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The center will unite mathematicians, engineers and computer scientists at Brown, NYU and Georgia Tech to tackle longstanding ...

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Axiom Math, which has recruited top talent from Meta, has raised $64 million in seed funding to build an AI math whiz.

Yampolskiy continues this tradition of exploring the boundaries of a possible simulation and specifically exploring ways to escape it. Yampolskiy pulls examples from real-world examples of hacks, ...

At crime scenes around the world, the forensic entomologist Paola Magni is taking her field into uncharted waters By Jordan Michael Smith Photographs by Guido Gazzilli and Claire Martin Paola Magni in ...

Children naturally discover computer sorting algorithms through play, without any instruction, study finds surprisingly.

We all thought affirmative action was struck down when the Supreme Court ruled in the Students for Fair Admissions case in 2023. But some schools appear to be giving a boost to an unexpected group: ...

You can use the GetBIOS PowerShell module to retrieve settings from various BIOS manufacturers on either a local or remote computer. This post will show you how to access computer BIOS settings using ...

We examine how AI is changing the future of work — and how, in many ways, that future is already here. While the age of sentient robot assistants isn't quite here yet, AI is fast making a bid to be ...

Around 40 years ago, a bank branch manager probably knew the name of every customer and was able to offer personalised advice and guidance. But as Ranil Boteju, chief data and analytics officer at ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine that someone gives you a list of five numbers: 1, 6, 21, 107, and—wait for it—47,176,870. Can you guess what comes next? If ...