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Sustainability becomes a living system, one that grows smarter and more effective with every data point in this model.

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Microsoft is killing off an obsolete and vulnerable encryption cipher that Windows has supported by default for 26 years ...

In the GenAI era, program comprehension is not just another skill in the toolbox; it is the toolbox itself. It enables learners to move beyond passive acceptance of AI outputs, guiding them to ...

We use algorithms every day for things like image searches, predictive text, and securing sensitive data. Algorithms show up all over nature, too, in places like your immune system and schools of fish ...

Abstract: This study proposes a tourism route optimization algorithm based on reinforcement learning, which achieves multi-objective optimization (such as shortest time, lowest cost, best experience, ...

Personalized algorithms may quietly sabotage how people learn, nudging them into narrow tunnels of information even when they start with zero prior knowledge. In the study, participants using ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine a town with two widget merchants. Customers prefer cheaper widgets, so the merchants must compete to set the lowest price.