A recent article reports that an Oracle patent on a fast sorting method has expired, allowing open source databases to use it freely. Mark Callaghan, the inventor behind the sorting algorithm, shows ...

Abstract: In order to implement intelligent transportation systems effectively, precise and up-to-date data on traffic flows is crucial. To have officially entered the age of big data in ...

My habit of seeking out new music began with a few strokes of good luck. I grew up in a college town in the early to mid-nineties, during one of the golden eras of college radio. I spent a significant ...

You’ve probably had that eerie feeling before—knowing what’s about to happen before it actually does. Coincidence? Or something deeper? In Pop Mech Explains: Precognition, host and contributor ...

Wikipedia is often described as the last good website on an internet increasingly filled with toxic social media and AI slop. But it seems the online encyclopedia is not completely immune to broader ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

Facebook's vice president of product, Jagjit Chawla, talks about how the platform treats AI-generated content and how you can see less of it. Katelyn is a writer with CNET covering artificial ...

Search Live officially launches in the US. You can share your video feed and talk to Search. The experience is free and doesn't require a Labs opt-in. Oftentimes, there isn't a better way to describe ...

You can use Search Live to interact with an AI assistant using your voice and your phone’s camera. You can use Search Live to interact with an AI assistant using your voice and your phone’s camera. is ...

In an interview with Harvard Law Today, Noah Giansiracusa explains how companies deploy what some call "dynamic" or “surveillance pricing,” using individual customers' data as a primary algorithmic ...

For years, marketers built their strategies around a clear and visible funnel: awareness, consideration, conversion. It worked well in a web where behaviors were traceable, people clicked links, ...

Ever wondered how social media platforms decide how to fill our feeds? They use algorithms, of course, but how do these algorithms work? A series of corporate leaks over the past few years provides a ...