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AlphaFold rewired science, and 5 years later it’s still evolving

AlphaFold arrived as a technical moonshot that suddenly made protein structures feel like software rather than secrets of ...
Opinion

The 3D-Flow Architecture Breakthrough: A Universal, Scalable Digital Processor for Real-Time Pattern Recognition in High-Rate Data Streams — A Platform to Save Millions of ...

Worse, the most recent CERN implementation of the FPGA-Based Level-1 Trigger planned for the 2026-2036 decade is a 650 kW system containing an incredibly high number of transistor, 20 trillion in all, ...
Huron Daily Tribune

ByteDance’s agreement to sell TikTok puts app’s algorithm in the spotlight – a social media expert explains how the ‘For You’ page works and what’s to come

(THE CONVERSATION) Chinese tech giant ByteDance has signed an agreement to sell a majority stake in its video platform TikTok to a group of U.S. investors. President Donald Trump announced a ...
Study Finds

Penn State Scientists Reverse-Engineer This Backyard Bug’s Natural ‘Invisibility Cloak’

Researchers cracked the code of nature's anti-reflective technology, manufacturing leafhopper-inspired particles that cut ...
Nieman Journalism Lab

How researchers reversed polarization on X with a simple change to the algorithm

“Reducing exposure to divisive content improved feelings toward the other party by about 2 points on a 100-point scale. On the other hand, boosting that content cooled feelings by about 2.5 points.
NBC News

NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory lays off 550 workers

NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory announced Monday that it will cut around 550 jobs — around 10% of its staff. In a statement posted online, the lab’s director, Dave Gallagher, said the layoffs are ...
TechCrunch

Facebook updates its algorithm to give users more control over which videos they see

Meta announced on Tuesday a new Facebook algorithm update that will showcase more Reels videos tailored to users’ preferences. The update includes features that offer users greater control over the ...
Quanta Magazine

Origami Patterns Solve a Major Physics Riddle

The amplituhedron is a geometric shape with an almost mystical quality: Compute its volume, and you get the answer to a central calculation in physics about how particles interact. Now, a young ...
Bloomberg L.P.

AI in Schools? A Chinese Entrepreneur Is Betting on Algorithms As Teachers

On a scorching July afternoon in Shanghai, dozens of Chinese students hunch over tablet screens, engrossed in English, math and physics lessons. Algorithms track every keystroke, and the seconds spent ...
Android

TikTok US Version Will Reportedly Use Chinese Algorithm

The US version of TikTok will reportedly still use the Chinese algorithm, but the American investors will have control over it. The latest report comes just a day after a deal with the US and China ...
Bloomberg L.P.

Conceivable Raises $50 Million to Bring Robotic IVF Embryo Lab to US

Conceivable Life Sciences, which makes a robotic lab that can create human embryos, raised $50 million to help develop and launch its technology commercially at more in-vitro fertilization clinics ...