We use heuristics to solve computationally difficult problems where optimal solutions are too expensive to deploy, hard to manage, or otherwise inefficient. Our prior work, MetaOpt, shows many of the ...

TL;DR: Although often labeled a "dark web" associated with criminal activity and illicit marketplaces, Tor is an invaluable tool for protecting online privacy. Developers are now working to make the ...

SPARTANBURG, SC—Two humanoid robots have completed an 11-month pilot project at BMW’s assembly plant here. During that time, the Figure 02 robots from Figure AI ran 10-hour shifts Monday through ...

TimeSplitters is one of those weird series that I look back on quite fondly despite never having owned a single one of the games as a wistful youth. I think I've got one kicking around somewhere these ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. Andréa Morris reports on emergent intelligence in diverse systems. As the world races to build artificial superintelligence, one ...

More than 800 U.S. TikTok users shared their data with The Washington Post. We used it to find out why some people become power users, spending hours per day scrolling. Each circle in the chart ...

Children as young as 4 years old are capable of finding efficient solutions to complex problems, such as independently inventing sorting algorithms developed by computer scientists. The scientists ...

When selecting Cycle Sort from the algorithms list, the tool does not load the expected visualization. Instead, it immediately redirects the user to the Have a Doubt section, preventing access to the ...

A professor at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock has developed a new way for heart surgeons to visualize arteries in 3D using gaming technology. The project promises to give doctors a clearer, ...

Gearbox has developed a sorting robot for sweet pointed peppers for the Dutch Harvest House cooperative, in collaboration with cooperative member Frestia. This project-part of the NPPL-R program in ...