As drivers face high holiday gas prices, California officials are looking beyond refineries to brands, algorithms and retail pricing.

The focus should be on sensible legislation that requires companies to make their products safer and more age-appropriate ...

Tensor networks enable researchers to tackle quantum physics problems previously thought to be solvable only by quantum computers. Credit: Lucy Reading-Ikkanda/Simons Foundation By applying a 1980s ...

People are increasing "chatfishing," using AI apps to generate texts to their romantic interests. Sometimes they'll slip up ...

A study of 26,000 students found AI boosted homework scores while eroding exam performance. The AI trap responsible may be at ...

Democracy Now! speaks with science fiction author, activist and journalist Cory Doctorow about AI and his latest book, The Reverse Centaur’s Guide to Life After AI: How to Think About Artificial ...

I was on A.J. Rice’s Dangerous Laughter podcast recently, and we got into a discussion about Generation X. Actually, that’s ...

Scientists have long known that the DNA code in genes is not the only way to pass genetic traits from parents to offspring. "Epigenetic" marks—chemical modifications to DNA that don't change the DNA ...

Human vision has its limitations. Descend into a cave or venture into the woods at night, and the world begins to dim. Add ...

Google's loyalty tools reward publishers readers already trust. Here's what that means for sites that need to earn awareness ...

In October 2024 I attended a workshop at Harvard University where mathematicians talked through the uses of artificial intelligence in their field. Most were less worried about the future of math than ...

A new quantum-inspired algorithm has cracked a problem so massive that conventional supercomputers struggle to even approach it. Researchers used the method to simulate extraordinarily complex quantum ...