The Pentagon is reportedly drawing up plans for a "reaction force" of hundreds of National Guard members who would be ready to deploy at any moment to help quell civil unrest. The plan, reported by ...

Recycling today kind of sucks. People are generally confused about what can be recycled and where. As a result, only about 32% of eligible waste actually gets recycled. It would be a lot easier if ...

Aggregator accounts sharing reposted content are going to be removed from Instagram’s recommendations. Aggregator accounts sharing reposted content are going to be removed from Instagram’s ...

Is Facebook exacerbating America's political divide? Are viral posts, algorithmically ranked feeds, and partisan echo chambers driving us apart? Do conservatives and liberals exist in ideological ...

Tech companies acknowledge machine-learning algorithms can perpetuate discrimination and need improvement. By Zachary Small The artist Stephanie Dinkins has long been a pioneer in combining art and ...

This year’s market story has been artificial intelligence, illustrated by the recent rush into tech stocks and investor interest in any company working on, or with AI and generative AI. While many ...

The core of an A.I. program like ChatGPT is something called a large language model: an algorithm that mimics the form of written language. While the inner workings of these algorithms are notoriously ...

I was halfway through a master’s in Computer Science when my vision changed. I was working as a data scientist during my summer off from school, and I had friends who said things like “I’m at a local ...

One of the most difficult things about becoming an officer in a small town fire department is realizing that not only do you have to show up for the drills but that you also have to plan them. This is ...

Mathematicians love a good puzzle. Even something as abstract as multiplying matrices (two-dimensional tables of numbers) can feel like a game when you try to find the most efficient way to do it.