The library sorting problem is used across computer science for organizing far more than just books. A new solution is less than a page-width away from the theoretical ideal. Computer scientists often ...

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To the horror of readers everywhere, computer scientists have developed an algorithm they say can predict the commercial viability of a book, with an 84 percent success rate, based solely on the style ...

Franz Kafka wrote in Prague in the 1920s. His work was based on the existential philosophy, and thinkers like Kierkegaard and Nietzsche greatly influenced him. In Kafka’s worldview, the individual ...

For many apps, the end of the year is a time for sharing personalized user summaries — custom reports recounting how people listened, watched, shopped, exercised, and generally logged activity over ...

In September, the Book Review Book Club will read and discuss Jane Austen’s classic, about the tortured romance of two people frazzled by miscommunications and assumptions. By MJ Franklin MJ Franklin ...

A heartfelt novel that takes a wry, humorous look at digital courtship Claudia Carroll has admitted to being a hopeless romantic. Photo: Barry McCall Bestselling author Claudia Carroll has admitted to ...