A New Algorithm Makes It Faster to Find the Shortest Paths

A canonical problem in computer science is to find the shortest route to every point in a network. A new approach beats the ...

Discovery of binary stars the first step in creating 'movie of the universe'

A discovery of binary stars could be the first step in building a more complete picture of how our galaxy formed, according ...
Android

TikTok US Version Will Reportedly Use Chinese Algorithm

The US version of TikTok will reportedly still use the Chinese algorithm, but the American investors will have control over it. The latest report comes just a day after a deal with the US and China ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Italy Rules Out Using NATO Funds to Build Messina Strait Bridge

The Italian government has ruled out using NATO funds for the construction of a €13.5 billion ($15.7 billion) bridge, ending months-long speculation about whether the project to link the mainland to ...
Harvard Medical School

The algorithm thinks you’re rich. Prepare to pay more for that flight.

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 ...
ProPublica

America’s Largest Landlord Makes Deal With DOJ to Settle Price-Fixing Claims in RealPage Case

ProPublica is a nonprofit newsroom that investigates abuses of power. Sign up to receive our biggest stories as soon as they’re published. What Happened: Greystar, the nation’s largest landlord, has ...
Morningstar

Naver Using Search Advantages to Drive Commerce, Fintech, and AI

For the past 15 years, Naver has led the South Korean internet search market, through which it generates decent revenue growth, high margins, and strong cash flow. While Google has been taking overall ...
Ars Technica

Enough is enough—I dumped Google’s worsening search for Kagi

Mandatory AI summaries have come to Google, and they gleefully showcase hallucinations while confidently insisting on their truth. I feel about them the same way I felt about mandatory G+ logins when ...
TechSpot

MSI Claw benchmarked using AMD and Intel chips: Ryzen Z2 Extreme trumps Core Ultra 7 258V

Why it matters: MSI's new Claw A8 handheld builds on the success of the Claw 8 AI+ with notable performance gains in popular games, especially at typical handheld power levels. As handheld gaming ...
NBC News

Delta Air Lines assures U.S. lawmakers it won't personalize fares using AI

WASHINGTON — Delta Air Lines said on Friday it will not use artificial intelligence to set personalized ticket prices for passengers after facing sharp criticism from U.S. lawmakers and broad public ...
Business Wire

Elastic Announces Faster Filtered Vector Search with ACORN-1 and Default Better Binary Quantization Compression

SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Elastic (NYSE: ESTC), the Search AI Company, announced new performance and cost-efficiency breakthroughs with two significant enhancements to its vector search. Users ...
TechSpot

Startup aims to beam sunlight from space using mirrors

Forward-looking: A California startup is looking to space to solve the limits of ground-based solar power. Reflect Orbital is developing a constellation of satellites with giant Mylar mirrors to beam ...