In 1982, a physics joke gone wrong sparked the invention of the emoticon

That evening, computer scientist Howard Gayle responded with a facetious message titled “WARNING!” He claimed that an ...
Managingip.com

Computer-implemented inventions put to the test

The EU has spoken: the directive for the patenting of computer-implemented inventions is dead. But that does not mean the end for software-related patents, as long as patent attorneys consider all ...
The American Bazaar

U.S. Patent Office issues guidelines for AI-assisted inventions

USPTO issues new guidelines on patenting AI-assisted inventions, reaffirming that only humans can be legal inventors.
IPWatchdog

Canadian Federal Court Sets a New Subject-Matter Eligibility Test for Computer-Implemented Inventions

“The new test is expected to bring clarity to subject-matter determination of computer-implemented inventions in Canada.” Clearing the air on labyrinthine subject-matter eligibility standards for ...
KPFA

PRIDE MONTH: David Leavitt: Alan Turing and the Invention of the Computer

David Leavitt, acclaimed gay novelist, essayist, biographer and short story writer, discusses his book The Man Who Knew Too Much: Alan Turing and the Invention of the Computer, recorded in the KPFA ...
Daily Herald

UVU students show off inventions at computer science and engineering expo

The ingenuity of Utah Valley University’s engineering and computer science students was on full display in an inventions expo Wednesday at the Sorensen Student Center in Orem. Students from 50 ...
Chemistry World

Computer scientist Kathleen Fisher to become next head of UK’s advanced research agency

New chief executive of Aria brings experience from previous roles at US Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency ...