The fake news on social media and the algorithms causing 'irreversible' damage

Posts are falsely claiming well-known celebrities are dying of cancer or have tragically lost their children. It is a social media crisis that experts say causes real harm but is fuelled by algorithms ...

Q&A: Algorithm achieves near end-to-end genome assembly without ultra-long DNA sequencing

Haoyu Cheng, Ph.D., assistant professor of biomedical informatics and data science at Yale School of Medicine, has developed a new algorithm capable of building complete human genomes using standard ...
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Age verification online can be done safely and privately. Here's how

Online chat service Discord has announced it will begin testing age verification for some users, joining a growing list of ...
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Bitcoin consensus explained: How nodes agree without a leader

Bitcoin nodes independently validate transactions and enforce shared rules without a central authority. Proof-of-work ...
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AI cracks 'impossible' math problems, but can it intimidate top geniuses?

Google DeepMind’s AlphaProof system scored at a silver-medal level when tested against the 2024 International Mathematical ...