Investopedia

What Is Value at Risk (VaR) and How to Calculate It?

David Harper is the CEO and founder of Bionic Turtle. He is also a published author with a popular YouTube channel on expert finance topics. Jiwon Ma is a fact checker and research analyst with a ...
Space.com

Can we safely deflect a killer asteroid without making it worse? Only if we avoid the gravitational 'keyhole,' scientists say

Depending on where you smack a planet-threatening asteroid, it might ricochet back to Earth. Smacking a planet-threatening asteroid comes with big responsibility. If we slam an impactor into an ...
Scientific American

How the Math of Shuffling Cards Almost Brought Down an Online Poker Empire

If you’ve ever shuffled a deck of playing cards, you’ve most likely created a unique deck. That is, you’re probably the only person who has ever arranged the cards in precisely that order. Although ...
PC Gamer

What if modern PC gaming were just a little more Nintendo? Kazeta, a Linux-based OS, aims to find out with plug 'n' play SD 'carts' and by going all in on retro simplicity

I know one can pick up a 10-pack of 16 GB SD cards for a very reasonable price, but with a read speed of 80 MB/s at best, that doesn't mean you should. As such, the Kazeta Operating System seems to be ...