Heisuke Hironaka, Groundbreaking Mathematician, Is Dead at 94

A recipient of his profession’s prestigious Fields Medal, he devised an algorithm that helps solve mathematical ...

Google reveals algorithms to address AI memory challenges; memory and storage stocks drop

Google unveils TurboQuant, PolarQuant and more to cut LLM/vector search memory use, pressuring MU, WDC, STX & SNDK.
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From automata to algorithms: How the first computer was imagined

Long before modern computers existed, scientists and philosophers wondered whether machines could imitate human reasoning. This video traces the evolution of that idea from Aristotle’s logic and ...
The Verge

The Trump administration says it can’t process tariff refunds because of computer problems

The CBP says it could have a more efficient system up and running in 45 days. The CBP says it could have a more efficient system up and running in 45 days. is a news writer who covers the streaming ...
IEEE

Simulation-Based Analysis of A*, RRT and RRT* Path Planning Algorithms

Abstract: Path optimization remains an issue of concern within the domain of the computer science gasoline, and in its use in the fields of robotics, logistics, network routing, or in the autonomous ...
TechCrunch

The great computer science exodus (and where students are going instead)

Something strange happened at University of California campuses this fall. For the first time since the dot-com crash, computer science enrollment dropped. System-wide, it fell 6% last year after ...
Forbes

AI Can Solve Many Complex Problems, So Why Isn’t Science Moving Faster?

When my cofounder and I were accepted into a competitive startup accelerator program in fall 2025, we applied with an ambitious idea: to build an “AI scientist” for machine learning research. What ...
The Atlantic

Scientists Figured Out the Problem With Johnson & Johnson’s COVID Vaccine

In 2021, just months after the first COVID vaccines debuted, concern was growing about an exceedingly rare but sometimes deadly outcome of certain shots. Two related vaccines—one from AstraZeneca and ...
City Journal

Yes, Science Has a Political Bias Problem. Here’s One Way to Fix It.

More than 20 percent of Americans express little or no confidence in scientists to “act in the best interests of the public,” according to Pew’s latest polling. Just 13 percent gave that answer in ...
Morningstar

College sports has a new money problem - and St. John's may be the latest example: 'It's the Wild West'

St. John's University fired its basketball program's general manager, Matt Abdelmassih, this week. He was reportedly managing a $10 million roster. St. John's University spent $10 million on its ...
CNET

Anthropic's New Claude Cowork Is an AI Agent for Your Computer's Files

Cowork can also use the data in that folder to create new projects -- but it's still in early access, so be cautious. Imad was a senior reporter covering Google and internet culture. Hailing from ...
Wired

A New Bridge Links the Strange Math of Infinity to Computer Science

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. All of modern mathematics is built on the foundation of set theory, the study of how to organize abstract collections of objects. But in ...