Katie has a PhD in maths, specializing in the intersection of dynamical systems and number theory. She reports on topics from maths and history to society and animals. Katie has a PhD in maths, ...

Around the world, algorithms are increasingly being asked to do something once reserved for human judgment: help decide who should remain free and who should be deprived of liberty. In recent years, ...

Tens of thousands of shoppers are reporting widespread problems using Amazon’s website, according to reports from outage tracker Downdetector. As of 3:45 p.m. ET on Thursday, March 5, reports of ...

TUCSON, Ariz. — Investigators looking to track down Nancy Guthrie’s suspected kidnappers are turning to a relatively new technology that has been attributed to solving some of the most prolific ...

My friend recently attended a funeral, and midway through the eulogy, he became convinced that it had been written by AI. There was the telltale proliferation of abstract nouns, a surfeit of ...

TikTok explains issues with its algorithm. TikTok users in the U.S. reported feed and content issues over the weekend. Issues followed the creation of a separate U.S. TikTok entity, as ...

Artificial intelligence (AI) is the new arms race and the centerpiece of defense modernization efforts across multiple countries, including the United States. Yet, despite the surge in AI investments, ...

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 ...

Parents may have more influence than they realize when it comes to shaping their children's behavior, especially for those at higher genetic risk for conduct problems, according to Rutgers Health-led ...

Abstract: This paper decomposes the multi-UAV mission planning problem into two parts: mission allocation and trajectory planning. By formulating the multi-UAV mission allocation problem as a Multiple ...

Abstract: With the widespread adoption of delivery services and advancements in autonomous driving technology, route optimization problems have attracted significant attention. In particular, the ...