Finding the median in a list seems like a trivial problem, but doing so in linear time turns out to be tricky. In this post I’m going to walk through one of my favorite algorithms, the median-of-medians approach to find the median of a list in deterministic…

One dose of a new treatment, delivered by nasal spray, clears away build-ups of the toxic tau protein associated with Alzheimer’s disease from inside brain cells, improving memory, according to new research. It paves the way for new treatments for the debilitating…

It’s like an emergency FaceTime.

Behavioural economics, data science and artificial intelligence.

A guide on how to generate sudokus of any difficulty.

“It’s time to give victims their day in court and the tools they need to fight back,” says Sen. Dick Durbin as the DEFIANCE Act heads to the House.

An overview of all the tools, standards and special
languages used in the automotive industry where the official language is actually C.

Third-party (AKA cross-site) cookies are harmful to the web, and must be removed from the web platform. This finding explains why they must be removed, and examines the challenges in removing them. We highlight some use cases that depend on third-party cookies…

Inspired by Felix Geisendorfer blog post I implemented a database FSM (Finite-State Machine) with Postgresql. I brought some improvements to Felix’s implementation but before reading the following I recommend you to read carefully the original post.

Breakthrough models AlphaProof and AlphaGeometry 2 solve advanced reasoning problems in mathematics

The Senate will vote this week on the Kids Online Safety Act, a bill certain to seriously restrict free speech and privacy online for everyone.

Even unstimulating coffee has stimulating chemistry.

Would your rather observe an eclipse through a pair of new Ray-Bans, or a used Shade 12 welding helmet? Undoubtably the Aviators are more fashionable, but the permanent retinal damage sucks. Fetch …

We’re testing SearchGPT, a temporary prototype of new search features that give you fast and timely answers with clear and relevant sources.