Urban heat islands are a solvable data problem: this piece shows how to combine free satellite imagery, standard ...

After Nebraska used a new interRAI tool to slash Medicaid funding for nearly 900 people, NBC News uncovered the hidden logic behind some of the cuts. This article is part of “Disabled and Denied,” a ...

Social media platforms could be forced to give users in Australia an option to turn off “powerful” algorithms under draft laws to be unveiled by the government this week, Communications Minister Anika ...

The Minimum k-Cut problem asks for the minimum weight of edges that can be removed from a graph for it to have at least k components. We present a n^{k-2} m weighted k-cut algorithm which is used to ...

Researchers at the Chinese Academy of Sciences have demonstrated a quantum algorithm offering advantages over classical methods in topological data analysis. The work, published on August 28, 2026, in ...

X is significantly expanding its open source codebase, which includes the app’s “For You” algorithm and its core ranking engine, and adding a feature that will let users see if their account or posts ...

USC Viterbi analytics students are creating a new, comprehensive database so the USC Trojans football team can better access the insights needed to win on the gridiron. Every football game generates ...

A quantum-resistant cryptography algorithm that was under consideration as an official US standard has been taken out of the running after an Anthropic security model helped find a flaw that rendered ...

A coming-of-age story set in a nursing home challenges assumptions about aging while celebrating the power of friendship and hope. Playwright Ali Viterbi's play "The World to Come" received its world ...

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X has discovered a bold new strategy for making social media feel social again. It’s going to show your posts more often to people you actually know. According to X product head Nikita Bier, the ...