We use heuristics to solve computationally difficult problems where optimal solutions are too expensive to deploy, hard to manage, or otherwise inefficient. Our prior work, MetaOpt, shows many of the ...

Popular food delivery service Instacart has been using a shady algorithm that charges different prices to different customers on the same grocery items in the same supermarkets without telling them, ...

Mojang has dropped some huge news for Minecraft Java players - especially those that love to mod. While the modding scene is already thriving in Minecraft, it's not as accessible as you'd expect for ...

Travis Day regrets being so strict with his ex-partner about never sleeping in the same bed. According to human design, the New Age “synthesis” of astrology, the I Ching book of Chinese wisdom, ...

The gender gap between men and women has been a durable fact of life in American politics — and nowhere is this gap larger than among the youngest cohort of American adults, Gen Z. But it’s not just ...

This year, global EV sales are expected to jump almost 25% compared with 2024. As the demand for electric vehicles soars, there’s a looming concern for industry experts: figuring out the best way to ...

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What if building a truly beautiful website wasn’t just about aesthetics but about creating an experience that feels seamless, engaging, and uniquely yours? Too often, web design is seen as a daunting ...

An illustration of E. coli. Scientists have been racing to shrink the genetic code of this bacterium. Kateryna Kon / Science Photo Library via Getty Images The DNA of nearly all life on Earth is made ...

A new rumor out of China today has sparked speculation that Apple may be readying a unique new iPhone 17 Pro color that somehow reflects the new design language of its iOS 26 software. Weibo-based ...

A new algorithm helps topology optimizers skip unnecessary iterations, making optimization and design faster, more stable and more useful. PROVIDENCE, R.I. [Brown University] — With the rise of 3D ...