YC Partner and Tutorspree cofounder Aaron Harris on when to shut down a startup.

"In practice, this executive order would mean that whichever political party is in power could dictate what speech is allowed on the Internet."

An algorithm M is described that solves any well-defined problem
p as quickly as the fastest algorithm computing a solution to
p, save for a factor of 5 and low-order additive terms. M
optimally distributes resources between the execution of provably
correct…

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About half of top IT companies' work visa applications rejected in the past year by the United States.

When asked what’s so great about Lisp, many aficionados will say that the language is Homoiconic, and that this property gives it certain magical advantages ...

In an era of increasing isolation, the co-owner of the iconic pub the Plough & Stars wonders what it is we’re really losing.

500'000€ Prize for Compressing Human Knowledge by Marcus Hutter

The US is cutting greenhouse-gas emissions, energy use, air pollution, and its use of major resources, even as its economy and population expand. This “decoupling” of growth from environmental degradation is showing up in other major economies as well, and…

Public hotspots are a known security​ issue, but new research suggests even private hotspots could be wide-open to attack.

With the release of Chrome 76, Google fixed a loophole that allowed web sites to detect if a visitor was using Incognito mode.  Unfortunately, their fix led to two other methods that can still be used to detect when a visitor is browsing privately.

Economist Raj Chetty found the program has "the largest effect I’ve ever seen in a social science intervention."

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Nature - <ArticleTitle Language="En" xml:lang="en">Don't forget randomness is still just a hypothesis</ArticleTitle>

When Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in January 1933, Albert Einstein had already left the country. He was in the United States and in contact with the founders of his new academic home, the Institute for Advanced Study, which would open in fall 1933.…

The Kona wasn't charging at the time of the explosion and the cause of the incident is still being investigated.

Creating animations for robotic characters is very challenging due to the constraints imposed by their physical nature. In particular, the combination of fast motions and unavoidable structural deformations leads to mechanical oscillations that negatively…