Google’s TurboQuant AI-compression algorithm can reduce LLM memory usage by 6x

Google Research recently revealed TurboQuant, a compression algorithm that reduces the memory footprint of large language ...

Sir Tony Hoare, software designer who developed Quicksort, the industry standard for sorting lists

Sir Tony Hoare, who has died aged 92, was a leading figure in computer software design best known for developing a leading ...
The New York Times

Coding After Coders: The End of Computer Programming as We Know It

In the era of A.I. agents, many Silicon Valley programmers are now barely programming. Instead, what they’re doing is deeply, deeply weird. Credit...Illustration by Pablo Delcan and Danielle Del Plato ...
Digital Trends

Perplexity’s Personal Computer: What is it, what can it do, and what does it cost?

At its inaugural Ask 2026 developer conference — held inside a former church in San Francisco’s North Beach — Perplexity unveiled Personal Computer, a cloud-based AI agent designed to function as a ...
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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 ...
Scientific American

Algorithms really do create political polarization—and this AI tool let users avoid it

People often blame social media algorithms that prioritize extreme content for increasing political polarization, but this effect has been difficult to prove. Only the platform owners have access to ...
CBS News

Cybersecurity experts explain how surveillance footage of Nancy Guthrie's home was recovered

Anna Schecter is the senior coordinating producer for CBS News and Stations' Crime and Public Safety Unit, based in New York. Investigators with the FBI and Pima County Sheriff's Department said they ...
IEEE

A Fully Unsupervised Online Classification Algorithm for Event-Related Potential based Brain-Computer Interfaces

Abstract: Objective: Brain-computer interfaces (BCIs) based on event-related potentials (ERPs) are among the most accurate and reliable BCIs. However, current mainstream classification algorithms ...
The Hollywood Reporter

‘Cross’ Creator and Stars Explain Epstein-Like Season 2 Opener: “This Season Is About Vigilantism”

Aldis Hodge, Isaiah Mustafa, creator/showrunner Ben Watkins and author James Patterson explain how the new season of the Prime Video detective series also connects storylines from the past. By ...
Wall Street Journal

A Stanford Experiment to Pair 5,000 Singles Has Taken Over Campus

When Ben Rosenfeld started working as a residential assistant at a Stanford University dorm, he encountered 77 freshmen possessed by an “all-consuming” force. His new gig coincided with the release of ...
The Washington Post

This Maryland lab’s quantum computer could cure cancer — and steal passwords

Inside a warehouse turned laboratory in suburban Maryland, a team of theoretical physicists and engineers is racing to build a quantum processor powerful enough to surpass the most advanced computers ...