How your brain keeps time: Consistent probability calculations help you react rapidly

Humans respond to environments that change at many different speeds. A video game player, for example, reacts to on-screen ...
Popular Science

How to tell time on Mars

Breakthroughs, discoveries, and DIY tips sent every weekday. Terms of Service and Privacy Policy. Tracking the first astronauts’ visit to Mars won’t be as simple ...
NPR

New limits for rent algorithm that prosecutors say let landlords drive up prices

Landlords could no longer rely on rent-pricing software to quietly track each other's moves and push rents higher using confidential data, under a settlement between RealPage Inc. and federal ...
Wired

Game Theory Explains How Algorithms Can Drive Up Prices

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.
Wall Street Journal

Companies Begin to See a Return on AI Agents

Few companies today have widely deployed AI agents and gotten value back, one of many reasons that concerns are growing over the astronomical spending on artificial intelligence. But don’t overlook ...
USA Today

Does daylight saving impact flight times? How airlines calculate time changes.

Airlines list all flight departure and arrival times in the local time of the respective airports. Travelers do not need to calculate time zone differences or daylight saving changes, as airlines ...
NBC News

Daylight saving time is ending Sunday. Here's what to know as clocks 'fall back.'

It’s time to fall back again. The clock will strike 1 a.m. twice Sunday as daylight saving time once again comes to an end. Here’s what you need to know about daylight saving time and why the United ...
techtimes

Instagram Introduces a Way to 'Tune' Algorithm on the Platform—First on Reels, Then Explore

Instagram is back with a new feature that will allow users to "tune" their algorithm to only display the content they prefer to see, which will be first made available to Reels. The feature is still ...
Reuters

IBM says conventional AMD chips can run quantum computing error correction algorithm

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 24 (Reuters) - IBM (IBM.N), opens new tab said on Friday it can run a key quantum computing error correction algorithm on commonly available chips ...
Forbes

Bureau Of Prisons Makes Changes To First Step Act Calc

WASHINGTON, DC - APRIL 01: Alice Marie Johnson, who had her sentence commuted by U.S. President Donald Trump (L) after serving 21 years in prison for cocaine trafficking, thanks the press during a ...
Wired

A New Algorithm Makes It Faster to Find the Shortest Paths

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 ...