It was previously thought that children younger than 7 couldn't find efficient solutions to complex problems, but new ...

The US will take control of TikTok’s algorithm in a deal to be signed ‘in the coming days’ with China, the White House has announced. The Chinese platform was previously told it risked being closed ...

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WASHINGTON — A decadelong slide in high schoolers’ reading and math performance persisted during the COVID-19 pandemic, with 12th graders’ scores dropping to their lowest level in more than 20 years, ...

It has been a tough summer for cultural critics. The Associated Press said it would end its weekly book reviews, citing “a thorough review of AP’s story offerings and what is being most read on our ...

People’s views are becoming more and more polarized, with “echo chambers”—social bubbles that reinforce existing beliefs—exacerbating differences in opinion. This divergence doesn’t just apply to ...

Our current approach to K-12 math education isn’t keeping pace with the demands of today’s world. Tests keep showing that many Florida K-12 students are not proficient in math. Anyone can view a ...

What remains (sans the final digit) is your specific account number within that bank. The final digit, sometimes called the “check digit,” has nothing to do with financial institutions. Issuers tack ...

Chris Wedel is a seasoned technology journalist with a rich background writing for top publications like CNET, Android Police, and Digital Trends. His work spans the consumer electronics landscape, ...

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Abstract: Black-box discrete optimization (BB-DO) problems arise in many real-world applications, such as neural architecture search and mathematical model estimation. A key challenge in BB-DO is ...