On Wednesday, author David Brin announced that Vernor Vinge, sci-fi author, former professor, and father of the technological singularity concept, died from Parkinson's disease at age 79 on March 20, ...

Vernor Vinge, whose expansive science fiction brought the concepts of The Singularity and cyberspace to a wider audience, died from Parkinson’s disease at age 79 on March 20 in La Jolla, California.

Vernor Vinge, the San Diego State University professor whose award-winning science fiction novels helped foretell the rise and impact of the Internet, virtual reality and artificial intelligence, died ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. Vernor Vinge, science-fiction author and professor who popularized the idea of an artificial intelligence singularity and the term ...