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 ...

The holidays bring more packages and parties — and for Boise’s recycling center, that means a big jump in cardboard, plastic bottles and cans piling up on the sorting line. Noem calls ICE incident ...

For 18 NFL teams, the focus turned from in-season to the offseason at the end of Week 18. The 2026 NFL draft is in 15 weeks, beginning on April 23 in Pittsburgh with the first round. Indiana ...

Michigan quarterback Bryce Underwood throws during the first half of an NCAA college football game against Ohio State, Saturday, Nov. 29, 2025, in Ann Arbor, Mich. Ryan Sun / AP When the No. 13 Texas ...

Abstract: This research work introduces a clustering-based in-place sorting algorithm, cluster sort. It is designed in such a way that it improves sorting efficiency by using data locality. It works ...

The conditions were less than ideal for this session in Canggu with a fair bit of lump and wobble in the swell. Even so, there were some hungry surfers keen for a wave and to their credit were able to ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.

A haven on campus for the crossover between fashion and sustainability, the UConn Thrift Den in Storrs serves as a completely free thrift store open for all students. UConn’s ‘Thrift Den,’ a place ...

TikTok's owner, ByteDance, is expected to sell its US business to a buyer consortium. The new owners will retrain TikTok's content-recommendation algorithm, the White House said. TikTok staffers and ...