A canonical problem in computer science is to find the shortest route to every point in a network. A new approach beats the classic algorithm taught in textbooks.

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Learn how to install and use RustNet, an open source real-time network monitoring terminal UI tool built with Rust.

South Brunswick police used an automatic license plate reader to track down a hit-and-run driver who is accused of striking and seriously injuring a 51-year-old bicyclist on Sunday. The vehicle was ...

Back in the day, if you ever felt like someone was watching you, you merely had to look around for a creep or two. Today, thanks to the advent of virtually invisible wireless networks, things aren't ...

Banham Zoo keepers spent three years getting 16-year-old Mahiri to use her inhaler confidently Banham Zoo/Facebook Banham Zoo's 16-year-old giraffe, Mahiri, is believed to be the first giraffe in the ...

Did you know you can customize Google to filter out garbage? Take these steps for better search results, including adding my work at Lifehacker as a preferred source. The latest Apple Watches now ...

Apple has officially released iOS 26 to everyone, and while changes like Liquid Glass make the update impossible to miss, there are plenty of useful new features that aren’t as obvious. Some of them ...

ChatGPT went viral in late 2022 and kept growing ever since at a rate not seen among rival AI apps. The service currently has over 700 million weekly users, according to an OpenAI blog post announcing ...

Last year, Nate Sanford filed a “silly story” for Spokane’s alt-weekly Inlander about a state senator getting into a Twitter argument with an AI porn spambot. The bot was eventually suspended after ...

Minecraft is, without a doubt, one of the most creatively driven games out there, giving players complete freedom over their worlds and what they build. Whether you’re diving into Bedrock Edition or ...

The original version of this story appeared in Quanta Magazine. Imagine that someone gives you a list of five numbers: 1, 6, 21, 107, and—wait for it—47,176,870. Can you guess what comes next? If ...