer SW today.

Basics of Quantum Information

IBM provides a course of the "Basics of Quantum Information" - as video lectures or textbook.
At the end, one may earn a badge by passing an exam.

Quantum-Art Stabilizes 200-Ions Chain

An impressive achievement to Israeli Quantum-Art.
This week, the company reported that it demonstrated the stabilization of a linear chain of no less than 200 ions.

A Huge Step towards Operational-Level Quantum Network

Scientists in Germany test a new quantum network architecture that might be a great leap towards real-world quantum communication.
The heart of the new mechanism allows transmitting and receiving signals at the same time, over the same medium.

Will We Speak Dolphin?

Google trains a new AI model to speak with dolphins.
Will we be able to speak with them in our next vacation?