Unpicking How to Measure the Complexity of Knots

Two mathematicians have proved that a straightforward question—how hard is it to untie a knot?—has a complicated answer.
eCousticsOpinion

Is the Algorithm Living Rent-Free in Our Heads? The 21st-Century Thought Police of What We Read, Watch, Think, and Hear

From the music you stream to the rage you post, the algorithm owns you. Orwell saw it coming—control disguised as choice, ...
Semiconductor Engineering

Algorithm–HW Co-Design Framework for Accelerating Attention in Large-Context Scenarios (Cornell)

Compute-Enabled Memory to Accelerate Large-Context LLMs via Sparse Attention” was published by researchers at Cornell ...

FEATURE U.S. renters fall foul of algorithms in search for a home

Candice's latest rejection email for a housing rental in Washington D.C. looked much like all her others - a generic response ...