The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. If you want to solve a tricky problem, it often helps to get organized. You might, for example, break the problem into pieces and tackle ...

Cryptography secures communication in banking, messaging, and blockchain. Good algorithms (AES, RSA, ECC, SHA-2/3, ChaCha20) are secure, efficient, and widely trusted. Bad algorithms (DES, MD5, SHA-1, ...

The modern internet is ruled by algorithms. When you boot up Instagram, for example, what you see in your feed is strategically sorted by the app's AI based on your past activity to keep you engaged ...

Abstract: Tropical geometry has recently found several applications in the analysis of neural networks with piecewise linear activation functions. This article presents a new look at the problem of ...

Think about the last time you opened Netflix. Did you scroll through countless options or go with a recommended title? When you log into social media, do you decide what to see, or does an algorithm ...

ABSTRACT: The Cognitive Resonance Theory (CRT) offers a novel theoretical framework for examining the complex interactions between algorithmic personalization, emotional engagement, and the formation ...

Many people often find themselves scrolling through a war of outrage online. A politician’s remark starts an X feud, a false story creates a Facebook debate and a TikTok video turns into a conflict ...

High-quality random number generators are required for various applications such as cryptography, secure communications, Monte Carlo simulations, and randomized algorithms. Existing pseudorandom ...

Back in 2023, Ubisoft announced Tom Clancy’s The Division 3. At the time, no details were shared on the new Ubisoft game and this hasn’t changed. And a new report has shed light on why there hasn’t ...

You might have heard that algorithms are in control of everything you hear, read, and see. They control the next song on your Spotify playlist, or what YouTube suggests you watch after you finish a ...

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