The topic of AI and its implications for orthopedic surgeons became of high personal importance when Bill Gates predicted that AI would replace physicians and others within the next decade. As an ...

A $619M Brazil tax charge spooked investors, but the business momentum, cash flow, and growth drivers remain firmly intact ...

Abstract: The integration of unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs) with wireless communication systems greatly enhances the application area of intelligent transportation systems (ITS). One of the ...

Users can note which content they would like to view more frequently. Instagram is handing users some control in deciding what content they see. The social media giant is allowing users to have a say ...

As the world races to build artificial superintelligence, one maverick bioengineer is testing how much unprogrammed intelligence may already be lurking in our simplest algorithms to determine whether ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. In 1876, Peter Guthrie Tait set out to measure what he called the “beknottedness” of knots. The Scottish mathematician, whose research ...

When Edsger W. Dijkstra published his algorithm in 1959, computer networks were barely a thing. The algorithm in question found the shortest path between any two nodes on a graph, with a variant ...

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 ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. One July afternoon in 2024, Ryan Williams set out to prove himself wrong. Two months had passed since he’d hit upon a startling ...