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.

All of modern mathematics is built on the foundation of set theory, the study of how to organize abstract collections of objects. But in general, research mathematicians don’t need to think about it ...

This article explains how to uninstall McAfee in Windows 11, 10, 8, and 7. Instructions are also included for removing the software using McAfee's removal tool (MCPR) in Windows and for uninstalling ...

SAN FRANCISCO, Oct 22 (Reuters) - Google said it has developed a computer algorithm that points the way to practical applications for quantum computing and will be able to generate unique data for use ...

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 ...

Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) images are already a common staple of battery research. Now, they can be paired with a simple algorithm to enable better prediction of lithium metal battery ...

Researchers at FIU’s College of Engineering and Computing have developed an encryption algorithm to defend videos from attackers with access to the world's most powerful computers. The encryption ...

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Abstract: Mouse-cursor tracking, a new action-based measure of behavior, has emerged as one of the promising applications of affective computing. As facial expressions, gaits, electroencephalogram ...

This is the specification for an extremely simple "virtual computer" that can be emulated. I do not want to provide an assembler, any kind of compiler, or even any ideas about things like call ...